Kaunas · Lithuania

Vytautas the Great War Museum

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📍 K. Donelaičio g. 64, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Military museum displaying historical armor & weaponry collections, plus the wreck of a 1930s plane.

Located at K. Donelaičio g. 64, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania.

Rating: 4.7/5 (3318 reviews)

Website: https://www.vdkaromuziejus.lt/

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The Vytautas the Great War Museum is a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was built in Art Deco and early functionalism style. Originally it was established in 1921 by Vladas Nagevičius but later it was decided to move to a larger location. A part of the new museum was opened in 1930, at the 500th anniversary of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania, the namesake of the museum.

1 It was built in Art Deco and early functionalism style.
2 Originally it was established in 1921 by Vladas Nagevičius but later it was decided to move to a larger location.
3 A part of the new museum was opened in 1930, at the 500th anniversary of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania, the namesake of the museum.
4 There are expositions dedicated to the military skills of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vytautas the Great Chapel, collections of weapons, firearms, ammunition, army uniforms of various states, defense of the Kaunas Fortress in 1915, and others.
5 During the time of the First Lithuanian Republic (1918–1940), when Kaunas was the temporary capital of Lithuania, national holidays were celebrated in the square.
6 The first carillonists of the Kaunas Carillon were Lithuanian composers Viktoras Kuprevičius and his son Giedrius Kuprevičius.
7 The crypt to Those Perished for the Freedom of Lithuania was constructed in 1938.