The Jewish State Museum tells of the tragic story of Lithuania’s Jewish community. It is a government-funded project that collects, restores and exhibits Jewish spiritual artifacts and objects from the Holocaust. Comprised of five buildings, the museum hosts events and exhibitions and houses several centers.

The Tolerance Center, for example, is located in the center of Vilnius in a building that has been in Jewish hands for years. After World War I, the building served as a professional Jewish theater and cultural center. Prior to that, it was a cafeteria for free or cheap meals. It was transferred to the Museum in 1989.

Traditional Lithuanian Jewish objects and historical documents, including the original ark that was once part of Vilnius’s Great Synagogue, are displayed there. The museum also has paintings of Vilnius’s old synagogues.

For a virtual tour about Jewish children in the Holocaust see: http://www.rescuedchild.lt/

Museum information:

Address: Naugarduko g. 10/2, LT-01141, Vilnius.
Tel. (+370 ~ 5) 231 23 57.
Fax (+370 ~ 5) 231 23 58.
E-mail: muziejus[at]jmuseum.lt

http://www.jmuseum.lt

Opening hours:
Tolerance Centre:
Monday – Thursday 10–18; Friday, Sunday 10–16.
Holocaust Exhibit:
Monday – Thursday 9–17; Friday 9–16; Sunday 10–16.
Paneriai Memorial Museum:
Monday – Thursday 9–17; Sunday 9–17.

Admission:
Tolerance Centre, Holocaust Exhibit:
adults – 5 Lt;
pupils, students, pensioners – 2 Lt;
child under 7, disabled – free.
Paneriai Memorial Museum:
free of charge.
History Exhibit / Gallery of the Righteous:
free of charge.

Guided tour:
lithuanian language – 20–50 Lt;
foreign language – 30–80 Lt.

Additional services:
ordering excursions to the Museum;
ordering excursions to Vilnius Old Town (throughout former Jewish Vilnius).