Where love of the country was poured into the national anthem

Plan your visit

Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 to 17.00, Sunday 10.00 to 15.00. The museum is not open on Sundays from the 1st of October to the 30th of April, except for the last Sunday of each month, when we offer free admission.

The ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing time.

See working hours during public holidays.

Ticket prices

  • Adult – 4,00 €
  • Concessions* – 2,00 €

Family ticket

  • Small family (1 adult and 1–4 children) – 6,00 €
  • Large family (2 adults and 1–4 children) – 10,00 €
  • Small family ticket (1 adult and 1–4 children) with access to an educational class – 9,00 €
  • Large family ticket (2 adults and 1–4 children) with access to an educational class – 13,00 €

Additional services

  • Guided tours in Lithuanian or a foreign language (for groups of 1–20 people) – 15,00 € + admission tickets
  • Guided tours of Kudirkos Naumiestis (for groups up to 20 people) – 25,00 €
  • Guided tours of Kudirkos Naumiestis (for groups of more than 20 people) – 30,00 €
  • Educational classes for children from 4 years old and schoolchildren – 3,00 €
  • Educational classes for adults – 5,00 €

50% discount on admission tickets applies to the following visitors:

Full-time pupils of schools of general education; full-time students of schools of higher education; citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and other countries of the European Union studying full-time in schools of higher education in the member states of the European Union; students of vocational education institutions; pensioners (under 80); persons who suffered from the occupations between 1939 and 1990 – political prisoners and deportees, former inmates of ghettos and concentration or other forced labour camps; persons who fought for the independence of the Republic of Lithuania and suffered from Soviet aggression on 11–13 January 1991 and onwards; participants in the resistance movement against the occupations between 1940 and 1990 – volunteer soldiers and freedom fighters; teachers; for soldiers in permanent compulsory military service and volunteer soldiers, soldiers of NATO forces serving in Lithuania; members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union; cadets of the General J. Žemaitis Lithuanian Military Academy; members of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Volunteer Union. Discount is applied upon presentation of an appropriate ID.

Exposition is free of charge for the following visitors:

pre-school children; orphans and children who have lost guardianship by their parents; people with a disability and their one accompanying person; pupils with special educational needs and their one accompanying person; persons from 80 years of age; persons presenting a POLA (Association for Support of Oncological Patients) card; employees of Lithuania’s museums; members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM); residents of children care homes and socially supported children; teachers accompanying groups of schoolchildren; Vilnius Pass card holders (valid for visiting The New Arsenal, The Old Arsenal, The House of Signatories, Gediminas Castle Tower, The Bastion of the Vilnius Defence Wall, Kazys Varnelis House-Museum, House of Histories); students of Lithuanian art schools for children and youth; students of Vilnius College of Technologies and Design; students of Balys Dvarionas decennary music school; members of the Lithuanian Association of Art Historians; members of the International Association of Art Critics; members of the Lithuanian Association of Archaeologists; guides with valid guide ID; guides accompanying groups of tourists; journalists; Family Card holders; students of Vilnius Academy of Arts; students of the Faculty of History at Vilnius University; students of the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius university; students of the Klaipėda university; organised groups of up to 15 people by members of the Karaim Cultural Community in Lithuania, with the exception of Gediminas Castle Tower; members of the Public Institution “Public Initiatives Support Fund” accompanying Ukrainian groups; citizens of Ukraine; all visitors on the last Sunday of each month, except for temporary exhibitions at the House of Histories.

Educational activities of the National Museum of Lithuania’s expositional locations are free of charge for the following visitors:

children under 3 years of age; residents of children care homes and socially supported children; people with a disability and their one accompanying person; teachers accompanying groups of schoolchildren; citizens of Ukraine.

Concessions are applied upon the visitor providing valid ID that prooves right to specific concessions. This ID requirement does not apply to pre-school children and all visitors on the last Sunday of each month.

Guided tours are available in Lithuanian. Guided tours must be ordered in advance by phone or e-mail +370 (345) 5 74 51, [email protected].

The tours in the museum are only led by the museum tour guides or the tour guides from the institution with which the museum has concluded an appropriate agreement.

Filming and shooting

Visitors at expositions and exhibitions are allowed to take pictures without flash and stand, provided that these photographs are not reproduced and published. The administration reserves the right to prohibit photography and filming in certain exhibition halls or temporary exhibitions. Journalists can use special equipment with the permission of the museum administration. The visitor is liable for copyright infringement.

The elevator is currently out of service. The part of the exhibition located on the second floor can only be accessed by stairs.

Adaptation for persons with mobility disabilities

The museum is located in the center of the town, near the city park, opposite the monument of vincas Kudirka. Parking is provided near the museum. The museum is located in a newly equipped building adapted for persons with mobility disabilities.

The exposition is located on the I and II floors of the building. Access to the first floor of the museum is possible as far as the statoku ramp, and to the second – by elevator.

On the ground floor there is a sanitary unit, adapted for people with mobility disabilities. Educational spaces are also adapted for visitors with reduced mobility.

The museum is located in the center of the town, near the city park, opposite the monument of vincas Kudirka. On the street adjacent to the museum, the car can be parked free of charge.

The vincas Kudirka museum offers historical education for families about the children of the children. Lithuanian national revival and the Personality of vincas Kudirka and the history of writing, as well as creative afternoons on the theme of Christmas. The smallest visitors to the museum will always find a place and Means where they can color the characters of Prana Mashiot’s fairy tales.

Exhibitions

Exhibition “19490216: The Code of Decision“

Exhibition

2025 08 27 – 2026 09 02

Vincas Kudirka Museum
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Events

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About us

The Vincas Kudirka Museum introduces visitors to Vincas Kudirka, the author of the Lithuanian anthem, as well as the town in which he spent the final years of his life.

What will you see?

The exhibit includes items related to Kudirka’s life and person – a piano he played while visiting friends in Warsaw; an original copy of the Varpas newspaper; manuscripts of literary translations by Kudirka including George Gordon Brown Cain and Friedrich Schiller’s William Tell. Interactive terminals allow visitors to look through copies of Varpas and Ūkininkas and to see a hiding place for banned books, authentic book smuggler items and a traditional 19th century North Suvalkija (Zanavykas) ethnic costume.

History of the building

News

Opening Hours of LNM Branches on June 7

Free Admission Sunday at the National Museum of Lithuania – May 31

Ten branches of the National Museum of Lithuania across the country will open for schoolchildren for one special day

Vincas Kudirka Museum news

Contacts

Address

V. Kudirkos g. 29, Kudirkos Naumiestis, Šakių r.

+370 345 5 74 51

[email protected]

How to find us?

The museum is located in the center of the town, near the city park, opposite the monument of vincas Kudirka. On the street near the museum, the car can be parked free of charge.