Paper short abstract:

The paper reveals the result of ethnographic field research prioritizing distinguishes features of particular traditions and customs in different geographical location of ethnographic regions, by giving concrete examples via educational programmes perspective in Lithuanian museums.

Paper long abstract:

The aim of a paper is to introduce to old Christmas-Eve traditions via educational activities of Lithuanian museums. Goals: 1) to discuss the analysis of Lithuanian case theoretical issues; 2) to explore the educational approaches about old Christmas-Eve traditions in a field of museum; 3) to analyse the behaviour and reflections of both museum educators and educational programme's participants 4) to figure out how does museum educational environment's impact strengthens and weakens the process of education, and how often the inclusion of ethnographic exhibits or ethnographic terms are carried out during the educational programmes.

The latest field research data was collected in December 2017 at six Lithuanian ethnographic museums. Methods used: participant observation, field notes, informal interviews, survey. Based on the empirical data, subsequently, comparative and interpretive methods were applied to gain the research results.

In conclusion, on purpose to convey the old Christmas-Eve traditions, there were various educational forms fixed via narratives, dialogue / questions-answers, collective and individual games and squadrons, main roles' distribution between participants, unusual meals' gustation from the perspective of nowadays, as well, customs of gustation. For educators it was important to make participants to become active, to creature dynamics and to immerse them into ethnographic environment. Meanwhile, educators allowed the audience to express the past, especially, by using learning methods both drama and visual. Furthermore, the disappearance of confines between reality and the past was simulated during educational programmes.

Keywords: Christmas-Eve traditions, ethnography, museum, educational programme