The Venclauski House-Museum is a multifunctional centre of history, cultural knowledge, communication and leisure in Šiauliai. The building is an exceptional luxury residential house of interwar Lithuanian historicist architecture, designed by Karolis Reasonas and built in 1926.
The building has preserved and impressive interwar wall decorations, different in each room. It is a rich art nouveau, folk-style stencil painting rarely found in Lithuania. Restored in 2019, the cultural heritage object presents historical exhibitions, organises events and education, and has an open reading room. There is also an outdoor space, the Orphan Garden, where the little ones can have fun in the playground, while the older ones can simply relax, chat or engage in various educational and entertainment activities.
In 1991, Gražbylė and Danutė Venclauskaitė donated the house to Šiauliai's "Aušros" Museum, with the condition that it would always be open to the public and would be used by the museum. Their parents' house is a welcome place for all those who want to know and create the history of Šiauliai. A ramp, a lift and a toilet have been built for visitors with mobility problems.
The project "Restoration and adaptation of the Venclauskas' house for multifunctional museum activities" has been financed by the European Union Regional Development Funds and the State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania.