Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights

When you visit this place you get quite. What humans do to humans is unbelievable. Humans are very good to kill each other because you live on a certain place, have a diffent believe or have just another way of living. The prison in the basement shows how cruel live can be from the imprisonment where you are put in a 0.6 sqm small space, just standing there for three hours. The kitchen of the prison was the killing room. 45 people were killed the most on one day. Worst time was under German and Stalin regime. A live counted nothing The museum is very well organized and makes you travel back in time. The locals stood up for their country well knowing to be killed one day, tortured or shot. They believed in the freedom of the country.

Also known as the KGB Museum. An absolute must see if you go to Lithuania (& very clear connotations of the repression of the Lithuanian people under Soviet rule). Stark reality brought how as you visit the below ground cells.

Expansive museum set in a former KGB building. The museum is spread over three floors with some incredibly detailed exhibitions! This truly is a must visit museum in Vilnius covering the years of Soviet occupation in Lithuania. The highlight was the basement, consisting of a preserved KGB prison including prison cells, interrogation and torture cells, as well as an execution chamber. Make sure to dedicate a good few hours, it’s really worth digesting everything!

Very well organised museum. The different cells were very interesting plus many information about the torture they were giving their captives.

A sobering and impact full experience, this is a must see museum, especially those who love history. It shares the experience of the Lithuanian people, their struggles and resistance, during the soviet occupations. And that in a former KGB headquarters and jail. If you didn't appreciate your freedom before, you definitely will after your visit here.

The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius (formerly known as the KGB Museum) offers a sobering yet essential window into Lithuania's difficult past. Located in the former KGB headquarters building itself, this museum provides an unflinching look at the Soviet occupation of Lithuania and the resistance movements that fought for freedom. The preservation of the building's original prison cells, interrogation rooms, and execution chamber creates an immersive historical experience that conveys the grim realities of Soviet oppression more effectively than any textbook could. The basement prison area, with its authentic KGB cells and torture chambers, is particularly moving and helps visitors understand the brutality of the regime. The upper floors contain meticulously curated exhibitions with photographs, documents, and personal artifacts that tell the stories of deportees, partisans, and dissidents who suffered under occupation. The English translations are excellent, making the complex history accessible to international visitors. What makes this museum exceptional is how it balances the darkness of its subject matter with a powerful message about the resilience of the Lithuanian people and their unwavering commitment to freedom. It doesn't just document suffering, but celebrates those who resisted. The museum staff maintain an appropriately respectful atmosphere, and the modest entrance fee supports the important work of preserving this crucial chapter of Lithuanian history.

Sobering informative especially visiting day after VE Day 2025. Poor Lithuania as if it hadn’t had enough after WWI to be subjugated again by Russia then Germany then again for 50 long years by Russia again. Mans inhumanity to man is sad.

The museum details the history of Lithuania during and after WWII. The country became a battlefield between the Soviet Union and the German nazi. Many Lithuanians were incarcerated in corrective labor camps and prisons or deported to faraway Siberia by the Soviet Union. Jews and other uprisers were sent to concentration camps by the German nazi. Dissidents were liquidated by both superpowers. It was a devastating period in Eatern Eurpe's history.