Vilnius State Art Museum
Vilnius, Arsenalo gv., 3А 
The Vilnius Art Museum, founded in 1933, is the largest national institution in which works of historical and cultural value are kept. The museum features works by Lithuanian and foreign artists, including works of art.
The State Jewish Museum
Vilnius, Pamenkalnio gv., 12 
The exposition of the State Jewish Museum features ritual and household items made by Lithuanian Jews, books, letters, posters, pieces of cigarette packs with handwritten notes, and several copies of diaries from the Ghetto.
Museum of Genocide Victims
Vilnius, Auky gv., 2A 
The Museum of Victims of Genocide in Vilnius is the only museum in the former Soviet Union, located in the former KGB building (during the Nazi occupation there was also the Gestapo). The building itself is a historical monument.
Customs Museum in Vilnius
Vilnius, Jeruzales gv., 25 
The exposition of the customs museum is dedicated to the history of the Lithuanian customs in the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Russian Empire and after the restoration of the Lithuanian state in 1918. The collection is represented by various documents, photographs and postcards.
Museum of Theater, Music and Cinematography
Vilnius, Vilniaus gv., 41 
The museum's exposition of the theater, music and cinematography is represented by collections connected with the history of the Lithuanian theater, music and cinema. The museum was founded in 1926 on the initiative of writers Balis Sruoga and Vincas Creve at the University of Vytautas Magnus in Kaunas.
National Museum of Lithuania
Vilnius, Arsenalo gv., 1 
The National Museum of Lithuania is the largest repository of the national cultural heritage of the country. At the same time, the museum is the oldest museum in Lithuania, originating from the Museum of Antiquities, founded in 1855 on the initiative of Count Eustace Tyszkiewicz.
Central Police Museum
Vilnius, Saltoniskiy gv., 19 
The exposition of the central police museum is dedicated to the history of the Lithuanian police until 1940. The collection features police attributes from around the world: uniforms, hats, badges, and models of police cars from around the world.
In 2009, the main city of Lithuania - the blooming Vilnius - along with the Austrian Linz proudly took the title of European Capital of Culture. The historical part of Vilnius is taken under UNESCO control and announced as an object of the World Cultural and Historical Heritage of Humanity. The Lithuanian capital keeps in its walls a centuries-old history and a rich cultural foundation. In total, the city has about sixty museums of various profiles and directions, fully demonstrating the wealth of the national heritage of Lithuania.
The main coryphaeuses of Lithuanian culture and history are the Lithuanian Art Museum and the National Museum of Lithuania. Both institutions have huge funds, and in addition to museum activities they work as research centers.
The Art Museum presents an extensive collection of Lithuanian and foreign art objects, as well as a magnificent collection of folk art .In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum often hosts temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists .The best of their works are gradually replenished museum funds .The Art Museum includes the Vilnius Picture Gallery, the Museum of the Radziwill Palace, the Museum of Applied Art, the National Gallery of Art, and a number of non-cardinal formats: the Clock Museum, the Amber Museum, the Museum of Miniatures and T .e .
The National Museum of Lithuania also consists of many branches that demonstrate the unique archaeological, historical and ethnographic values of Lithuania. Thus, the tower of Gediminas Castle, the buildings of the old and new arsenals, the house of signers, as well as a list of registered museums and estates dedicated to the famous public figures of Lithuania are open for visiting. The above museums allow us to fully experience the uniqueness and identity of a great country.
The Lithuanian capital keeps in its walls a centuries-old history and a rich cultural foundation. In total, the city has about sixty museums of various profiles and directions, fully demonstrating the wealth of the national heritage of Lithuania.
There is also a rather unusual museum in Vilnius with a complex and even tragic history. This is the State Jewish Museum of the Vilna Gaon, exhibiting accessories of Jewish ethnic culture, old photographs and manuscripts, printed books and works of art. There are several permanent exhibitions in the museum that tell about the tragic fate of the Jews even before the Second World War. And in the course of the war their fate is already known to everyone: the tragedy of the Holocaust destroyed 95% of Lithuanian Jews, which is close to 200 thousand souls.
By the way, in Vilnius there is a museum dedicated entirely to the theme of genocide. So it is called - the Museum of Genocide Victims.
A bright and joyful museum of theater, music and cinema will help you to escape from heavy topics. It is located in a historic building - the small Radziwill palace, on the site of the former Vilnius city theater. The museum has a rare collection of mechanical musical instruments, cinematographic equipment, scenography, stage costumes and theater dolls, as well as photographs, manuscripts and retrospectives of famous Lithuanian artists.
And in Vilnius there is the Customs Museum and the Central Police Museum. It turns out that even these departments in Lithuania have something to show. By the way, these museums can be visited absolutely free of charge.