Biržai Castle

One of the best castle tours in Lithuania. The main palace is a museum housing artifacts from the stone age to modern history. The museum is organized by historical periods - from Commonwealth to Czarist Russia, independent Lithuania and Soviet times, giving authentic sense of atmosphere in each period from the unique perspective of Birzai, which was a Duchy for a long time. Its not too formal and plenty of household items from musical instruments of each period to photos and paintings give a good sense what it was like to live during these times. Don't miss the virtual reenactment at a side building "Arsenalas" how the castle was taken by swedes 300 years ago during Swedish wars and subsequently destroyed.