Museums

1/4 Mo Museum https://mo.lt/en/

Briefly about:

One of the largest private art collections in Lithuania, the

MO Museum Collection consists of artworks dating from
the 1960s to this day. It includes more than 5000 works of
modern and contemporary Lithuanian art. In 2011 the
collection was officially recognized as being of “national
significance.”

Museum opening hours: Price: How to find?

YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ONLINE:

https://mo.lt/en/
Public transport to Mo Museum:
Trolleybuses: 1, 2, 7, 20.
Buses: 53, 88, 1G. Bus No. 11 is also an option if you’re going towards Žvėrynas, and No. 89 – if
you’re going from the Vilnius Bus Station towards the Europe Square.
Current events:
„A Difficult Age: Vilnius, 1939–1949”

Presents an important narrative, recreates a broken

connection and presents the context of the Vilnius era
allowing us to take a deeper look at this dramatic decade of
Vilnius. At that time, both the life of the city and the
everyday life and identity of Vilnius residents changed. The
works of art, photographs, documents and architectural
plans exhibited in the exhibition will help to learn more
about it.
 “A Difficult Age. Szapocznikow – Wajda – Wróblewski”

Originally planned for the autumn of 2020, had to be

delayed to 2021. This exhibition is the largest and most
ambitious MO Museum project to date, involving 25
foreign museums, galleries and private collections. About
120 works will be on display from 5 different countries.

“Silent Talking” by Rūta Spelskytė

To collect material for this series of prints, Rūta

Spelskytė visited 26 countries in Europe. While
traveling in Germany, she even stayed with
strange members of a sect. In Bosnia,
meanwhile, she was constantly subjected to
checks by armed soldiers who were suspicious of
a petite traveler out on her own. Spelskytė
sought out locations where misunderstandings
between nations or political systems had led to
tragedy or even war. She recorded such places
with her camera and pen and, once back in her
studio, created etchings on plastic plates and
made her prints on paper

2/4 Museum of Illusions https://www.vilnil.lt/en/

Briefly about:

Permanent exhibition is a 400 m2 space where illusions meet

scientific inventions and arts: physics and optics are displayed
together with mysterious artworks and classical riddles. The
exceptional educational experience is enriched by interactive
entertainment — drawing with a light, creating shadows and
unforgettable moments in the world upside down.

Museum opening hours: Price:

How to find?
YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ONLINE:
https://www.vilnil.lt/en/tickets/
Or you can buy at there.
Video about museum: https://youtu.be/ZKMBUJjbRwg
 3/4 Illusion rooms http://illusions.lt/en/pradinis-english/
Briefly about: Illusion Rooms located in the very center of
Vilnius, waiting for you: A maze of mirrors, a Devil’s Tunnel that
turns his head and legs, an Anti-Gravity Room that balances the
perception of reality, a Room of Resizing confirming the illusion
of perspective, Inverted Rooms and many other attractions and
exhibits.

Museum opening hours: Price: How to find?

For student: 6eur

YOU CAN ONLY BUY TICKETS ONLINE:

https://tickets.paysera.com/lt/step/illusion-rooms-vilnius/select
P.S. You need to call them before one hour to go there.
4/4 Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
https://www.valdovurumai.lt/en
Briefly about: A fortified
wooden settlement existed
on the site of the Grand
Dukes’ Palace from the 4th to
the 8th centuries. During the
13th and 14th centuries it was
converted into a well-fortified
castle with brick walls. At the
end of the15th and the
beginning of the 16th centuries, the Gothic-style castle of the Middle Ages was transformed into a
luxurious Renaissance-style residence. During the 17th century, the palace was reconstructed in the
early Baroque style and the rulers of Lithuania and Poland who lived there amassed large collections
of famous artworks and disseminated new cultural ideas throughout the country. The political fates
of not only Lithuania but also of all Central, Eastern, and Northern European countries were decided
there. During the mid-17th century war with Moscow the palace was devastated, never rebuilt, and
never again a residence for rulers. At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, on
the orders of the Tsarist administration, all except the eastern wing of the palace was torn down.
The idea that the palace could be reconstructed came alive again at the end of the 20th century with
the movement for Lithuanian independence. Beginning in 1987, very detailed and complex
archaeological excavations began, which became the basis for the reconstruction of the palace.
During 2000 and 2001 laws were passed by the Lithuanian Parliament and approved by the
Lithuanian Government concerning the reconstruction of the palace and its uses. The actual
reconstruction work began in 2002 and still goes on.
Museum opening hours: Price: How to find?

Tickets can be purchased at the box office