“The handicrafts of old Vilnius ” tour

Since IV age there were lots of merchants and artificers in Vilnius. Eventually artificers cluster to brotherhoods and workshops. In Vilnius worked a lot of brickyard, workshops of glass, paper mills. There have been working curries, weavers and potters..
During the tour you will get theoretic intelligence about making enamel crafts. Also you will find out unique sphere of jeweller’s art – art technique of hot enamel. You will either have chance to admire the material of lithuanian populace: tapestries, collections of clothes, carpets, paintings and drawings.
Besides, tour participants will make the acquaintance of the old textiles handicrafts and view the art works made by hands: small interior details, paintings of silk and felt, hand-woven carpets. This tour is a great possibility to take a look at main equipments and instruments of metal treatment
Places to visit:
– Gallery “Meno nisa”;
– Gallery “Zidinys”;
– Drapery of glass – drapery of stained-glass;
– Smithery gallery;
– Mizgiriu gallery of amber.
A list of places to visit is made for each day of week and may change.