Lithuanian Research Center

The largest Lithuanian academic institution, archive and publisher outside of Lithuania!

Our Mission

Explore a treasure trove of Lithuanian heritage, featuring a 100,000-volume library, extensive archives, and a unique focus on Displaced Persons (DP) materials.

Diverse Materials

Discover periodicals dating back to the 1850s, specialized archives in musicology, political science, and medicine, and rich visual collections. Our resources include:

Lithuanian Museum
Ramovėnai Wars of Freedom Museum
Significant art archives
Comprehensive history collection

Preserving Community and Fostering Scholarship

The official archive of the Lithuanian-American Community safeguards diverse materials such as stamps, documents, and photographs. We also collaborate with Lithuanian academic institutions and global partners, hosting interns and attracting scholars worldwide. Our initiatives include:

Book publications
Digitization efforts
Residencies for scholars
Student internship programs

We believe in the power of preserving our heritage to illuminate the future. At the Lithuanian Research Center, we are dedicated to fostering scholarship, preserving historical treasures, and promoting the richness of Lithuanian culture.

What We Do

We preserve the rich history of the Lithuanian-American community through our extensive collection of artifacts, documents, and photographs. Our initiatives and partnerships with global institutions foster scholarship and promote the understanding of Lithuanian heritage.

Promoting Scholarship

Working with Lithuania’s academic institutions
Working with institutions in the US and globally
Interns from Lithuania
Scholars from everywhere – even Japan!
Lectures, Exhibits and Conferences

Initiatives

54 scholarly books published
Digitization of audio and video recordings
170 resident scholars and interns from Lithuania’s institutions
Lithuanian-American student internships
Spauda.org with digitized émigré Lithuanian periodicals

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Our Collections

100,000 volume library
Over 2,000 boxes of individual, organizational and diplomatic archives
240,000 pages of Displaced Persons (DP) archives from over 130 camps
2,400 periodical titles dating back to Keleivis, published in 1850
Žilevičius-Kreivėnas Musicology Archive, established in 1920
Dr. Tomas Remeikis Political Science Library & Archive
Dr. Milda Budrys Medical Museum & Archive
Budrys Photo Library
Lithuanian Museum
Lithuanian Art Archive with over 250 works of art and hundreds of files and programs
Ramovėnai Wars of Freedom Museum
Dr. Audrius Plioplys Art Archive
Jonas Dainauskas History Library & Archive