About the place

Passer-by:

– Today is a special day, and I would like to have my photograph taken in the Sculpture Park. I was told there is a photo studio somewhere nearby. Perhaps you, beautiful lady, know where it is? Or maybe one of your mischievous children knows? Perhaps this one with the snake in his hand? Or that one gently stroking the head of a lizard resting on his chest?

Sculpture:

– The sculpture photo studio is right in front of you. Welcome. Make yourself comfortable on my lap. Do not be afraid, the boy will not let go of the snake. You can cross your legs like a wealthy shipbuilder sitting in his garden to smoke an afternoon cigar.

– Not bad already.

Passer-by:

– But may I take out a cigar in the park? I saw signs prohibiting smoking and walking dogs.

Sculpture:

– Ohhh, please! How could anyone forbid you from bringing a four-legged friend to the park when you take it to cafés and even on leisure trips by plane? And how could anyone forbid such a handsome gentleman as you from elegantly smoking a cigar? Attention, then! Blow out your smoke – they are taking our picture already.

Sculpture:

– And now sit on the steps in front of me and finally smile at the world around you. Surely you do not want future generations to remember you as a wealthy man with a frowning face.

Sculpture:

– I am glad they finally moved me from the sad eastern part of the park into the centre. Hardly anyone wandered there, while here I am at the centre of attention, beside the main columns.

Passer-by:

– And what do these columns mean? Why are they here?

Sculpture:

– They mark the entrance to the cemetery that once stood here. The old city cemetery was dismantled and a park was created in its place. For fifteen summers, sculptors gathered in Klaipėda and worked in Smiltynė until this place became a true Sculpture Park.