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Timetable of the Guided Tours 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 tour (11 Eur or with a discount – 6 Eur per person) will allow visitors to visit the museum expositions as well as join thematic or guided tours organised at certain times.TIMETABLE OF THE GUIDED TOURS*In English:12:00 Overview guided tour THE NINTH FORT: FROM FORTIFICATION TO THE MUSEUM (120 min)In Lithuanian:11:00 Extended thematic guided tour THE DEFENSIVE WALL OF THE NINTH FORT: THE UNDERGROUND (70 min)13:00 Overview guided tour THE NINTH FORT: FROM FORTIFICATION TO THE MUSEUM (120 min)14:00 Extended thematic guided tour THE DEFENSIVE WALL OF THE NINTH FORT: THE UNDERGROUND (70 min)15:00 Extended thematic guided tour THE DEFENSIVE WALL OF THE NINTH FORT: THE UNDERGROUND (70 min)*Except for the last Sunday of every month and public holidays

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Visit Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum free of charge on February 16

What important events have taken place in Lithuania over the last century? How did they change society and what influence do they have today? On the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania (February 16, 2025), we invite you to embark on a journey of learning about the history of Lithuania by exploring the museum’s exhibitions on your own.On the festive day, visitors will be presented with national tricolour flags donated by Gtenta.lt. They and free entrance tickets can be picked up at the ticket office (Žemaičių pl. 73).On February 16, the museum will be open as usual from 9.00 to 17.00. On the day before the celebration (February 15), the museum will work an hour shorter, until 16.00.

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Important Information for the Visitors

On the last Sunday of each month all visitors can visit the museum free of charge. Guided tours in English on the last Sunday of the month are not available.  The free tickets must be collected on the day of the visit at the ticket office located at Žemaičių pl. 73.We would like to note that on the last Sunday of the month the exhibition “Children…” will be closed. We invite you to see the exhibitions on other days.

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Temporary Exhibitions

UKRAINE: A SNAPSHOT OF REALITY

The exhibition will run from January 31 to February 28, 2025.“Ukraine: A Snapshot of Reality” is a documentary exhibition in which three creators – Eduardas Pontežis, Tomas Jenkelevičius, and Antanas Čeponis – share the stories of people impacted by the war in Ukraine. The exhibition features a collection of photographs depicting war-torn Ukraine alongside a documentary film that shares deeply personal narratives about life during wartime, the raw spectrum of human emotions, and the resilience to endure in the face of adversity.This project emerged from a voluntary initiative: during humanitarian aid trips to Ukraine, the creators captured the realities they encountered, documenting both what they saw and what they heard. The photographs depict ruins and the aftermath of war, as well as the daily lives of people – from desolate urban streets to families and their quiet struggles of daily life. Each image is a micro-narrative that reveals the impact of war through personal destinies.At the heart of the exhibition lies its emotional core – the documentary film, which captures shared accounts of wartime experiences, offering glimpses of both despair and hope. Every scene reflects the duality of war – the senseless destruction it causes and the fragments of humanity ...

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Transfer of the Museum’s Ticket Office

From August 20, 2024, the ticket office of Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum will be located not in the Ninth Fort, but in the nearby building of the memorial complex, the address of which is Žemaičių pl. 73.After the completion of the first stage of the renovation, a spacious information centre has been set up here, where you will be able to conveniently buy a visitor’s ticket, find out more about the services and choose a book or souvenir.When you arrive to the museum, please follow the information signs to the ticket office.

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Free Admission to the Museum for Ukrainian Citizens

We invite Ukrainian citizens to visit the expositions of Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum and to participate in our guided tours free of charge. All you need to do is provide an identity document at the ticket office. Registration to the guided tours is available via phone +370 686 26243 or e-mail muziejus@9fortomuziejus.ltRelevant information: www.ltua.lt.—Запрошуємо громадян України відвідати експозиції Каунаського музею IX форту та взяти участь в екскурсіях музеєм безкоштовно. Все, що потрібно для цього зробити – пред’явити своє посвідчення особи.Попередній запис на екскурсію проводиться за телефоном +370 686 26243 або ел. поштою muziejus@9fortomuziejus.ltІнформація для громадян України: www.ltua.lt.—Приглашаем граждан Украины посетить экспозиции Каунасского музея IX форта и принять участие в экскурсиях по музею бесплатно. Всё, что необходимо для этого сделать, это в кассе предъявить свое удостоверение личности.Предварительная запись на экскурсии производится по телефону +370 686 26243  или по эл. почте muziejus@9fortomuziejus.ltАктуальная информация: www.ltua.lt.

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Temporary Exhibitions

ANIMITAS by Christian Boltanski

Christian Boltanski (b. 1944 Paris, France, d. 2021, Paris, France)Animitas (Kaunas), 2021230 Japanese bells, Plexiglas, nylonChristian-Liberté Boltanski was born on September 6, 1944, two weeks after the liberation of France in World War II. During the war, his father, a Jew from Ukraine who later converted to Christianity, was hiding in the family apartment so as not to be found by the Nazis and French authorities.For over sixty years, the artist created works that offer meditations on fate, mourning and memory. Following his father’s death in 1987, Boltanski’s work increasingly focused on the Shoah (the Holocaust) as he incorporated the subjects of death and commemoration. Since this time, he also worked outside the museum in symbolic and charged places. When first approached for a commission to commemorate Kaunas 2022, Boltanski was drawn to significant sites associated to traumatic events and Jewish histories. The artist knew of the 900 French prisoners held at the Ninth Fort, who were imprisoned and executed alongside 30,000 other Jews from Lithuania, Austria, Poland, the Soviet Union and Germany. When we consider that his family lived in constant fear of his father being caught, this site also relates to the artist’s personal trauma.For Animitas (Kaunas), Boltanski put himself ...

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LITHUANIAN JEWS WHO RETURNED FROM THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS by Kęstutis Grigaliūnas

The exhibition will be open until 02.02.2025The part of the artistic research (ongoing since 2008) “Death Diaries” – “Lithuanian Jews Who Returned From the Nazi Concentration Camps”.The author of the exhibition is Kęstutis Grigaliūnas, a laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Art.The exhibition consists of the following: a book with the biographies of 2,700 Jewish people and an exhibition with the photographs of 333 faces and short biographies.Jewish people freed from Nazi concentration camps had no documents; therefore, they were interrogated in Soviet filtration camps in order to confirm their identity. Filtration files were opened for all of them.The aim of this research is to collect and present in one publication all the Lithuanian Jews mentioned in the filtration files and cards, which are in the Lithuanian Special Archive, and, most importantly, to compile the biographies of these persons (year and place of birth, place of residence, occupation, places of imprisonment, date of liberation, who liberated them, which filtration camps were used to return to Lithuania and where they settled here), as well as to mention all surviving or deceased relatives of these persons included in the filtration files.The material for this project has been collected from the filtration ...

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