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The most interesting technical objects in Lithuania
Įdomiausi technikos objektai Lietuvoje. Geležinkelių muziejus
2024-02-20

The most interesting technical objects in Lithuania

Do you have curious children who are interested in technology, cars, inventions? Then this article is just for you. “Traveling with children ®” has prepared for you a list of the TOP10 most interesting technical objects in Lithuania.

Visit these objects, we believe that it will be interesting for children and those who are safe. The most interesting technical objects in Lithuania will not leave anyone indifferent.

Museum of Energy and Technology

A family-friendly space for interesting leisure time, where a unique industrial heritage, interactive science and cultural events can be found under one roof.

In 2022 December 28, a new permanent exhibition – the Hall of Transformation – created in 2018-2022 has opened in the Museum of Energy and Technology. This is the most modern exhibition about energy and energy transformations in the Baltic States. 1000 sq. m exposition consists of more than two dozen interactive exhibits. The exhibition was installed in 6 m. underground. It welcomes visitors from all over Lithuania and surrounding countries.

The Museum of Energy and Technology organizes overview and thematic excursions, educational programs and creative workshops for students of various ages. During the educational sessions, participants’ creativity and ingenuity are developed, new knowledge of natural and technical sciences is deepened and assimilated through practical tasks. Part of the educational programs can be ordered through the Culture Passport system. The Museum of Energy and Technology is one of the most interesting technical objects not only in Vilnius, but also in Lithuania.

Railway Museum

The Railway Museum has been counting its years since 1966. The Railway Museum is located in the historical passenger hall of the Vilnius railway station built in the 19th century.

During its years of operation, the Railway Museum has accumulated about 14,000 exhibits of railway history. The Railway Museum also has an outdoor exhibition, where more than thirty exhibits of various historical railway equipment are exhibited.

in 2022 In the spring, the renovated museum opened its doors to visitors after a 2.5-year hiatus. The main idea of ​​a modern museum is “Colorful journey”! Many different spaces divided into stations and platforms await visitors here! These are Train, Signal, Work and other stations, where visitors independently or accompanied by a guide will be able to discover the secrets of railway history with the help of interactive tools. We invite you to dive in. to the work of a train driver, with the help of an interactive floor you can open the backstage of the railway depot, and in the projections of the Paneriai tunnel, you can find out what is hidden in the tunnel when the trains stop. At the Children’s Station, intended for the youngest guests of the museum, you will see a working model of the Little Children’s Railway and stumble upon the Challenges, Toddlers, Knowledge or Games platforms The exhibition can also be visited with an audio guide, which will be assigned free of charge by the museum staff.

The Railway Museum is one of the most unique and interesting technical objects in Lithuania. It will especially appeal to children and railway enthusiasts.

Track park

A unique and free space for children and adults at the Vilnius railway station. In the authentic space, you can view historical rolling stock: locomotives, railcars, a tank tractor, a steam locomotive, a restaurant-car, various devices used for track maintenance, a sleeping car and many solid road vehicles.

The best part is that you can climb into many of them and walk around inside. The funnest part for children is that everything can be touched, tried, groped. You will be able to try manual training yourself, swing on a swing made of wheels. A magical historical bell that fulfills your travel wishes will also await you here.

You will have many fun and beautiful breaks! Visiting the track park is FREE. Open every working day from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The park is located at the Vilnius railway station, it can be accessed from the pedestrian bridge (via Pelesas or Geležinkelis street). While you are here, be sure to visit the most modern railway museum in the Baltic States.

Track park

Track park

Museum of military equipment in Fort VI

The Museum of Military Equipment is one of the most interesting technical objects in Kaunas. The Museum of Military Equipment Exposition, located in Fort VI, is an open-air branch of the Vytautas the Great War Museum, with a rich exposition of military equipment. Visiting the fort is currently only possible with advance registration and only with a guide accompanying the group.

The collection began to be accumulated since 2008, and it consists of the equipment and weapons of the naval, air and land forces, which were used by the restored Lithuanian army. These are wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery guns, boats, airplanes – more than 150 exhibits in total.

Molėtai Technical Museum

Opened in 2019, the private museum exhibits more than 250 passenger cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, trailers and other vehicles. An exhibition of antique radio, audio, TV equipment is in operation. Visitors are given the opportunity not only to view some of the exhibits, but also to try them on themselves.

*Children under 5 years of age visit the museum for free.

This museum is not only one of the most fun and interesting technical objects for children in Lithuania, because many objects can be climbed. But for parents, it will feel like old times, because the museum is full of things that remind them of their childhood.

Museum of the Kęsčiai fire station

In 2014, the museum named after Vladas Liekis was opened in Kęściai, where the long-time firefighter exhibits trophies collected during his life related to the work of a firefighter-rescuer, or as the founder himself says, a firefighter.

Here, children can climb into the most real fire engine.

This object is the object of the MB “traveling with children”‘s social initiative. “Travels with children” means not only traveling with children, but also aims to help the tourism businesses of elderly people (those who have reached retirement age) to be visible and known to the public. You can read more about our social initiative in the article “Travel with children” social initiative.
The most interesting objects in Lithuania. Kęsčiai museum

The most interesting objects in Lithuania. Kęsčiai museum

Siaurukas Museum

As if shrouded in legends – Anykščiai narrow attracts visitors more than once or twice. A wooden narrow-gauge station, trains lined up and waiting for trips, a hand train – that’s what you see as soon as you arrive at the facility. And then it only gets more interesting.

At the Siaurukas station, the waiting room and the office of the station master have been restored. The station master’s apartment is on the second floor. As the narrow museum guide jokes, “the boss was never late for work.” The charm of this object is contributed by the guide who works here, Raimondas, who is a true ambassador of the island, who knows countless stories and knows how to convey them so well.

Vilanda mentions that the stories do not make a big impression on younger children, but the museum exhibits have interesting objects for the youngest ones as well. You will be surprised by an old phone that does not have a keyboard, and you have to turn the dial to dial a number. A big scale that weighs us all together. A hand-held trainer standing on rails that will roll you to the exposure.

As soon as you open the door, you will be greeted by an eye-catching exhibit – an old, steam-powered steam locomotive, which you can climb into and even try on a railwayman’s hat! In addition to the steam locomotive, there are also other railway vehicles in the exhibition.

Museum of ancient technology

The Museum of Ancient Techniques in Smalininkai started operating in 2004. The museum started with the documents, books, and things belonging to the parents and grandparents of its founder, Justinas Stonis. For ten years, exhibits were searched for in Klaipėda region and throughout Lithuania, they were bought or received as gifts. In this way, more than 7,000 exhibits were accumulated, reflecting the development of agriculture, household, crafts, and technology. These are various old internal combustion engines, tractors and transport equipment, electric, radio, cinema, photo and other old equipment. Other ancient items are also exhibited: from meat grinders to calculating machines. Cultural heritage related to education, science, history is also collected. The museum is constantly being filled with new exhibits.

In the Museum of Ancient Techniques, 34 ancient production technologies and 19 crafts can be demonstrated: starting with beekeeping and ending with the extraction of iron from mud ore (this technology was restored at the Kaunas University of Technology and proposed to be installed in the Smalininkai Museum).

This museum is an object of our social initiative. “Travels with children” means not only traveling with children, but also aims to help the tourism businesses of elderly people (those who have reached retirement age) to be visible and known to the public. You can read more about our social initiative in the article “Traveling with children”‘s social initiative.

Bicycle Museum

The Bicycle Museum is the only specialized museum in Lithuania dedicated to the history of the bicycle. Founded almost four decades ago, the museum combines traditional exhibitions with the latest technologies. Every visitor here becomes an active participant who can get to know the history of the bicycle and experience the opportunities and entertainment provided by this vehicle.

On the first floor of the museum, both adults and children enjoy competitions on modern and antique bicycles. The ancient wooden bicycle is built according to drawings that are almost five centuries old. In the exhibition on the third floor, you can try road cycling, and on the second floor, you can mention an unconventional sports equipment – a velomobile.

Those who visit the museum will learn not only about the development of this, one of the oldest transport, sports and ecological vehicles, but will also get to know the cyclists who made Lithuania famous in the world with their tours. For the convenience of visitors, there is a rest area, and a special information space has been created.

The museum of ancient technology in the Sodeliškės manor homestead

In the museum you will see ancient steam tractors, tractors, buses, trucks, special. collections of special equipment, pre-war and Soviet cars, motorcycles, bicycles. In the museum, you will see such exhibits as: 1898 CASE steam tractor, 1929 Oldsmobile, 1942 Cadillac, and the luxurious GAZ 13 and GAZ 14 “Chaikas”.

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