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SUMMER OPENING HOURS (1 June – 31 August)
 
I, II, III, VII 10 am – 6 pm
IV, V, VI 10 am – 8 pm
Last visitors admitted one hour before museum closing.

 
Non-working days in 2025January 1, April 20-21, May 1, May 4, June 1-2, November 1 and December 24–26.

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Adult price (Routes I–IV) – 16,00 € 
 
Route I – 6,00 € 
 
Route II – 8,00 €
 
Route III – 4,00 €
 
Route IV (exhibition) – 8,00 €
 
When visitors choose more than one route, a discount of up to 50% applies to each additional route 
  
 

 

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History, Archaeology, Architecture

ROUTE I
This exposition presents three of the most important chronological stages in the development of this site and residence: the castle period (the territory's development until the turn of the 15th–16th centuries), the palace period (the 16th–17th centuries)...

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Weaponry, Everyday Life, Music

ROUTE III
This route consists of three exposition spaces and the Events Hall. This is where visitors can see the Lithuanian grand dukes' castle and palace fortifications and weapons collection. Another exposition reveal...

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Museum Exhibition Centre

ROUTE IV
The modern national and international Exhibition Centre in the museum is one of the few exhibition spaces in Lithuania that meets all security, micro-climate and other...

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An exhibition of two books by the poet dedicated to Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus and the Year of Baroque Literature.

Palace of the Grand Dukes

In Progress2025y.April0407 d. - 2025y.December1231 d.

The year 2025 has been declared the Year of Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus (1595–1640) and Baroque Literature, and thus the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania invites you to explore one of the most prominent poets of the Baroque era in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The museum’s baroque royal library (Route II) features an updated exhibition where visitors can become acquainted with the works of M. K. Sarbievijus preserved in the museum’s collections.
 
One of the publications on display is the poetry collection Lyricorum libri IV (in English: Four Books of Lyrics), published in 1632 in Antwerp. Another is Carmina, published in Paris in 1759, which was donated to the museum in 2014 by Prof. Dr. Kęstutis Paulius Žygas (USA).
Moreover, the title page of Four Books of Lyrics (Lyricorum libri IV) is adorned with an engraving by Cornelis Galle (1576–1650), an engraver from Antwerp. The artwork was created based on a drawing by Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), which has been preserved to this day in the Plantin-Moretus Museum (Antwerp, Belgium).
 
Educated by the Jesuits in Lithuania, M. K. Sarbievijus rose to fame in 17th-century Europe due to his poetry collection Three Books of Lyrics (Latin: Lyricorum libri tres). This collection was published over 60 times by various European publishers, and his poems were translated into English, Czech, Italian, Polish, Lithuanian, French, and German!
 
The poet was called the “Christian Horace,” the “Sarmatian Horace,” and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the “Lithuanian Horace.” Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus served as the preacher to the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, Władysław Vasa. The ruler greatly valued him and often invited him to travel together.

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Opening of an exhibition “Szymon Czechowicz. A Baroque Master at Pidhirtsi”

2025y.June0613 d.

The international exhibition “Szymon Czechowicz. A Baroque Master at Pidhirtsi” is the result of years of cooperation between the National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery and the Lviv Historical Museum. 

It presents works by the most famous artist of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775) that used to be part of the Pidhirtsi residence’s art collections where they decorated the representational and residential spaces of the palace. 

This exhibition invites visitors to explore the invaluable shared heritage of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, while also supplementing the international exhibition already on at the National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, dedicated to the history and art collections of Pidhirtsi.
 

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