Rumšiškės

Rumšiškės is best known for its excellent open-air ethnographic museum (established in 1966), one of the largest in Europe. The open-air museum in Rumšiškės displays the heritage of Lithuanian country life in a vast collection of authentic resurrected buildings where the Lithuanian people lived and worked. Lithuanians celebrate the annual festival Užgavėnės - a festival to drive the winter out. It is the oldest festival of its kind known in all of Europe. Festival takes place during the seventh week before Easter.