Užventis etnographic museum was founded in 1965. Since 1973 the museum is located in the restored barn of Užventis manor. This manor is famous for the fact that here in 1887–1898 lived writer Marija Pečkauskaitė-Šatrijos Ragana. The best years of the writer were spent here, here she drew inspiration for her most valuable works - "In Old Manor", "Viktutė". Later, this manor, which has survived to this day, belonged to Jonas Smilgevičius (1870–1942), a signatory of the Lithuanian 1918 Act of Independence. The expositions in the museum tells of these famous people; material about the history of Užventis is presented.
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