The Lost Shtetl - Šeduva Jewish History Museum
Museum

Šeduva Jewish History Museum "The Lost Shtetl" is a museum of the history of Jewish towns that has been being built with private funds in Šeduva, Radviliškis district, since 2015, and scientists from different countries are working on the concept.

The museum, dedicated to the Lithuanian Jewish community and the perpetuation of their cultural heritage, is scheduled to open in August 2025. The word “shtetl” means a town where Jews lived before World War II. Šeduva was one of the places where the Jewish community flourished with its unique traditions, crafts, and religious life.

The aim of this modern museum is to introduce visitors to the life of Jews in Lithuania and their tragic fate during the Holocaust. Through interactive exhibits and technologies, the museum will allow visitors to see and experience how Jews lived in Lithuanian towns, what their daily lives were like, their holidays and religious traditions. It will display authentic objects, documents, photographs and audio and video recordings reflecting the life of Jewish communities at that time.

"The Lost Shtetl" will remind us of the tragedy that the Jews experienced during World War II. During the Holocaust, the Jewish communities of Lithuania were almost destroyed, and the museum seeks to preserve this painful history for future generations, promoting memory and empathy among visitors. In addition, the museum complex includes a restored Jewish cemetery and monuments dedicated to the memory of the Jewish community of Šeduva.

The Lost Shtetl Museum is an important place of memory, education, and reconciliation, striving to preserve the traces of Lithuanian Jewish culture and history.