Kaunas — Museums, theatres and palaces

Places documented in Kaunas

• Christ's Resurrection Church, Kaunas — The white modernist basilica of interwar Lithuania – confiscated as a radio factory under the Soviets, resurrected with the nation itself.
• Communication History Museum — A former horse post station in Kaunas's Old Town, once among Europe's largest, now documents the history of communications from the 19th cen
• Kaunas Chamber Theatre — A municipal theatre in Kaunas dedicated to intimate chamber productions, founded in 1976 and now representing the work of Lithuanian theatre
• Kaunas Pantomime Theatre — Lithuania's only professional ensemble theatre dedicated exclusively to pantomime, Kaunas Pantomime Theatre has performed across Europe, Asi
• Kaunas State Musical Theatre — Lithuania's principal musical theatre, established in 1940 on Kaunas's main boulevard, home to the State Musical Theatre company.
• Lithuanian Aviation Museum — Kaunas's Lithuanian Aviation Museum preserves 18,000+ artifacts of aviation history, including a flyable replica of the 1933 Darius-Girėnas
• M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum — A museum in Kaunas dedicated to painter-musician M.K. Čiurlionis, featuring Art Deco and functionalist architecture and an international exh
• Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum — A museum in Kaunas preserving the home and literary legacy of Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis, a foundational 20th-century Lithuanian poet and pries
• Modern architecture of Kaunas — A 1919–1940 modernist quarter in Kaunas where 12,000 buildings embody Lithuania's architectural vision during the interwar period.
• Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy — A 16th-century building in Kaunas's Old Town preserves Lithuanian medical heritage, from medieval remedies to modern pharmacy, founded in 19
• Old Kaunas Ducal Palace — A Renaissance ducal palace in Kaunas Old Town, now housing the Kaunas Academy of Arts and reflecting the city's evolving institutional herit
• Povilas Stulga Museum of Lithuanian Folk Instruments — A museum in Kaunas's Old Town preserving Lithuanian folk instruments, including the iconic kanklės, alongside recordings, documents, and int
• Seventh Fort — A two-rampart brick fortress in Kaunas, Lithuania, exemplifying 19th-century Russian military architecture and surviving as one of the fines
• Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum — A 1919 zoological museum in Kaunas founded by Tadas Ivanauskas, housing stuffed animals, insect collections, skeletons and operating four re
• Vilkolakis Theatre — Vilkolakis Theatre was a short-lived experimental theater in Kaunas (1919–1925) renowned for satirizing Lithuanian politics before closure d
• Vytautas Magnus University — Main Building — In the heart of Kaunas, a city that served as Lithuania's provisional capital between 1920 and 1939, the main building of Vytautas Magnus Un
• Vytautas Magnus War Museum, Kaunas — The Vytautas Magnus War Museum stands at the heart of Kaunas as the most significant monument to Lithuanian military history and national in
• Zabieliai Palace — A former residential palace in Kaunas Old Town, now home to a restaurant, at the corner of T. Daugirdo street and Kaunas Town Hall square.
• Žmuidzinavičius Museum — A museum in Kaunas housing over 3,000 devils—sculptures, masks, and paintings from cultures worldwide—collected by artist Antanas Žmuidzinav