- Place
- Naujasodė and Jaskonys, Druskininkai Municipality
- Region
- Druskininkai
- Type
- a private wood-sculpture park and a separately operated museum devoted to the history of tree-cake baking
- Address
- Park: 16 Naujasodės Street, Naujasodė; museum: 3 Vienkiemių Street, Jaskonys
- Coordinates
- 53.99027, 24.03759
- Visit duration
- 2-3 hours for both sites without a booked activity; about 1.5-2 hours for the park alone
- Best time
- a bright, dry day for the park, after confirming the separate Tree Cake Museum's hours by phone
A. Česnulis Sculpture and Recreation Park, Antanas Česnulis Sculpture and Recreation Park, A. Česnulis Wooden Sculpture Park, Romnesa Tree Cake Museum, Šakočių muziejus
One excursion listing combines two independent attractions
The Druskininkai tourism centre has a combined listing for A. Česnulis Wooden Sculpture Park and the Tree Cake Museum, but the contact details on that page belong to tour provider Retro Druskininkai. The park's separate official listing gives 16 Naujasodės Street and the Česnulis family's telephone numbers and email. The separate museum listing gives 3 Vienkiemių Street in Jaskonys and Romnesa's contact. No shared ticket desk, single admission ticket, or common timetable was found.
Coordinates 53.990273, 24.037591 on this page mark A. Česnulis Park, the larger and first-named stop. The official point for the Tree Cake Museum is 53.988251, 24.045746. A calculation from those coordinates gives a straight-line distance of roughly 580 metres. The actual street route is longer, so enter the second address in navigation rather than looking for the museum inside the park.
The two stops are easy to combine by car. Before walking, check the safest local route and current roadside conditions. Allow roughly 2-3 hours for both attractions without a booked activity, or 1.5-2 hours for an unhurried park circuit. These are editorial planning estimates, not durations set by either operator.
The park begun at a family homestead in 1998 is Antanas Česnulis's creative landscape
A Druskininkai Municipality biography states that Antanas Česnulis was born in 1948, has exhibited since 1976, and has belonged to the Lithuanian Folk Artists' Union since 1978. In 1998 the Česnulis family began developing the Sculpture and Recreation Park at their Naujasodė homestead with private funds. This is neither a municipal city park nor an anonymous collection of folk art.
The principal landmark is the windmill built by Česnulis himself. Its four storeys hold a carving exhibition, while the route behind it descends through the homestead landscape towards the Ratnyčėlė. Antanas Gallery, added in 2011, provides space for artworks, meetings, and events.
Sculptures, roofed posts, chapel posts, and large narrative compositions dominate the grounds. Some works incorporate sound, light, or movement, but a mechanism cannot be assumed to operate on every visit. The official tourism description says new work continues to be added, so the precise exhibition can change.
The route unfolds as a story from the Wall of Pensive Christs to the Journey of Bread
The Wall of Pensive Christs is a stone gallery of niches. One important distinction is that it holds figures made by folk artists from across Lithuania, so the entire wall should not be credited to Česnulis alone. Nearby, Life of Man and Tree combines an old pine with oak figures representing the human lifespan and a counterpoint called Joy and Sorrow.
A study for Lithuania's Ethnic Culture Protection Council documents reliefs titled Christening, Wedding, Farewell, and Eglė the Queen of Serpents. Farther along it records the Giant, Spring with three nesting boxes, and St George fighting the dragon. These named works give visitors a narrative sequence to follow rather than a succession of unidentified photo subjects.
A theatre setting brings dancers together with Lithuanian literary characters from Žemaitė's The Daughter-in-Law, Antanas Vienuolis's In the Twilight, and Vincas Krėvė's At the Gates of Heaven. A pavilion and reliefs near the end tell the Journey of Bread. The mixture joins devotional carving, folklore, literature, and scenes of everyday labour.
The Tree Cake Museum is Romnesa's exhibition in Jaskonys, not a department of the park
The Tree Cake Museum stands beside the Romnesa restaurant and bakery at 3 Vienkiemių Street. Its operator says it opened in May 2015. Displays cover old and modern tools for baking šakotis, cookware, ovens, and examples of related cakes made in several other countries.
Romnesa and the official tourism page promote it as the world's first and only museum of its kind. That is an operator marketing claim. This research found no independent international audit of such absolute uniqueness. The collection, address, and operator can be checked; the global superlative cannot be treated the same way.
The museum displays a šakotis baked on 30 May 2015. Romnesa publishes a height of 3.72 metres and weight of 85.8 kilograms, figures also reported in a contemporary Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs publication. It is accurate to call it a Guinness record holder from 2015. It is less careful to claim without a date that it remains the world's largest today.
Museum admission does not automatically include a baking demonstration or tasting
An ordinary visit covers the exhibition and record exhibit. Public descriptions of watching the cake being made, tasting it, or joining the process refer to separately booked programmes. Visitors arriving without a reservation should not assume that baking will be under way or that a tasting is included in museum admission.
Romnesa's activities page describes a demonstration-baking session of about one hour for pre-booked groups. Published group sizes and prices can change. Confirm the date, language, participant count, tasting arrangement, and allergen information directly with Romnesa.
Šakotis is normally made with eggs, wheat flour, butter, or other dairy products. A baking activity is therefore not inherently suitable for people avoiding gluten, egg, or milk. You can view the museum without eating, but ask the operator about tasting ingredients and cross-contact instead of relying on a generic recipe.
Check hours, tickets, and accessibility separately for each stop
On 19 July 2026 the Druskininkai tourism page listed park hours as 09:00-17:00 in winter and 09:00-21:00 in season, without defining the season's dates. On the same day, the resident-card page showed standard prices without the card of EUR 6 for an adult, EUR 4 for a pensioner, and EUR 3 for a school pupil. This is a private park, so confirm hours and admission before a special journey by calling +370 687 93694 or +370 622 03566.
Romnesa's museum page still displayed admission of EUR 2 per person on the research date, but the page dates back to the museum's opening period. The operator also says restaurant and museum hours switch between summer and winter schedules, while the public schedule visible in July 2026 was still labelled winter. It cannot support a dependable current museum timetable. Call +370 606 00016 and treat the price and hours as confirmed only after receiving a current answer.
The park is an outdoor site with natural relief, earth and grass paths, and an exhibition spread through a four-storey windmill. Photographs and the character of the site make uneven surfaces and stairs a reasonable expectation, but no official access audit for the whole route was found. The museum's official description also gives no detail about thresholds, toilets, or assistance. Wheelchair users and visitors who find stairs difficult should discuss a suitable route with both operators before travelling.
