The Museum of the prominent 19^th-century poet, originator of the idea of tourism in one’s native land, Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), has been located in a little wooden manor in the village of Bareikiškės (Vilnius District) since 1973. Władysław Syrokomla and his family lived in this building, which was owned by Count Benediktas Tiškevičius, from 1853 to 1861. The poet spent the most creative years of his life in this location. He wrote his most famous works here, including the historical poem Margiris about the heroic exploits of Lithuanians in their fights against the Teutonic Knights, and the comedy Namelis miške, which the poet himself described as a peculiar drama. The widely respected and beloved poet wrote poems, satires, and comedies in Polish and Belarusian; he translated Lithuania’s and Poland’s Renaissance poetry from Latin.

At the typical homestead, overgrown with wildflowers and grass, a school named for Syrokomla operated for about half of the 20^th century, before the war. Later, a library made its home there.