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THE VYTAUTS THE GREAT MUSEUM AND UNITY SQUARE COMPLEX - making sense of national identity The program presents one of the most prominent architectural complexes of Unity Square, which was finally formed during the interwar period in Lithuania, and its central objects - the museums of Vytautas the Great and MK Čiurlionis. It tells how the city's largest rosary square grew to an iconic object of interwar architecture that brought together all the city's residents. We are also talking about Valdemars Čarneckis - a member of the founding Seimas and a diplomat. Architectural experts: Assoc. Dr. Vaidas Petrulis, prof. Rimvydas Jurgis Palys History experts: Dr. Audronė Veilentiene Contemporaries: Povilas and Gražina Čarneckiai, Alvydas Semaška Architectural objects: Vytautas Great War Museum National MK Čiurlionis Art Museum Vienybės Square and its surrounding buildings: the former Land Bank (now KTU Central Palace), the house of the Vailokaičiai brothers (not preserved), the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs building (now the President V. Adamkaus Library-Museum). #KaroMuziejus #ŽemėsBankas #ČiurlionioDailėsMuziejus #ValdemarasČarneckis #VaidasPetrulis #RimvydasJurgisPalys #AudronėVeilentienė #PovilasČarneckis #AlvydasSemaška #Kaunas