Museum of Applied Arts & Design — Attraction in Vilnius

Very visitor-unfriendly. I tried to check out the temporary exhibition devoted to ceramics and tapestries by Chagall, Picasso and Ernst, which I suppose must be super interesting. I came at noon, right before heading to the airport (+ travelling back to my home country) and had a small piece of hand luggage with me. There are only tiny lockers available (a handbag or a tiny backpack can fit; a bigger bag or a hand-luggage type of a suitcase won't). The staff didn't offer any possibility of accommodating my need (i.e. storing my bag for the time during which I could check out the said exhibition) and refused to help me find a solution so that I could see the exhibition. NOT welcoming at all. As a result, I was not able to see the show. A way to avoid such situations could be for the museum to include a note on their website mentioning that visitors with larger bags are not welcome. Then one wouldn't have to suffer through an unpleasant interaction with the museum staff.

In contrast, there was no problem with storing my bag during my visit at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Museum. And in general, other cultural institutions are usually very accommodating. Tourists sometimes need or want to check out museums right before or after they travel, carrying some bags with themselves. So, why push...

The location makes for a good venue to host different events. I think I may have missed some of it as it didn't really feel like a museum of applied arts but rather a museum of fashion, most of the exhibition consisted of women's gowns and accessories from the end of the 19th century until the present ordered chronologically. Can't say that's an interest of mine but the...

Expected a permanent museum collection covering hundreds of pieces of local furniture, porcelain etc. What we found is about five pieces of both furniture and porcelain - and two exhibitions about Suisse political posters and modern artwork combining textiles and visualisation. More a gallery than a museum. So...