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Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

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The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania is a palace in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was originally constructed in the 15th century for the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the future Kings of Poland.

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Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania

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Nice museum, with three floors plus a viewing deck. At the time of writing the third floor was under construction and unavailable for viewing. There is a neat and decent sized archeological site in the basement/ground floor, along with lots of medieval history. Some cool artifacts such as wooden, leather, and treasury pieces reside in glass cases. Also, there are a ton of stove tiles! The entry price is a great value (about 3 euros) and I did the audio tour for an extra euro. The audio tour has a few things that you wouldn't learn about if you only read the signs, although some of the audio explanations are... painfully slow. There are signs in English everywhere, so you don't need to do the audio tour if you are only an English speaker. I had just over an hour here, and this wasn't enough time to see everything thoroughly. I ended up having to rush through the big palace rooms before closing time. If you're like me --- i.e. you want to read everything and take your time --- then I'd allow at least two hours, maybe more. Overall, worth the visit if you like a bit of history and want to learn more about the castle in Vilnius! :)

Gwendolyn Eadie

Cannot possibly fathom how this place could have a 4.7-star avg out of nearly 6k ratings. It's one of the stalest, least inspired and most outdated museum exhibitions I've ever had the misfortune to visit and very much skippable for every foreign visitor. The given history of Lithuania and total demolition of the palace was tragic, but the curation team's decision to address this fact only through documentation of the excavation/construction itself, and proceeding to pretend it's kind of real for the remaining 90% of floor space is badly misguided. The second equally grave sin is the 30-40 years outdated presentation style of "let's chuck piles of old stuff into vitrines and install about 200 2-meter tall information plaques". It feels like no members of the design team had ever stepped foot in any museum since their high school years, which must have been in the '70s at the latest. It's a real shame to see a major (and surely generously EU-funded) opportunity go to waste like this when the Museum of Occupations shows with no sweat how 21st-century museum practice is really done.

Bálint Tóth

Wow. I have never been to a museum that provides such a detailed, rich and comprehensive reproduction of the history of its city/country. We love history, and we LOVED this museum. It was fantastic. The museum has 4 different routes. Route 1 is by far the longest, and provides a history of the foundation of Vilnius/Lithuania and how it's intertwined with neighbouring countries. It also shows a reconstruction of the architecture of the palace and building around it. This route can take between 2-3 hours, depending on how much you read. The other three routes are a lot shorter: Route 2 shows reconstructions of historical rooms within the palace, Route 3 shows what everyday life was like in the palace and Route 4 shows temporary exhibitions. Which route to take is personal preference. You can do all 4 in an afternoon, but if you're interested in the history of Lithuania then Route 1 is more than enough. It is possible to get separate tickets for the individual routes. We went as a couple, but we saw families with kids as well.

Marissa Horst

I feel really bad writing a bad review of a museum, especially one as important as this. The place should be understood more as a monument to lithuanian nationhood than a place of fun or discovery. The first part (of four) is mainly a history book, with long chapters describing the rulers of Lithuania and the members of the family tree. There are some ruins under the reconstructed building and a few artifacts, but it is primarily a reading experience. The second part is a very long and confusing series of partially reconstructed rooms. Typically there is a heating source, a bed, and a few paintings in each room. The viewing tower is pointless if you have already been to Gediminas tower or other high points in Vilnius. It feels like a waste of space. Why not fully reconstruct a few of the rooms and use the rest of the space for collections of art or something else? If I had known the Dukes Palace was going to be like this, I might have tried the 'Castellan's House' museum nearby instead.

Bjørn Hansen

Brand new history. Already in the 13th/14th century there was a wooden or stone palace here, but after the great fire of 1419 a two-storey Gothic stone palace was built here. In the decades that followed, the palace was renovated and expanded (a fourth wing and a third storey were added) and the style of the building was adapted to the architectural fashion of the time: from Gothic to Renaissance to Baroque. After the palace was badly damaged by the Russians in 1655, it was not restored and the decline began, which, after 1795, resulted in the demolition of almost the entire palace. The Jewish merchant Abraham Schlossberg incorporated the remains into his house and this "Schlossberg House" was incorporated into the completely rebuilt grand ducal building between 2002 and 2018. The palace now also houses the National Museum of Lithuania, which makes a visit to this very skillfully rebuilt palace even more attractive!

Koen

If you want to learn about Lithuanian history, it is a nice place to visit. Quite detailed and I think it is worth visiting. You can learn all about the grand dukes of Lithuania, their lives and all the restoration process of the castle. If you try to follow all the details you may even spend a day here. The museum has 4 parts. The first part is the longest with all the history, in the second part you can see some rooms of the palace with objects and portraits, third part is dedicated to some information about music and daily life and in the forth part you can see a special collection of paintings and pictures. It is 11.50 euros, but if you are a student you pay half of the price. If you pay 3 euros extra, you can also get a VR experience. There is also an observation desk where you can see the view of the city out of the window.

Özge Ergün

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Katedros a. 4, 01143 Vilnius, Lithuania

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+370 5 262 0007

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valdovurumai.lt

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4.7

(3.1K reviews)

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Nice museum, with three floors plus a viewing deck. At the time of writing the third floor was under construction and unavailable for viewing. There is a neat and decent sized archeological site in the basement/ground floor, along with lots of medieval history. Some cool artifacts such as wooden, leather, and treasury pieces reside in glass cases. Also, there are a ton of stove tiles! The entry price is a great value (about 3 euros) and I did the audio tour for an extra euro. The audio tour has a few things that you wouldn't learn about if you only read the signs, although some of the audio explanations are... painfully slow. There are signs in English everywhere, so you don't need to do the audio tour if you are only an English speaker. I had just over an hour here, and this wasn't enough time to see everything thoroughly. I ended up having to rush through the big palace rooms before closing time. If you're like me --- i.e. you want to read everything and take your time --- then I'd allow at least two hours, maybe more. Overall, worth the visit if you like a bit of history and want to learn more about the castle in Vilnius! :)

Gwendolyn Eadie

Cannot possibly fathom how this place could have a 4.7-star avg out of nearly 6k ratings. It's one of the stalest, least inspired and most outdated museum exhibitions I've ever had the misfortune to visit and very much skippable for every foreign visitor. The given history of Lithuania and total demolition of the palace was tragic, but the curation team's decision to address this fact only through documentation of the excavation/construction itself, and proceeding to pretend it's kind of real for the remaining 90% of floor space is badly misguided. The second equally grave sin is the 30-40 years outdated presentation style of "let's chuck piles of old stuff into vitrines and install about 200 2-meter tall information plaques". It feels like no members of the design team had ever stepped foot in any museum since their high school years, which must have been in the '70s at the latest. It's a real shame to see a major (and surely generously EU-funded) opportunity go to waste like this when the Museum of Occupations shows with no sweat how 21st-century museum practice is really done.

Bálint Tóth

Wow. I have never been to a museum that provides such a detailed, rich and comprehensive reproduction of the history of its city/country. We love history, and we LOVED this museum. It was fantastic. The museum has 4 different routes. Route 1 is by far the longest, and provides a history of the foundation of Vilnius/Lithuania and how it's intertwined with neighbouring countries. It also shows a reconstruction of the architecture of the palace and building around it. This route can take between 2-3 hours, depending on how much you read. The other three routes are a lot shorter: Route 2 shows reconstructions of historical rooms within the palace, Route 3 shows what everyday life was like in the palace and Route 4 shows temporary exhibitions. Which route to take is personal preference. You can do all 4 in an afternoon, but if you're interested in the history of Lithuania then Route 1 is more than enough. It is possible to get separate tickets for the individual routes. We went as a couple, but we saw families with kids as well.

Marissa Horst

I feel really bad writing a bad review of a museum, especially one as important as this. The place should be understood more as a monument to lithuanian nationhood than a place of fun or discovery. The first part (of four) is mainly a history book, with long chapters describing the rulers of Lithuania and the members of the family tree. There are some ruins under the reconstructed building and a few artifacts, but it is primarily a reading experience. The second part is a very long and confusing series of partially reconstructed rooms. Typically there is a heating source, a bed, and a few paintings in each room. The viewing tower is pointless if you have already been to Gediminas tower or other high points in Vilnius. It feels like a waste of space. Why not fully reconstruct a few of the rooms and use the rest of the space for collections of art or something else? If I had known the Dukes Palace was going to be like this, I might have tried the 'Castellan's House' museum nearby instead.

Bjørn Hansen

Brand new history. Already in the 13th/14th century there was a wooden or stone palace here, but after the great fire of 1419 a two-storey Gothic stone palace was built here. In the decades that followed, the palace was renovated and expanded (a fourth wing and a third storey were added) and the style of the building was adapted to the architectural fashion of the time: from Gothic to Renaissance to Baroque. After the palace was badly damaged by the Russians in 1655, it was not restored and the decline began, which, after 1795, resulted in the demolition of almost the entire palace. The Jewish merchant Abraham Schlossberg incorporated the remains into his house and this "Schlossberg House" was incorporated into the completely rebuilt grand ducal building between 2002 and 2018. The palace now also houses the National Museum of Lithuania, which makes a visit to this very skillfully rebuilt palace even more attractive!

Koen

If you want to learn about Lithuanian history, it is a nice place to visit. Quite detailed and I think it is worth visiting. You can learn all about the grand dukes of Lithuania, their lives and all the restoration process of the castle. If you try to follow all the details you may even spend a day here. The museum has 4 parts. The first part is the longest with all the history, in the second part you can see some rooms of the palace with objects and portraits, third part is dedicated to some information about music and daily life and in the forth part you can see a special collection of paintings and pictures. It is 11.50 euros, but if you are a student you pay half of the price. If you pay 3 euros extra, you can also get a VR experience. There is also an observation desk where you can see the view of the city out of the window.

Özge Ergün

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