The life and work of a global Lithuanian

ATTENTION! There is currently no constant exposition in the museum, but we invite you to come and see the exhibition ‘Identity and Form: the Artworks of Kazys Varnelis’.

Plan your visit

Wednesday to Friday – 10 AM to 5 PM, Saturday – 11 AM to 5 PM, Sunday – 11 AM to 4 PM.

Last tickets are sold half an hour until museum closing hours.

See working hours during public holidays.

Ticket prices for constant exposition (currently closed) and temporary ehxibition

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

Ticket prices for temporary ehxibition

  • Adult – 2,00 €
  • Concessions* – 1,00 €

Family ticket for constant exposition (currently closed) and temporary ehxibition

  • 1 adult and 1–4 children – 6,00 €
  • 1 adult and 1–4 children, with admission to learning programmes – 9,00 €
  • 2 adults and 1–4 children – 10,00 €
  • 2 adults and 1–4 children, with admission to learning programmes – 13,00 €

Guided tours

  • Guided tour in Lithuanian or other language for a group (up to 10 people) – 10,00 Eur + museum visitor’s tickets
  • Guided tour in Lithuanian or other language for singular registered adult visitors – 2,00 Eur + museum visitor’s ticket

Jonas Šliūpas museum educational activities, developed by November 3rd, 2023

  • Educational activity for children from 4 years of age and school students – 2,00 Eur
  • Educational activity for adults – 2,00 Eur + museum visitor’s ticket
  • Virtual educational activity for school students – 1,00 Eur

Jonas Šliūpas museum educational activities, newly developed after November 3rd, 2023

  • Educational activity for children from 4 years of age and school students – 3,00 Eur
  • Educational activity for adults – 3,00 Eur + museum visitor’s ticket
  • Virtual educational activity for school students – 2,00 Eur
  • Jonas Šliūpas museum creative workshop admission, per person – 3,00 Eur
* 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; 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. Discount is applied upon presentation of an appropriate ID.

Expositions are 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; persons from 80 years of age; 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; employees of the Cultural Heritage Department at the Ministry of Culture and its territorial branches; cadets and conscripts from General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania; soldiers of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Headquarters Battalion; members of the Lithuanian army volunteer union; employees of Lithuanian Post; journalists; Family Card holders; students of Vilnius Academy of Arts; students of the Faculty of History at Vilnius University; citizens of Ukraine; organised migrant groups; all visitors on the last Sunday of each month.

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.

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.

Information for disabled visitors: exhibition rooms of the Jonas Šliūpas memorial homestead do not have wheelchair access.

General visitor regulations of the National Museum of Lithuania

Guided tours are available in Lithuanian, English languages. Guided tours must be ordered in advance by phone or e-mail (+370 685 35 914, ).

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.

The museum is open to visitors during the regular opening hours. Please read relevant information regarding COVID-19 before visit: click here (link)

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About us

Visit the 19th century wooden villa built by counts Tiškevičiai, which was the home of Palanga’s first burgomaster Jonas Šliūpas from 1931 to 1944, and feel the spirit of this progressive and uncopromising personality. The constant exposition on Jonas Šliūpas is currently in developement. Meanwhile, we invite you to visit the exhibition ‘Identity and Form: the Artworks of Kazys Varnelis’ and follow us on social media for all upcoming information.

What will you see?

The renewed Jonas Šliūpas museum is currently housing paintings of the world-renowned artist Kazys Varnelis as well as textile art from all over Lithuania, held in Kazys Varnelis House-Museum of the National Museum of Lithuania.

What will you learn?
History of the building

Contacts

Address

Vytauto g. 23a, Palanga

+370 612 86114

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