Plan your visit to Kaunas Castle
Built in mid-14th century, Kaunas Castle is the city’s oldest historical landmark and one of Lithuania’s oldest masonry castles.
Opening hours
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
10.00 am – 6.00 pm
Saturday
10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Sundays (1 June to 31 August)
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Show exceptions
We are closed on public holidays except on 16 February, 11 March, and 6 July. Closing time is one hour earlier than usual on the days preceding a public holiday.
On the last Tuesday of each month, the museum is closed to visitors from 10 am to 12 pm for maintenance purposes.
Tickets
You can purchase tickets at the museum’s ticket office. Payment can be made in cash or by card. Tickets can be purchased up until 30 minutes before the museum closes.
Ticket prices
Regular price – 4 Eur
Reduced price (students and persons who have reached the age of state social insurance) – 2 Eur
For pre-school children, schoolchildren, people with disabilities, etc. – free
Show list of concessions
Free admission (concessions are only available on presentation of documentary evidence):
- pre-school children;
- pupils and their supervisors;
- orphans and children deprived of parental care;
- persons receiving social assistance;
- people with disabilities and accompanying persons (one person – one attendant);
- persons aged 80 and over;
- Ukrainians withdrawn from Ukraine due to military actions taken by the Russian Federation in Ukraine;
- members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM);
- members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM);
- partner travel agencies, guides accompanying tourist groups.
With 50% discount (concessions are only available on presentation of documentary evidence):
- students;
- persons who have reached the age of state social insurance;
- victims of the 1939-1990 occupations – political prisoners and exiles, former prisoners of ghettos, concentration or other types of forced labour camps;
- Defenders of Lithuanian independence, victims of the USSR aggression of 11-13 January 1991 and afterwards;
- participants in the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990;
- members of the permanent compulsory military service;
- volunteer soldiers;
- members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union.
The Museum can also be visited free of charge on the last Sunday of each month (during the summer), on the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania (16 February), on the Day of the Restoration of the Independence of Lithuania (11 March), on the Day of the State (the Coronation of the King of Lithuania, Mindaugas Mindaugas) (6 July), on the events of the International Night of Museums in May, and during the opening of the free events and exhibitions.
How to find us
Address: Pilies St. 17, LT-44275 Kaunas
Contact us: +370 687 55 263, pilis.kasa@kaunomuziejus.lt
