Museums: choose the best way to learn more about the city’s past

Vilnius boasts a diverse array of museums that encapsulate the city's rich history, vibrant art scene, and unique cultural heritage, making it a haven for enthusiasts and curious travelers alike.

Auto Museum
Auto Museum

World class retro cars museum. Here You will get to see fully renovated authentic pieces of historical cars.

MO Museum
MO Museum

The MO Museum gives visitors the opportunity to experience art and get to know the people and lives behind each creation

Vilnius museum
Vilnius museum

The Vilnius Museum is a new space for local people and visitors to learn more about the country’s capital.

The Radvila Palace Museum of Art of the LNMA
The Radvila Palace Museum of Art of the LNMA

The newly renovated Radvila Palace Museum of Art reopened with an exhibition Protest Art: The Rebels of the Soviet Era, presenting a part of a wide collection gifted to the museum by Vladimir Tarasov.

Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights
Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights

The former office of the KGB Deputy Chief of Internal Prison on the museum’s first floor includes an exhibition of documents, photographs, maps and other items depicting the Sovietisation of the region in 1940-1941.

The Museum of Applied Arts and Design of the LNMA
The Museum of Applied Arts and Design of the LNMA

What makes this museum interesting is the fact that it does not currently have a permanent exposition, but only temporary exhibitions, information about which is easily accessible on the Internet.

Tartle
Tartle

The centre’s aim is to cherish, collect and return distributed Lithuanian heritage

House of Histories exhibition space
House of Histories exhibition space

The House of Histories is a space where history is presented to visitors not as a fixed past, but as a reality created and still being created by all of us.

Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art of the LNMA
Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art of the LNMA

Vytautas Kasiulius Museum of Art introduces the artists of Lithuanian exodus of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Vilnius Picture Gallery of the LNMA
Vilnius Picture Gallery of the LNMA

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Lithuanian art

The Church Heritage Museum
The Church Heritage Museum

The unique Church Heritage Museum located in the Old Town of Vilnius will appeal not only to lovers of sacred art, but also to anyone interested in ancient Lithuanian culture.

Television Tower
Television Tower

The Vilnius Television Tower is the tallest building in the country and is rightfully ranked among the tallest television towers in the world.

Samuel Bak Museum
Samuel Bak Museum

The Samuel Bak Museum located on Naugarduko Street functions as a division of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.

The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

During the 15th, 16th centuries and the first half of the 17th century, the Palace of the Grand Dukes was a political, diplomatic, administrative and cultural centre of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

The Old Arsenal
The Old Arsenal

Over 4,000 archaeological findings are presented at the Lithuanian archaeology exhibition titled “Prehistory of Lithuania”.

The Bastion of Vilnius City Wall
The Bastion of Vilnius City Wall

The bastion is an original example of Renaissance defensive architecture.

Toy Museum
Toy Museum

A magical place where you can feel like a child again. There are many toys to play with, and many toys exhibits.

Vilnil. Museum of Illusions
Vilnil. Museum of Illusions

It’s fascinating. It’s fun. It’s sure to be surprising. Basically, that’s all you need to know about this fabulous museum.

Centre for Civil Education
Centre for Civil Education

The Centre for Civil Education is a state-of-the-art educational space that presents in detail how the state functions and how its citizens participate in the creation and management of a democratic state.

The Energy and Technology Museum
The Energy and Technology Museum

The first public electric power plant in Vilnius is now turned into a museum where you can experience harmony of industrialism and culture.

The House of Signatories
The House of Signatories

The House of Signatories is a monument of history and architecture where the Act of Reinstating Independence of Lithuania was signed on February 16, 1918.

Railway Museum
Railway Museum

The Railway Museum welcomes everybody willing to know the history and present of the Lithuanian railways.

Money Museum
Money Museum

The Money Museum is interactive, adapted not only to passively view the exhibition, but also to actively participate in the cognitive process.

Kazys Varnelis House-Museum
Kazys Varnelis House-Museum

When was the last time you visited a house-like museum? You will probably agree that only by knowing our origins can we create a meaningful future.

Museum of Culture and Identity of Lithuanian Jews
Museum of Culture and Identity of Lithuanian Jews

Litvak culture, customs, and stories of historical daily life have never been presented in such a varied, in-depth and interactive way as in the Museum of Culture and Identity of Lithuanian Jews. Vilnius can now be proud to have an institution that promotes the spiritual and cultural treasure of the Jewish community, which has contributed to the history of Lithuania, and which has greatly influenced Lithuanian culture and lifestyle.

The Gediminas’ Tower
The Gediminas’ Tower

The Vilnius Castle Museum was opened in 1960, and in 1968 it became a subdivision of the Lithuanian National Museum.

Liubavas Manor Watermill-Museum
Liubavas Manor Watermill-Museum

It’s a museum recounting Lithuania’s historical, cultural and technical heritage

Museum of Vladislovas Sirokomlė
Museum of Vladislovas Sirokomlė

The 19th-century wooden building is preserved in the village where the poet lived and created

Amber Museum - Gallery
Amber Museum - Gallery

Have you heard what kind of characteristics and energy Lithuanian amber radiates? If not, be sure to check out the Amber Museum-Gallery.

Visitors Information Centre of the Paneriai Memorial
Visitors Information Centre of the Paneriai Memorial

Paneriai is the site of the largest mass murder organised and executed by the Nazis in Lithuania.