2014-10-23
The Euro Exhibition opening in Vilnius to introduce to our future currency, the euro
Today the Euro Exhibition organised by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Lietuvos bankas will be opened at the National Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius. The exhibition’s visitors will gain more knowledge on the history of the euro, banknote design, production, security features...
On Thursday, 23 October 2014, the Euro Exhibition organised by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Lietuvos bankas, dedicated to the adoption of the single currency of the European Union, the euro, in Lithuania on 1 January 2015, will be opened at the National Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius.
The exhibition’s visitors will gain more knowledge on the history of the euro, banknote design, production, security features, destruction of worn out banknotes, and will learn to differentiate a genuine banknote from a counterfeit. 5 and 10 euro notes from the new (second) series, named “Europa series”, are presented. Here one will also be introduced to the coins of all the euro area countries, which will be legal tender in Lithuania as well.
The welcoming speeches will be delivered by Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board of Lietuvos bankas, Ton Roos, Director of the Directorate Banknotes of the European Central Bank, and Vydas Dolinskas, Director of the National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
The opening of the exhibition will officially launch the euro information campaign organised by the ECB and Lietuvos bankas in Lithuania. Two video clips about the euro notes to shortly appear in our wallets – “Lithuania Introduces the Euro. Journey” and “Lithuania Introduces the Euro. Meet Our Money” – will be presented to the public. The public will be able to watch the videos on TV in December and January, while on the screens in shopping malls, banks and other providers of goods and services across Lithuania – already from the end of this month.
ECB publications about the euro will be distributed. In December, 1.3 million information packages about the euro notes will be delivered to all post boxes: a special publication of the ECB and lenticular conversion cards.
A number of events are planned during the Euro Exhibition opening in the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania: meetings with members of the Board of Lietuvos bankas; on three Sundays the Family Days will take place: children and their parents will be invited to concerts, various workshops.
A detailed programme of the events is available on the website created for the exhibition.
The exhibition will take place until 5 January 2015. Admission is free.
The Euro Exhibition, has travelled since 2008 to 15 different cities in 12 European countries, including Estonia and Latvia. It has attracted over 300 thousand visitors.
The ECB and Lietuvos bankas have organised this exhibition in collaboration with the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
