Aim of the project
Provide the Lithuanian and foreign audiences with access to the most important heritage of the Oginski noble family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania stored at the Lithuanian institutions of historical memory.
Tasks of the project
Prepare digital images of the objects and their descriptions.
Project duration
January–October 2015
Project promoter
The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Project partners
Vilnius University Library, Lithuanian Integral Museum Information System, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Project coordinator within the NLL (unit, department)
Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Centre of Formation and Development of Information Resources
Project funding source, value (EUR)
Funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, EUR 9 000
Introduction of the project
The website will contain information about the ancestry, private life, domestic, diplomatic, political, and cultural activities of the Oginski noble family and the dissemination of these activities around the world as well as documents representing cultural, religious, historical and geographic contexts of the multidimensional activities. The project is implemented as part of the commemoration programme to mark the 250th birth anniversary of Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis.
Responsible person
Rima Dirsytė, Head of the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Centre of Formation and Development of Information Resources tel. (+370 5) 239 8586, e-mail
