Exposition "Life in the Curonian Spit in the middle of the 19th century"

Ekspozicija „Gyvenimas Kuršių nerijoje XIX a. viduryje“
Exposition "Life in the Curonian Spit in the middle of the 19th century" | visitneringa.com

Near Naglių g. 12, Nida.

On 25 September of 2020, Aida Pečeliūnienė from Klaipėda opened and presented her exposition in Nida that was called “Life in the Curonian Spit in the middle of the 19th century”. The exposition was gifted to the Directory of the Curonian Spit national park. This is a co-project of the Curonian Spit National Park and Neringa Municipality. The main idea was to present the exotic-looking life in the sandy peninsula to the guests of this resort. The main purpose of this exhibition is to demonstrate the daily life of Curronian Spit habitants that occured in the past. There are 56 porcelain dolls dressed up in traditional costumes that are building ships, fishing, transporting hay, post, catching amber, runing away from sand covered houses. Also there are sailing 13 wooden boats in the lagoon. “This story is about a mysterious, enchanting, and incredible world created by wind and sand, about a sand stripe in between of two waters where the fateful cawing of a crow and the storm-predicting shrieking seagulls make you motionless. Also, it talks about the non-submissive and dignified local Curonians, known as dune-dwellers, who assimilated with Prussian Lithuanians,” a reverse side of the exhibition text says. You will also see many exciting engravings of the 19th century from the collection of K. Demereckas. They fulfill the exhibition model and speak about the past of Curonian Spit in images. The exposition has lighting, which makes it especially magnificent when it is dark.