Tautinės muzikos muziejus

About the museum

The Tautinės muzikos muziejus (Museum of Lithuanian National Music) began operating in 1985 as a department of the Lithuanian SSR Folk Life Museum, under the name Lietuvių tautinės muzikos instrumentų muziejus (Museum of Lithuanian National Music Instruments). In 1989 it separated from the Folk Life Museum, and in 1995 it was named after Povilas Stulga. Since 2013 the museum has been a branch of the Kaunas City Museum.

The museum is housed in a complex of several buildings around a small courtyard in the Old Town of Kaunas. The building at Kurpių g. 12 is a Gothic-style residential house built in the second half of the 16th century, while the building at L. Zamenhofo g. 12 was built in 1876. From 1985 to 2003 the “Tutučio” music school operated here.

The exhibition presents wind folk instruments, skudučiai (panpipes) and daudytės (traditional Lithuanian wind instruments), sutartinės (Lithuanian polyphonic songs), kanklės from different ethnographic regions, harmoniums, gramophones and accordion-type instruments. Many exhibits can be heard being played, and in the interactive space “Tradiciniai šokiai” (Traditional Dances) visitors can dance and play themselves.

Highlights

• Kanklės exhibition with instruments from different ethnographic regions
• Wind folk instruments, skudučiai and daudytės
• Sutartinės karaoke
• Interactive space “Tradiciniai šokiai” (Traditional Dances)
• Historic harmoniums, gramophones and accordion-type instruments

Permanent exhibition

• Tautinės muzikos muziejaus ekspozicija – Lithuanian folk wind instruments, kanklės, harmoniums, gramophones and interactive music and dance spaces.

Founded

1985

Operated by

Kauno miesto muziejus

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free admission on 16 February, 11 March and 6 July, during the events of the European Museum Night, and on the Saturday of the Kaunas City Birthday celebrations.

Payment is possible in cash or by card; tickets are sold at least 30 minutes before the end of working hours.

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Kids’ birthday parties

Educational sessions for families and children's birthday parties are organised; the exhibition has interactive games.

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