The Castle Museum — Attraction in Klaipėda

We were unfortunately not able to buy tickets to get into the castle due to a (frankly) rude ticket agent. The museum wasn’t super busy, there was absolutely no line at the time, and we walked up with the necessary money in hand to pay for 4 tickets, but were refused service. Really not sure what could have caused her reactions, it was only about a minute total in interaction where she seemed extremely annoyed at our presence and repeatedly told us to go elsewhere. We were visiting as part of a cruise, so perhaps she was tired of all the English speaking tourists from the day? Whatever it was, we were obviously not welcome there, so we sadly just left.

The castle is underwhelming from the outside, and we unfortunately were not able to explore inside. We had heard the museum was really cool, but there’s no way i can rate the experience we had higher...

At the moment two different exhibitions take place at the Castle Museum. The entrance fee is very fair (0,87€ for students, regular price is around 1,85). The first exhibition deals with the history of the castle itself as well as with the history of Klaipeda from when it first was mentioned until today. Even though the exhibition includes some pretty interesting artefacts, the main problem is that all the explanations are only written in Lithuanian. Hence, as long as one is not able to understand Lithuanian at lot of the information is lacking. 3/5 The second exhibition focuses on the role of Klaipeda and whole Lithuania during World War II. This exhibition was made with a great eye on the details and the atmosphere, dealing with this sad part of history. Every explanation is given in English as well and the staff is very helpful and...

Medieval Klaipėda was a small town. The ideas of the Reformation and the Renaissance gave a great impetus to the development of the city. The symbol of Renaissance Klaipėda is found in the castle from the 16th century. a gold ring with a jewel of a middle nobleman. The atmosphere of the townspeople's life and fashion are reflected in green glazed cobblestones, remains of shoes, household items, craftsman's work tools, coins, imported items. One of the most interesting exhibits is the 17th century. the layout of the second half of Klaipėda castle and city, created after analyzing archaeological, historical, cartographic, iconographic sources. The computer terminal installed in the castle museum allows visitors to independently obtain information on the history...