KERNAVE by ©Kostas Sukevichius

The State Kernavė Museum - Reserve of Archaeology and History was established on 1st January, 1989 on the base of a unique complex of archaeological, historical, cultural and natural values. The founder of it is the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
In January, 2003, the State Archaeological and Historical Museum – Reserve of Kernavė was reorganized into the Administration of the Sate Cultural Reserve of Kernave. The policy of Administration is to assure implementation of the tasks, which are determinate in the Regulations of the State Cultural Reserve of Kernavė.

In 2002, after the revision of reserve boundaries and the reserve plan preparation, the Government adopted a decision on new boundaries of the reserve and its protected areas:
· the reserve territory – 194,4 ha,
· the buffer zone of cultural reserve (2455,2 ha) is divided into two sub zones, where different regimes of protection and maintenance are active, namely:
physical impact protection sub zone – 118,3 ha,
visual protection sub zone - 2336,9 ha.

The main task of the Administration of the State Cultural Reserve of Kernavė is research, protection, collection and promotion of archaeological, historical values within the Kernavė reserve and its protection areas. Any human activity, except the work carried out in connection with scientific research and museum collection development, is prohibited in the reserve and its protected areas.