About the client
The Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History is the only Jewish museum in Lithuania, welcoming the public to visit Lithuanian Jews’ art, culture, history, Judaica, and Holocaust exhibitions, and participate in local and international events and educational activities. The Museum invites visitors to rediscover the authentic world of the Lithuanian Jews, preserve their heritage, learn from history, and build a future together. The premises are set up in a 20th-century historical building that hosted the Jewish Theatre and various cultural and social gatherings after World War I.
The historical Ghetto Library is located on Žemaitės St. 4. The actualization of the building will be implemented by establishing a Memorial Museum of the Holocaust in Lithuania and Vilna Ghetto. The Meficei Haskala Library operated in the building before World War II, and during the Nazi occupation, it was converted into Vilnius Ghetto Library. The building is significant culturally and as a location of the Vilnius Ghetto since this is where the underground armed resistance organization FPO operated. A school was established in the building during the Soviet era.
INFES work
INFES will give a second life to this historically significant building through major repairs and maintenance. Due to the building’s significant historical value, the company will employ maintenance techniques specifically designed for repairing cultural objects. The interior will be modernized to enhance the museum’s appeal to visitors.
During repairs and maintenance, INFES will refer to archeological and building polychromy surveys, that discovered authentic decorative elements, and photogrammetry. The facade will be renovated, maintaining its originality, therefore the building will be more appealing to visitors, and passers-by, and complement other buildings nearby.
Results
As a result, the historical building of the Vilnius Ghetto Library will now host the Memorial Museum of the Holocaust in Lithuania and Vilna Ghetto. Vilnius residents and city visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the Lithuanian Jews’ history, and lifestyle peculiarities, visit exhibitions, and take a look at unique artifacts from the Ghetto territory in a modernized building.
