Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights

This was a very heavy experience. They do not sugar-coat the atrocities. This museum has so much information and history. I HIGHLY recommend buying the regular ticket AND the audio tour. If you don’t have it, it’s too much to read. There are hundreds of things to learn about and read, so the audio is awesome. They give you the player and the headphones, so don’t worry about bringing anything. Going through the entire museum took us 3.5 hours and we could have gone longer but we hadn’t eaten yet and were very hungry. The audio tour also tells you a bit more information than just reading the English signage. I’ve been quite a few places in Vilnius and this is the one place I think EVERYONE should go. Please be respectful while you’re there and try to learn as much as you can.

A sobering account of Soviet oppression at a telling moment in modern times. This museum is a converted former KGB prison, with detailed explanation of the horrors of incarceration and what it feels like to be culturally and politically suppressed by an aggressive hostile country. It recounts the resistance efforts of ordinary Lithuanians in the face of insurmountable odds, and reveals their heroism even in the bleakest of times.

Everyone who goes to Vilnius should go to this museum... as a reminder of the suffering of the Lithuanian people in their struggle for independence and freedom. Be prepared though... it is very sad and some of the information was shocking. But it's a must do if you're visiting Vilnius.

This place is practically living history. I assume some of the people who worked here are still living. It's a pretty sinister place. People can really think of ways to make the lives of others miserable if they don't conform to their rules. It makes me think that humanity should be doomed. All of the material is presented in Lithuanian and English.

Former KGB prison. To day a museum with a very complete documentation and very visible exhibition of the horrible and terrifying history of Latvia before- , during and after the war. Breathtaking and goothbumps for me and I think the for a lot of visitors. Last picture; a street view out of a a cell through glass and iron wire mesh.

Museum. 3 floors. V interesting. Also recommend a Jewish walking tour if that sort of the history interests you! £5 entry can’t complain! Closed on mon and Tues FYI!

From the outside - it looks at first like a large elegant building on Gedimino Prospektas. But a closer look reveals a far grimmer revelation - this was the headquarter of the Soviet KGB during the years Lithuania was occupied. The exhibition is small but offers a chilling, gut-wrenching display of the place, which served as an improvement, torture and execution center during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, for half a century. Not for the faint hearted (the prison cells look as the occupying Russians left them) - but a crucial visit to any civilized person wishing to learn about the two most evil regimes of modern times - Communism and Nazism. Lithuania was a victim of both.

A great museum about a tragic history. I recommend visiting and taking time to reflect. The prison part impressed me the most, as you can feel its atmosphere, and what happened in those rooms is well described on the plaques by the doors. One of my favorite places I visited in Vilnius