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Organised guided tours at the museum at weekends
Only general organised guided tours take place in Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum at weekends. Pre-booking is not possible: the person who purchased the ticket earlier acquires the priority to participate in the guided tour. The maximum number of participants in a tour is 25 people. A special ticket for a participant of an organised guided… Read more -
2022 October 3 d. 18:00
International youth group will perform at Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
Project "Sound in the Silence"
How can art help young people relive and understand some of the most difficult pages from the history of the last century? Students from Croatia, Hungary, Germany and Lithuania will visit the Ninth Fort of the Kaunas Fortress Museum to take part in the eighth edition of the educational project Sound in the Silence. The… Read more -
Interview with dancer and choreographer Tebby Ramasike
Tebby Ramasike, who will perform at the Ninth Fort: “In ugliness there is beauty and in darkness there is light”
South African-born dancer and choreographer Tebby W. T. Ramasike has three decades of experience working on a professional stage. Ramasike doesn’t avoid drawing resources from painful historical events, which he combines with his personal experience and expresses in body language. On 24th of September, 2022, he will perform the performance “The Wreckage Of My Flesh”… Read more -
Guidelines for visiting the museum
On the last Sunday of each month all visitors can visit the museum free of charge. Free entrance tickets are available at the ticket office. Guided tours in English on the last Sunday of month are not available. When visiting the museum it is recommended: • To wear a face mask.• To disinfect hands.• To… Read more -
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On the 27th of January, Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum commemorated the International Holocaust Remembrance day. Visitors were able to have a look at the Museum expositions and to attend the thematic excursions “Holocaust in Lithuania” free of charge. The UN General Assembly designated 27th of January as International Holocaust Remembrance day. This day honours all… Read more
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Concrete-filled Brutalism and Historical Memory that Testifies Brutality
Virtual exhibition
Geometric shapes and rough surfaces, which highlight the natural materials of the construction, are the main features that characterise the direction of architecture called brutalism. The name of brutalism that prospered in the architecture of the 1960s and 1980s is associated with the technology of finishing the external surface of buildings with raw concrete [french béton brut].
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