Juozo Zikaro namai-muziejus

The house of the sculptor Juozas Zikaras in Žaliakalnis, with authentic interwar rooms, a workshop and a terrace with a view of Kaunas.

Opening hoursAdmission €5

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About the museum

Juozas Zikaras was a famous sculptor, made known by works dedicated to Lithuania's independence: the sculptures “Laisvė” (“Freedom”) and “Knygnešys” (“The Book Smuggler”), the monument to the “Nežinomam kareiviui” (“Unknown Soldier”), busts of Lithuanian public figures, and designs for Lithuanian coins. His house and works were preserved by his daughter, who left them to the M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus (M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum).

The Juozo Zikaro namai-muziejus (Juozas Zikaras House Museum) opened in 2001, marking the 120th anniversary of the sculptor's birth. In 2021 the building underwent renovation. The museum consists of living rooms, the workshop and the house garden.

In the authentically furnished living room a linoleum floor from about 1935 and a piano from 1900 have survived; in the next room there is a dining room from 1933 with a restored gramophone. From the door of the father's room you enter the so-called Bučinių terasa (Terrace of Kisses), from which one of the most beautiful views of Kaunas opens. On the ground floor the Zikaras workshop is set up – a studio, a men's room and a gallery, where plaster moulds and drawings from school years are kept.

Highlights

Authentic interwar rooms with family furniture
Workshop: studio, men's room and gallery
Bučinių terasa (Terrace of Kisses) with a view of Kaunas
Plaster sculpture moulds and drawings from the St Petersburg years
A piano that can still be played

Permanent exhibition

J. Zikaro namų ekspozicija – Authentic living room, mother's room, dining room and father's room, the ground-floor workshop with plaster moulds and drawings, and the Bučinių terasa.

Founded: 2001
Operated by: Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus

Admission & discounts

Adults	€5
Reduced	€2.50
Children & teens	€1free up to age 5 · Family ticket: an adult buys a ticket, and €1 is paid for each child; children up to 6 years visit free of charge.

Free admission: On the last Sunday of every month.

Tickets can be paid for in cash only. The ticket to the branches of the Čiurlionis museum (except the Čiurlionis Art Museum, the Kauno paveikslų galerija and the Žmuidzinavičiaus muziejus) costs €5, or €2.50 with a discount. Admission is free for children up to 6, children in orphanages, persons with disabilities and accompanying persons (one companion per person), museum staff, artists, art school pupils and art students, journalists, persons aged 80 and over, citizens of Ukraine and holders of a “Šeimos kortelė” (family card) or “Muziejaus bičiulio” (museum friend) card.