{"id":396,"date":"2021-12-06T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/muziejus\/pilies-muziejus\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:07:19","slug":"castle-museum","status":"publish","type":"muziejus","link":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/museum\/castle-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull pl-0 pr-0 has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h3 id=\"adresas\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\">Address<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:18px\">Prie\u0161pilio str. 2, 91240 Klaip\u0117da<br>Tel.: +370 601 17 617 (information, advance registration for guided tours)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A5.png\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>Castle museum plan &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h3 id=\"darbo-laikas\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\">Opening hours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:18px\">From 06 15 to 09 16:<br>III\u2013VII 10:00 am \u2013 6:00 pm (tickets sold till 5:30 pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:18px\">From 09 17 to 06 14:<br>II\u2013VI 10:00 am \u2013 6:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:18px\">Closed on state holidays<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull pl-0 pr-0 has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h3 id=\"adresas\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\">Guided tour hours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:18px\">From 06 15 to 09 16:<br>III\u2013VI 10.00 am \u2013 5:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:18px\">From 09 17 to 06 14:<br>II\u2013VI 10.00 am \u2013 5:00 pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h3 id=\"darbo-laikas\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\">Conference hall hire<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#6b6d6f;font-size:18px\">Tel. +370&nbsp;601 01039<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:renginiai@mlimuziejus.lt\" class=\"ek-link\">renginiai@mlimuziejus.lt<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/venue-hire\/\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>More information &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Pilies-muziejus_Kurtina.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Muziejus-39_45.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"custom-title\" id=\"apie-muzieju\">About museum<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The Castle of Klaip\u0117da (then known as Memelburg) was built in the middle of the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century by the Teutonic Knights at the mouth of the River Dang\u0117. This marked the beginning pf centuries-long fights between Lithuanians and Germans. The fact that the castle was significant for the Teutonic order but burdensome for the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, meant that the history of the castle and the adjacent town was developing in a dynamic way. Consistent attacks and fires, and the consequent rebuilding and modernisation were the usual elements of life in Klaip\u0117da. Gradually, the castle lost its military function and began to disintegrate. The last bricks were taken from castle structures to be incorporated into the buildings of the Old Town in the second half of the 19<sup>th <\/sup>century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Currently, the Castle Museum hosts four expositions.  Two are housed in the authentic 16th-18th century <strong>posterns of princes Friedrich<\/strong> <strong>(Exhibition 3) and Karl (Exhibition 2).<\/strong> The most recent and impressive displays are exhibited in the restored curtain walls of the Klaip\u0117da castle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The tragedy of the Klaip\u0117da Region during World War II is illustrated in the state-of-the-art exposition <strong>MUSEUM 39\/45<\/strong> <strong>(Exhibition 4)<\/strong>. Pro-Lithuanian and pro-German feelings in pre-war Klaip\u0117da. A city in ruins after the air raids from late 1944 to January 1945. Almost all the local population had left or been evacuated by 1945. Debris clearance was followed by developing a new kind of a Soviet identity&#8230; All that is a mixture of facts, and painful memories taking the visitor right into the middle of the war where the most terrible facts raise emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In 2021 August 1 the <strong>archeological exposition \u201cKurtina\u201d<\/strong> <strong>(Exhibition 1)<\/strong> was opened in the restored castle\u2019s northern curtainwall. With the help of ~ 5 thousand finds and the latest technologies in 800 sq. m exhibition spaces reconstruction of the old history of Klaip\u0117da from the 13<sup>th<\/sup> to the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century was created. Lovers of modern solutions have an impressive abundance: as many as 12 interactive computer terminals, 11 projectors with probably the largest projection in Lithuania (15&#215;6 m!), 8 sound zones, various holograms, LED screens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address Prie\u0161pilio str. 2, 91240 Klaip\u0117daTel.: +370 601 17 617 (information, advance registration for guided tours) Castle museum plan &gt;&gt;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1373,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":2,"_editorskit_typography_data":[],"_editorskit_blocks_typography":"","_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}"},"categories":[33],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/muziejus\/396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/muziejus"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/muziejus"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mlimuziejus.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}