Pamokanti Architektūros muziejaus sunaikinimo istorija

LTStraipsnio tikslas - 20]8 m. Architektūros muziejus švęstų savo 50-metį. Tačiau tokios šventės nebus, nes jau 12 metų, kai šis muziejus buvo uždarytas, o jo kolekcijos išsklaidytos. Šiuo metu Vilnius yra vienintelė Europos valstybės sostinė, neturinti architektūros muziejaus ar tokio profilio nuolat veikiančios ekspozicijos. Nors idėja turėti Lietuvoje architektūros muziejų vis atgimsta, išprofiliavus buvusią muziejaus kolekciją tai padaryti būtų labai sunku. Atrodo, kad esantieji valdžioje iš praeities klaidų nesimoko, su kultūros įstaigomis elgiasi taip, tarsi jos visuomenei menkai reikalingos. Kultūros ministerijos planuose nuolat skamba žodžiai „prijungti", ,,sujungti", ,,reorganizuoti". Primindami architektūros muziejaus istoriją, siekiame parodyti, kaip atsakingai reikėtų elgtis su, kad ir nedidelėmis, bet tam tikrai visuomenės daliai reikalingomis kultūros įstaigomis. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Architektūros muziejus; Architektūros palikimas; Meno muziejus; Ekspozicija; Paroda; Kolekcija; Brėžinys; Projektas; ICAM; ICAM-Nord; Do-co-mo-mo; Europa; Švedija (Sweden); Suomija (Finland); Architecture museum; Architectural legacy; Art museum; Exposition; Exhibition; Collection; Drawing; Project; ICAM; ICAM-Nord; Do-co-mo-mo; Europe; Sweden; Finland.

ENLithuanian Architecture museum wa s established on August 1st, 1968, as the branch of Lithuanian History and Ethnography museum (now the National mu ­ seum of Lithuania). There wer e plans to form a separate, autonomous Architecture museum in the future. Formation began having nothing, there wer e no exhibits or vision of the future museum, its function, collections or structure. The first exposition wa s opened in •Lily, 1972, at the Church of St. Michael the Archangel and all the exhibits for this exhibition wer e borrowed. As ordered by The Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR presidium's Committe e of Current Affairs, on Novembe r 27th, '986 , the whol e monastery ensembl e nearby the Church of St. Michael wa s given to the Ministry of Culture to expand the Architecture museum. The fact, that the museum wa s started at the church complex, wa s one of the main reasons for its future demolition. After the restoration of Lithuanian independence, former Lithuanian History and Ethnography museum became the National museum of Lithuania; structural changes wer e initialized, that disallowed the possibility to preserve a continuous architectural collection, which at that time consisted of 33.6 thousand items. At the begi nning ot 1994, Architecture museum wa s transitioned to the Heritage Protection System. The museum became one of the sections of the Cultural Heritage Center. In Septembe r of 1994 at the 7th congress of International Confederation of Architectural Museums - ICAM, in Madrid, Lithuanian Architecture museum became a membe r of ICAM. The museum's exhibitions wer e presented at the newsletter of the Confederation (ICAM News), the speech wa s given at the congress in ICAM-8 . In the year 1992-1998 museum was engaged on other international Architecture organization - Docomomo (Documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement).An expert working group wa s established, which selected architecture objects that were believed to be worthy to be included in the registry of Docomo ­ m o ; the special booklet wa s released. When the first exposition after the restoration of the church wa s closed, in 1989-1990 a display of Lithuanian architecture evolution in 20th century wa s exhibited. Man y temporary, thematic and personal (anniversary) exhibitions wer e displayed as well. Some of the thematic expositions wer e a novelty in Lithuanian museums' history: "From the History of Urban Planning of Vilnius " (1989-1992 ) which studied urban evolution of the capital city; "Lithuanian Neo-Gothi c Churches " (1992) wa s very informative for the architects working on new churches; "From the history of one object - State Theatre in Kaunas " (1998) reminded the public how attentively the architects looked at architectural heritage in the first part of 20th century. The knowledge of Architecture mu ­ seum staff and owne d collection made it possible to prepare anniversary expositions of big scope, that wer e displayed not at own premises. Two expositions, in 1978 and 1988, devoted to Vladimiras Dubeneckis wer e displayed in the History museum of Kaunas. The exhibition addressed to Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis centenary wa s opened 1993 at Vilnius Town Hall. When Lithuania regained its independence, all the ecclesiastical property was started to be given back to its legitimate owners.Guided by the Act of Restitution of the Status of Catholic Church in Lithuania, as well as other Laws, on June 23rd, 1993, Vilnius City Council decided that the Church of St. Michael and the monastery ensemble located nearby, should be returned to the Curia of Archdiocese of Vilnius. The Architecture museum was left without a premises. According to the Law: evicted company, institution and organisation as well as citizens should be provided with new, suitable accomodation. However, the provision was not respected. During the time, the ministry of Culture and Heritage protection organizations did not make the agreement of who should take the responsibility for the new Museum premises. In 2006, March 20th, the director of the Department of Cultural Heritage, to which the Cultural Heritage Centre belonged, Albinas Kuncevičius, signed the agreement Nr. Į-098. "Concerning the Cultural Heritage Center's Heritage Registers, Doccumentation and Information, transfer of the collections and exhibits of the Museum of Architecture to the National Museum of Lithuania". A committee was formed for the transmission of the collections from Museum of Architecture to the National Museum. The National Museum took over 55,5 thousand items architectural collection. As it turned out later, about 20 thousand records, which were not approved by the National Museum were transferred to the Vilnius Regional State Archives. Just like that, an integral architectural profile exhibits' collection find itself in two different depositories. Citizens, who donated the exhibits to the Museum of Architecture were disappointed, the job of architectural historians was made a lot more difficult. Lithuania was left without an institution, which would contain a serious architectural exhibition, and the possibility to become acquainted with the development of LIthuania architecture in 20th century. [From the publication]