Captured but not surviving. Wooden sacral monuments from the collection of the LLBM. Part II

Wooden crosses, chapels, chapel columns until the 20th century. In the middle of the 19th century there were exceptional signs of the Lithuanian landscape. They stood in almost every homestead, roadside, field, village, cemetery, and churchyard.
The virtual exhibition features 40 digital images stored in the collections of negatives of the Open Air museum of Lithuania. 1966 After the establishment of the Open Air museum of Lithuania, the search for buildings and exhibits began immediately. While traveling around Lithuania, the museologists photographed the surviving homesteads, their surroundings and huts. The main focus was on the buildings, which had to be selected for placement in the museum. Along with the residential house or barn, crosses and chapels were included in the "frame". It will be several years and there will be no homesteads or crosses due to the ongoing reclamation.

Senior museologist Sigita Žukauskaitė