The Rokiškis Manor ensemble - the Cultural Monument of the Republic of Lithuania - was started to be formed at the end of the eighteenth century. Count Ignatius Tyzenhauz (1760-1822), the builder of the new Manor house, was the commander of the Guard of the Great Duchy of Lithuania, who inherited large fortune from his uncle Anton (1733-1785) - vice treasurer of GDL and the governor of Grodno and Siauliai economies. The classical Manor house, started to be built under his initiative in 1792, was completed in 1801. This is proclaimed by the stone with the date and the monogram '18IT01', which is bricked on the base floor of the Manor house. Classical style servants' quarters were built on both sides of the stalls, next to the Manor house. A park had been planned along with the Manor house construction, where the first trees were planted in 1797. The park flourished especially after the Manor was inherited by Constantine Tyzenhauz (1786-1853), the son of Ignatius Tyzenhauz, - the world renowned scientist ornithologist, the author of numerous works of science, and birds' investigator who had a collection of over 3,000 stuffed birds. In Rokiškis Manor Park, he established a nature research laboratory and a zoo; he grew foreign plants in the greenhouses, and distributed their seedlings to other Manors in Lithuania and abroad. Reynold (1830-1880), the last man of the Tyzenhauz family and the son of the Count Constantine, was incorporated into the history of Rokiškis as the founder of St. Matthew the Evangelist Church, and the organizer of its construction. As the owner of a broad land, Count Reynold was an advocate of progressive farming, supported the abolition of serfdom, and was involved in this reform. After the death of Count Reynold Tyzenhauz, his sister Countess Maria Tyzenhauz Przezdziecka (1827-1890) had managed the household in Rokiškis Manor house for 10 years, funded the work of the church interior fitting, and provided the shrine with precious liturgical items. In Rokiškis, she opened the pharmacy, the shelter for the poor, and supported the hospital. Jan Pšezdziecki (1877-1944), the last owner of the Rokiškis Manor, who inherited the testamentary Manor from his uncle R. Tyzenhauz, began the rebuilding work of the central Manor house in 1905 under the project of Polish architects Karol Jankowski and Franciszek Lilpop. During the reconstruction, the second floor was built on the Manor house, one storey wings attached to the ends of it, and the classical facades were given eclectic Neo-baroque forms. After the rebuilding, spatial volume of the Manor house has expanded, design and decor of the facilities has changed. At the beginning of Bolshevik times, the owners of the Manor withdrew from Lithuania in the summer of 1940. Rokiškis Regional Museum was moved to the Manor house in 1940. It has remained until this day on and off.

1797 - Rokiškis Manor Park was started to be developed.
1801 - Count Ignatius Tyzenhauz builds a classical style Manor House. The architect is unknown.
1905 - Count Jan Przezdziecki rebuilds the Manor House. The architects - Karol Jankowski and Francis Lilpop.
December 1918 - June 1919 - Rokiškis County Revolutionary Committee operates in the Manor.September
1939 - April 1940 - Polish military internment camp is established in the Manor.
1940 - The Manor ensemble is nationalized and transferred to Rokiškis town municipality.
1940 summer - The Rokiškis Regional Museum is transferred to the Manor House.
September 15, 1940 - new displays are opened in the Museum, attracting over 1000 visitors a day. 
December 13, 1940 - 215 Regiment of Red Army's Riflemen settles in. The museum is closed for visitors.
1942 autumn - under Hitler's government, the Museum is evicted from the Manor House.
1944 - War refugees settle in the Manor House, where later Rokiškis residents are accommodated, a store is opened.
1947 - The Museum is returned to the Manor House once again. Displays are installed and opened.
1948 - The Manor House is transferred to Rokiškis Soviet state farm. The Museum is re-evicted.
1951-1952 - a district library and district cultural house is settled in the Manor House.
July 1952 - the Museum is returned to the Manor House.
1956 - major repairs on the central Manor House are started.
1962 - the Manor ensemble and the park are transferred to the Museum.
1963 - under the resolution of Lithuanian SSR Council of Ministers, the Manor ensemble and the park are pronounced as architectural monuments of national significance.
1976 - the district library is transferred from the Manor House to new premises.
1979 - two farm labourers' house buildings of the former Manor are transferred to the Museum.
1984 - the restored former dining room of the counts is opened for visitors.
1987 - the Manor ensemble buildings are connected to the town's heating system.
1996 - restoration work on the Manor homestead starts to be partially financed by the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection of Lithuania.
April 1997 - the restored Great Hall of the house is opened for visitors.
November 20 2001 - under the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Rokiškis Manor House is pronounced as a cultural monument of the Republic of Lithuania.
2004 - expulsion of the residents from the Manor House buildings is completed. The entire Manor House complex is transferred to the Museum. 
In 2006-2008, reconstruction work, partly financed by European Union Structural Funds, of the Manor house was completed: the southern and northern servants' quarters and guard's house were reconstructed, and a new outdoor engineering system was reconstructed and built. The total project cost amounted to 4.7 million litas.
In 2009-2010, reconstruction work of the central house facade was completed, flower garden was rebuilt, lighting of the Manor square was installed, audio guides implemented. The total value of the project, partly funded by the European territorial cross-border cooperation program, amounted to 1.34 million litas.

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