Museums in Vilnius

The Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, also known as the Green House, preserves the memory and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Jewry — a community of over 200,000 that was almost entirely destroyed during the Holocaust. Through personal artefacts, photographs, documents, and survivor testimonies, the museum tells the story of the "Jerusalem of the North" and its tragic fate.

The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania is a reconstructed royal residence at the foot of Gediminas Hill, once the political and cultural hub of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Rebuilt between 2002 and 2018 after meticulous archaeological research, the palace now functions as a national museum showcasing the country's history of statehood, diplomacy, and court culture from the 13th to the 18th century.

The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights occupies the former headquarters of the KGB in Vilnius, preserving the original interrogation rooms, prison cells, and execution chamber. It documents the Soviet and Nazi occupations of Lithuania from 1940 to 1991, focusing on resistance movements, deportations to Siberia, and the partisan war fought after World War II. The museum is one of the most impactful historical experiences in the Baltics.

The Lithuanian National Museum, established in 1855, is the country's oldest and largest museum dedicated to Lithuanian history and culture. Located at the foot of Gediminas Hill in the former New and Old Arsenals, it traces Lithuanian civilisation from prehistoric times through the Grand Duchy era, the partitions, the independence movements, and the Soviet period. The collection includes over 800,000 objects.

The Lithuanian National Museum of Art is the country's largest art institution, with several branches across Vilnius. The main collection encompasses Lithuanian and Baltic art from medieval icon painting through to contemporary installation. Its holdings include over 240,000 works spanning painting, sculpture, graphic art, and applied art.

MO Museum is a private museum of modern and contemporary Lithuanian art, opened in 2018 in a sculptural building designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind. Its permanent collection, assembled by philanthropists Viktoras and Danguolė Butkus over 30 years, spans Lithuanian art from the 1950s to the present. The building itself is a dramatic architectural statement on the Neris riverbank.