Money Museum of the Bank of Lithuania — Attraction in Vilnius

One of the best museums I've been to. We went there on a guided excursion, it's really worth to book one (free!!!). The guide told a lot of interesting this, which I was unaware of. Interactive parts drew the most attention, of course, but the whole exhibition is really interesting and informative. I loved the wall out of shredded money from various countries. Also the Guiness World record coin pyramid, builtof more than 1 million lithuanian coins. Loads of information to be read. Also, we received some presents: a magnet with a euro picture, a coin (which we pressed ourselves). I also brougt home a printout how much i' be worth if i was made of pure gold (based on your weight). At the end you can go through a quizz and, if your answers are mostly correct, you can receive a printout with an old fashioned banknote with YOUR photo on it :) lots, lots of interesti g information there. Complete opposite of boring! P.s. entrance to...

I'm coming with a bias as a coin collector but nobody can argue with the free experience here. There were a selection of commemorative coins from around the world and the whole progression of Lithuanian money from the middle ages to the 20th-century occupations and then the conversion to the euro. Downstairs was a great exhibit on how the idea of money evolved from trade with things like shells and cattle to precious metals and then to money as we know it today. This part was very international with examples from the Far East, South Pacific and Middle East.

A cool thing was that there were interactive screens with quizzes on the topics that you had just read about. If you got enough questions right, you could have a song about money played over the speakers (mine was "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits). Parents may praise this as it gives children competition and a reward...

I've always been a bit fascinated with physical money, and even collect some coins (nothing extravagant, mostly I just enjoy having as many different euro coins as possible from all countries and also collect the special edition 2€ coins), so when I read about this museum, I of course had to check it out.

It is free entry (big plus) and on two stories has information about the history of money in general and in Lithuania. There are various banknotes from around the world, and also every sort of coin and banknote that was used in Lithuania at some point in history. Another random highlight is the world record euro cent pyramid built to celebrate the introduction of the euro in Lithuania.

It's located close to other attractions so anyone in the area should just go, it doesn't take much time to just look at a few things, read some...