Where the nation‘s father spent his childhood

Plan your visit

From May to September: Tuesday to Friday 9.00 to 18.00, Saturday 10.00 to 18.00, Sunday 10.00 to 15.00

From October to April: Monday to Friday 9.00 to 17.00, Saturday 10.00 to 17.00, on Sundays museum is closed except the last Sunday of each month (10.00 to 15.00)

The ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing time.

See working hours during public holidays.

Ticket prices

  • Adult – 5,00 €
  • Concessions* – 2,50 €

Family ticket

  • Small family (1 adult and 1–4 children) – 8,00 €
  • Large family (2 adults and 1–4 children) – 13,00 €

Additional services

  • Guided tours in Lithuanian or a foreign language (for groups of 1–5 people) – 10,00 € + admission tickets
  • Guided tours in Lithuanian or a foreign language (for groups of 1–20 people) – 20,00 € + admission tickets
  • 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, English and Russian languages. Guided tours must be ordered in advance by phone or e-mail (+370 (342) 6 93 65, [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.

Adaptation for persons with mobility disabilities

You can only get to the museum by car. There is a spacious asphalt parking near the museum, where you will always find space for your car. There is no sloping driveway on the sidewalk. Most of the road to the museum is covered with lawns and stone pavements. The terrain of the yard is uneven.

The museum expositions are located in four buildings, the architecture of which is characteristic of a traditional country house: part of the buildings are wooden, high thresholds, low door frames and ceilings, dim lighting.

Visitors with reduced mobility can independently visit only one exhibition building – the so-called pigsty. Currently, the exhibition “talking Oaks”is installed there. In the same building there is a toilet adapted for people with reduced mobility, which is accessed from the main hall of the exposition. The width of the toilet door opening is 90 cm.

Most of the exposition: residential house, granary and laying for persons with mobility disabilities are not adapted.

Adaptation for visually impaired

There is no tactile marking or tactile layout in the museum, but if you arrange your visit in advance, a guide will accompany you in the museum spaces to help you orient yourself in the space and vividly tell you about the objects around you, the history of the homestead and Jonas Basanavicius. In order to better know the expositions of Jonas Basanavicius ‘ birthplace and to imagine in what environment the patriarch lived in childhood, it was possible to touch most of the surrounding objects and exhibits.

If you have any questions about access to the museum or about access to it, please contact us by phone. +370 342 69365. We will be happy to meet you and accompany you.

Social stories for parents raising ASS children

Scary to venture into a new and not yet known space? Social stories will help you get acquainted with the museum in advance and what awaits you upon arrival.

Exhibitions

Exhibition “A Fighter on the Move”

Exhibition

From 2026 02 20

Jonas Basanavičius Birthplace

Audiovisual installation “Es humanus”

Exhibition

2026 05 23 – 2026 09 27

Jonas Basanavičius Birthplace

Events

About us

Located in the village of Ožkabaliai, Vilkaviškis region, the birthplace of Jonas Basanavičius is one of only three National Museum of Lithuania branches located outside of Lithuania’s capital.

What will you see?

Basanavičius’s own publications about Lithuanian folklore and mythology; personal effects that belonged to the famous Signatory, including an ink pot, mechanical calendar, and a stamp with his initials; souvenir busts of the 18th century poet Adomas Mickevičius and the 1863 anti-Czarist rebellion leader Tadeusz Kościuszko; late 19th and early 20th century furniture and interior details typical of the Suvalkija ethno-cultural region.

Oak Wood

The Basanavičius homestead is surrounded by a 40 hectare oak wood that was initially planted three decades ago to mark Lithuania’s more recent national revival. This cultural landmark consists of 14 groves, each one dedicated to important dates in the country’s history. Among the close to 7,000 oaks stand numerous commemorative trees.

News

Contacts

Address

Gimtinės g. 17, Ožkabalių I k., Vilkaviškio r.

+370 342 6 93 65

[email protected]

How to find us?

The museum is about 20 kilometers away from the city of Vilkaviskis in the south direction. You can also come to the museum from the road Calvary-beautiful-chicken. Follow the road signs.

There is free parking near the museum.