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“WE CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST—WHAT CAN WE DO TODAY?”
The exhibition will be open from August 22 to September 20, 2026. During a visit to the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum, students from the Juozas Grušas Art Gymnasium in Kaunas learned about the history of the Holocaust, analysed human rights violations, and experienced a wide range of emotions. An important part of the educational experience was the students’ active participation in educational activities and events led by museum educators. The interactive activities held in the authentic location, revealing the tragedy of the Holocaust and efforts to preserve humanity, encouraged students to reflect on moral responsibility, the courage not to remain indifferent, and inspired their creative work. The exhibition invites viewers to remember the painful events of history and to reflect on their responsibility in the present. Through their works, the students convey the idea that memory is not merely the preservation of the past, but a daily choice to respect human dignity, foster tolerance, and resist hatred, discrimination, and indifference. The drawing exhibition is the final part of the international TOLI (The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights) project, carried out from 2023 to 2026. Exhibition organisers: Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum; Kaunas Juozas Grušas Art Gymnasium (supervising teacher Tomas Pažarauskas).
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“Remember. August 23”.
Commemorating the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of All Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes, Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum is joining the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) campaign “Remember. August 23”. ENRS public-education initiative recalls the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, signed on 23 August 1939, which carved up Central and Eastern Europe between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, clearing the way for the Second World War. The terror inflicted by these totalitarian regimes – concentration camps, Soviet gulags, the Holocaust and decades of oppression – still shapes the region today and continues to echo through the family histories the ENRS campaign sets out to tell. Each “Remember. August 23” edition puts a spotlight on people who found the courage to resist, against the odds. This year’s campaign centres on Dr Stefania Perzanowska, a physician who, in January 1943, established a hospital inside the German concentration camp at Majdanek, saving the lives of fellow prisoners despite having almost no medical equipment or medicines at her disposal. At the time, she had no idea that her husband, Dr Zygmunt Perzanowski had already been murdered by the Soviet NKVD in the Katyn massacre. “The story of Stefania and Zygmunt Perzanowski reveals something often missed ...
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Preserving Memory for the Future
In Lithuanian history, the year 1941 is marked by the crimes of two totalitarian regimes. It was a year when Lithuania was shaken by mass deportations and the Holocaust, which have left a deep mark on society to this day.
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International Conference “Jewish Life in the Baltic States: 1917-1945”
From June 9 to 11, 2026, Vytautas Magnus University in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Sugihara House Museum, and Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum welcomes the public to attend the international conference “Jewish Life in the Baltic States: 1917–1945”. The conference will commemorate the 85th anniversary of the beginning of the Holocaust in the Baltic States and will feature presentations by scholars from Harvard, Oxford, and New York universities, as well as other academic and cultural institutions. Presentations are going to focus on Jewish life in relationship to art, music, literature, education, language, religion, government, land and nature, emigration, resistance, rescue, and remembrance. Litvak music performed by the trio, Kapela Kotra, and film work by Lithuanian documentarian, Saulius Beržinis will be also featured in the conference. The event will be held in the Senate Hall, S. Donelaičio Street 28, 2nd Floor, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. On Tuesday June 9, the program will begin at 9.00 am. On Wednesday June 10, and Thursday June 11, the program will begin at 9:30 am. The conference will be held in English. The full event program is available here.
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New exhibition “Saviours”
From March 15, 2026 (Sunday), a new exhibition “Saviours” will open at Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum, dedicated to presenting the history of the rescuing Jews in Kaunas. During the Nazi occupation, Kaunas became one of the most important centres for the rescue of Jews in Lithuania. Despite the harsh regime, the inhabitants of the city and its surroundings created secret rescue networks. The social background of the Jewish saviours was extremely diverse: teachers, priests, artists, doctors, workers, farmers, students, intellectuals. For some, the impulse came from personal tragic experiences or a connection with the person being rescued: friendship, former working relationships, or neighbourliness. However, all rescuers were united by their determination to act when passive observation meant acquiescence to the killings. After the Holocaust, some rescuers received international recognition and were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. But some of them were punished during the Soviet occupation not for saving Jews, but for real or suspected ties to independent Lithuanian institutions, the church, or anti-Soviet resistance. Many rescuers kept silent about their activities for decades, treating them as a simple human duty rather than a heroic deed. Today, their stories testify not only to the light they spread, but also ...
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Workshop at the museum
On November 20-21, we invite you to participate in the workshop ASPECTS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN VISUAL HISTORY. Visual History of Jewish Life and the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, which will take place at Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum. Ninth Fort is a historically significant space for this event: in 1941, it was one of the places where deportations from Nazi Germany were carried out.The workshop aims to present and analyse photo and film materials, discussing how this valuable visual content can be utilised for research purposes, in museums and other educational settings. The workshop was inspired by the Berlin-based research project #LastSeen. Pictures of Nazi deportations, which identifies and analyses photographs of Jews taken shortly before the deportations.More information about the project can be found HERE.Workshop intends to foster discussions among advanced students, historians, and cultural studies scholars, mainly from the Baltic region, to explore the following issues: What is known about the deportations of Jews from Germany and Austria to Kaunas, Riga, and other cities? Are there any eyewitness testimonies, documents, or photographs of the deportations from Germany and Austria? Photographs as historical sources – how can photographs be evaluated as documents? Which photos from events of the persecution and murder of Jews that took ...
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Important information for visitors!
On October 24, 2025 (Friday), Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum will be open to visitors from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We apologise for any temporary inconvenience. We also remind you that this Sunday (October 26) you can visit the museum for free.
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The Parking Lot Will Be Temporarily Closed
Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum parking (located by the administration building at Žemaičių pl. 71, Kaunas) will be CLOSED on 10–11 July 2025 due to filming.Museum visitors can still park their vehicles in another parking near the Monument to the Victims of Nazism. Access to this parking is from Tyrlaukio St. (when driving towards Giraitė). For directions, please click here.There will be temporary restrictions within the memorial complex itself, with some pedestrian paths being closed.We also inform you that on July 9–12, 2025, due to filming, the information boards located next to, and the exterior of Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum administration building (Žemaičių pl. 71) will TEMPORARILY DISPLAY INFORMATION NOT RELATED TO THE KAUNAS NINTH FORT MUSEUM. Please do not follow it.We apologise for the temporary inconvenience.
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We invite guides to acquire accreditation at the Museum
We invite guides to acquire accreditation at the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum, which grants and confirms the right to conduct tours in the Museum’s permanent exhibitions, memorial complex and temporary exhibitions. The museum Accreditation can be issued to persons who have guide certificates issued by the Lithuanian State Tourism Department under the Ministry of Economy or the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority.You can find more information about the accreditation procedure and conditions HERE.
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Visit Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum free of charge on March 11
On March 11, we invite you to visit the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum for free!On the Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (2025-03-11), explore the museum’s exhibitions on your own and get to know the history of Lithuania better. The museum will be open from 9:00 to 17:00. There will be no guided tours that day. On the festive day, let’s not forget to dress up in national attributes – tricolour flags are given to visitors by the company Gtenta. They and free entrance tickets can be picked up at the ticket office (Žemaičių pl. 73).Let’s remember the past, appreciate the present and cherish freedom!
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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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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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