Educational programs at Agluonėnai Ethnographic Homestead

A fun practical activity for those interested in sustainability and wanting to learn old crafts. You will learn about the journey of flax and make your own linen rope.

By comparing their lifestyle with the centuries-old environment that surrounds them, participants learn about life without electricity or running water and appreciate the complex and skilled manual labor that was necessary to feed and clothe themselves. The old farmers of the villages of Lithuania Minor did not have many things that we cannot imagine modern life without. However, there is one thing we would not miss – rubbish!

Flax is highlighted as an ideal educational example, illustrating the closed and ecological nature of the resource cycle that characterized the ancient way of life. Participants will learn about the multifunctional use of flax in everyday life, try their hand at preparing flax fiber and using handmade tools, and experience the journey of flax from sowing seeds to weaving horse harnesses.

During the workshop, using old-fashioned hand-made spindles to spin horse reins, we will spin colorful linen strings, which you can take home and use as accessories, key chains, or bracelets. While weaving the cords, you will learn about the uniqueness of the horses of Lithuania Minor and the peculiarities of horse riding traditions.

This activity is designed to actively and enjoyably spend time playing old-fashioned active games.

Old Lithuanian folk games are played in the barn or in the farmyard. We play various team games in groups and pairs, compete in relay races, creatively use natural materials and handmade game equipment, and walk barefoot on a barefoot trail. The games are selected and adapted for groups of different ages and abilities, suitable for both young children and adult groups.

Our most popular activity for children in the farmstead yard, stimulating imagination and curiosity.

During the educational activity, the story of the mythological resident of the old farmstead, Kaukuitis, is told, who invites schoolchildren to travel along a path of transformation, created based on motifs from Lithuanian fairy tales. The students feel like characters in a fairy tale, working together, making a good luck charm, tasting a drink of strength, saying a spell, solving riddles, and walking barefoot along a path in the farmstead yard. At the end of the challenges, the magical protection, strength, and health provided by the magical path are reinforced for the rest of their lives.

Note: this educational activity takes place outdoors, in the farmstead yard, so it does not take place in particularly rainy or cold weather.

An original creative activity for those who want to work together as a team and create a joint work of art, discover the beauty of traditional home decoration, and embellish the windows of our old barn.

During this activity, your group will create a joint window shutter design, which will be used to decorate the windows of the Agluonėnai ethnographic farmstead. You will be able to create the window decoration using the traditional decoration materials provided (museum exhibits, ethnographic books, illustrations) and the art supplies prepared for you. This is an opportunity to take a cheerful group photo and contribute your creativity to the outdoor gallery of windows at the Agluonėnai ethnographic farmstead. After the activity, the window decorations you create will remain to adorn the farmstead's windows.

Discover the medicinal herb garden at Agluonėnai Farmstead using all your senses: we will try, smell, touch, and taste various medicinal plants and their products.

The educational program introduces the farmstead's medicinal herb and flower gardens, tells about the beneficial properties of lesser-known traditional plants, and demonstrates methods of drying medicinal herbs, and the production of infusions, teas, decoctions, ointments, macerates, and tinctures.

In the practical part, while tasting herbal drinks, you will be able to make your own blend of dried herbal tea, a blend of phytoli in balls, or a potpourri for burning based on the knowledge you have acquired, using ingredients from the farmstead's herbal medicine cabinet.

We will come to you! We can bring the educational program to your institution or event.