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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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Opening of the Exhibition “Bakhmut. The Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022”
This is not history any more. This is today’s reality.For the first time, the exhibition from Ukraine “Bakhmut. The Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022” is brought to the European Union. The exhibition, organised by the National Historical Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar,” presents a retrospective of the tragedies of Bakhmut, past and present, and reveals the horrific picture of a genocide with the same face: a totalitarian regime with an ideology of hatred.The exhibition will be on display at Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum (Žemaičių pl. 73, Kaunas) from August 23 to October 29 this year.The exhibition will symbolically open on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day on August 23, 2024 (Friday) at 11:00 a.m., also commemorating the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism and the Baltic Way Day.PROGRAMME of the opening event11:00 am. Welcome speech11:20 am. Presentation of the exhibition (with the participation of the exhibition authors)11:40 am. Musical works performed by Viktor Rekalo, cellist of the State Vilnius Quartet (Lithuania) and Kseniia Kosarieva, first violin of the Prime Orchestra (Kharkiv, Ukraine)12:10 pm. Independent visit of the exhibitionThe opening event is free of charge; it will be held in Lithuanian and English.The event is open to the public and will be filmed and ...
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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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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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International Scientific Conference
“80 Years after the Destruction of the Kaunas Ghetto – What Do We Remember, What Have We Learnt?”On 17-18 July 2024 the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum invites you to the international scientific conference “80 Years After the Destruction of the Kaunas Ghetto – What Do We Remember, What Have We Learnt?”. What makes the Kaunas Ghetto unique in the history of the Holocaust in Lithuania? What lessons did we learn from the Holocaust in Lithuania and other Nazi-occupied countries? How can we ensure that historical memory is effectively integrated into public consciousness? Experts from Lithuania, Poland, Germany, the USA, Ukraine, and Israel will address these and other significant questions.The conference will be conducted in both Lithuanian and English. The detailed programme is available here.The Kaunas Ghetto was one of the three major ghettos in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. In the summer of 1941, it housed over 30,000 Jews. By the time the ghetto was liquidated in July 1944, only a few hundred Jews had survived. Until the outbreak of the Second World War, Kaunas served as the provisional capital of Lithuania, a hub of intellectual and cultural nucleus of the young state, the people who, with their inner potential, had built Lithuania and rapidly integrated it into ...
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