Museums

M.K.Ciurlionis House

Ciurlionis House in Vilnius was opened on September 24, 1995, commemorating the 120th anniversary of M.K.Ciurlionis. There in 1907 - 1908 lived and created the great Lithuanian artist and composer. Apart from the memorial room, there are also cozy premises for the concerts of chamber music, for the hearing of the recordings and the expositions of pictures. The aim of Ciurlionis House is to compile, save and spread the information about the life and creative work of M.K.Ciurlionis, to collect exhibits, arrange exhibitions, organize different events, thematic evenings, scientific more..

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address:	Saviciaus St. 11
tel:	62 24 51

Lithuanian State Jewish Museum

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address:	Pamenkalnio St. 12/Pylimo St. 4,
tel:	62 07 30, 61 79 17
openings:	Mon-Thurs 9-17; Fri 9-16

Antanas Venclova Memorial Cabinet

The exposition has been prepared upon the project of D. Skrebiene and shows the cultural life of Vilnius Lithuanian intelligentsia.

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address:	Pamenkalnio St. 34
tel/fax:	62 85 25
openings:	Mon.-Fri. 12am-5pm

Photographers Society Salon

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address:	Didzioji St. 19
tel:	61 16 65
openings:	Tues-Sun 12-19

Lithuanian Museum of the Genocide Victims

photo by: Andrius Dogelis

Lithuanian Museum of the Genocide Victims is one big memento almost for young generations. Museum is devided into two floor. First floor is moustly exposition of guns, torture tools and victims of soviet era, which takes longer than nacism during 2.WW. Underground is just poor cells, with great explanation but there tourists must engage their mind.

Whole museum is real great, enjoy it!!!

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address:	Auku St.2a/Gedimino Ave 40
tel:	62 24 49
openings:	Tues-Sun 10-16

Vilniaus University Science Museum

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address:	Sv.Jono St. 12
tel:	61 18 94/61 17 95
openings:	Mon-Thurs 10-17,

Vilniaus Castle Museum

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address:	Arsenalo St. 3
tel:	61 74 53
openings:	Tues-Sun 11-18,

Alexander Pushkin Literature Museum

Alexander Pushkin Literature Museum opened its door for the visitors in 1948. In 1899-1905 here lived Grigorij Pushkin, the younger son of the poet Alexander Pushkin.The Museum shows the living of the Russian landlords and his literary works. The greatest part of it - "Pushkin and Lithuania" shows the spreading of A.Pushkin's creations in Lithuania, and the friendship between A. Pushkin and A. Mickiewicz.

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openings:	Wed.-Sat. 11am-6pm.
tel./fax:	60 00 80
address:	Subaciaus St. 124

Vincas Mykolaitis -Putinas Museum

The museum was opened in 1986 in the flat of V. Mykolaitis - Putinas (1893 - 1967), a writer, literature researcher, academician, public man. There V. Mykolaitis - Putinas spent 20 years of his late creative work (1947 - 1967). The authentic surrounding is restored in three rooms. In the stock of the Museum there are about 5000 exposits. It is a creative-memorial heritage and very different material, related to the writer’s life

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address:	Tauro St. 10-3
tel:	62 44 80
openings:	Tue.-Sat.11am-6pm

Beatrice Grinceviciute Memorial Flat-Museum "Beatrices namai"

The Museum "Beatrices namai" has been established to keep the memory of the prominent singer B. Grinceviciute (1911-1988), her surrounding, as well as to promote her songs. The museum was opened on the first floor of the semi-flat building, constructed in the period after the war. In this flat the singer lived from 1970 till 1988. The exhibits of the museum contain pictures, records, books and other authentic belongings of the singer.

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address:	Vienuolio St. 12-1
tel:	61 74 22
openings:	Mon.-Fri. 10am-7pm

Painter's Union Exibition Hall

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address:	Vokieciu St. 4
tel:	61 19 96
openings:	Mon-Thurs 9-17,Fri 9-13

Contemporary Art Centre

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address:	Vokieciu St. 2
tel:	62 98 91
openings:	Mon-Sat 11-19,

Lower Castle Museum

Architecture Museum

Marija and Jurgis Slapeliai House - Museum

The exposition arranged in M. & J. Slapeliai House - Museum reflects the life of Vilnius region from the second half of the XIX century till 1940. The prohibition of the Lithuanian publications, which lasted for many years (1864-1904) forced to choose such method of fight as book spreading.

The participants of the National revival, understanding the tragic situation of the Lithuanian Nation, thought, that the fight for the survival of the native language was the main goal. The exposition shows the animation of the publishing of the books, establishment of the Lithuanian more..

Vincas Kreve - Mickevicius Memorial Museum

Vincas Kreve - Mickevicius Memorial Museum re-creates the authentic surrounding, in which Professor Vincas Kreve - Mickevicius, the classic of literature lived with his family since 1940. There are many preserved private things, documents and photos of the writer in the exposition of the museum. These are a part of the manuscript of "The Sons of the Sky and the Earth", a lamp, the type-writer "Corona", taken away from Lithuania in 1944, many publications and smaller memorable things.

Amatininkai

Lithuanian Folk Artists Gallery

Skliautai

Russian Culture Centre Gallery