Address
12 Nepriklausomybes Square, LT-44311, Kaunas.
Tel. +370-37-322788.
Opening times
October – May:
Tuesday – Sunday 11.00–17.00.
June – September:
Tuesday – Sunday 10.00–17.00.
Additional
services
Excursions are booked by the telephone
(+370-37) 222853.
Museum's
collections
The museum collection consists of the M. K. Ciurlionis State Art Museum's most valuable collections of foreign art.
Expositions
17th – 20th-century European
Works of Applied Art collected and donated by Mykolas Žilinskas;
16th – 19th-century Italian, Dutch, Flemish, and German painting;
Late 19th – 20th-century Western European art;
Early 20th-century painting and sculpture from the Baltic States;
Ancient Egyptian Art;
Porcelain;
Old Tapestries;
The exposition is dedicated to Man and Woman. The exhibits of applied
art tell of the life of man and woman, their pleasures, fashions, and
peccadilloes. Fans, exquisite purses, beaded handbags, penholders
decorated with the subtlest of patterns, and extravagantly carved,
incrusted boxes are all exhibited at the museum. Symbols of men are also
included – weapons, pipes as well other smoking apparatuses, and small
accessories that tell of a man’s social standing, wealth, and origin.
Exhibitions
Contemporary art exhibitions of foreign countries; exhibitions of international projects are organized in the gallery.
Cultural, educational activity
Children art studio functions;
Lectures and seminars are organized;
Concerts are organized;
Film programs according to special exhibition projects are prepared.
Other news about the Museum
The Gallery was designed by architects E. Miliunas, E. Kisielius, S. Juskys and built in 1989, in honor of the art collector Mykolas Zilinskas (1904–1922), who enriched many Lithuanian art collections.
Illustrations from the stock of the M. K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Art
