In Lithuania, there are plenty of fascinating attractions budding gearheads will enjoy. Whether you’re interested in cars, planes, or trains, the country’s museums have plenty of enthralling exhibits and interactive machinery displays. From a narrow-gauge railway to a flight simulator to vintage military equipment, these family-friendly attractions are guaranteed to power your curiosity for TECH.
Energy and Technology Museum
Vilnius
Age of visitors: Suitable for everyone
Step into the shoes of an electric plant engineer at the country’s biggest technology museum. Located in the high-ceilinged halls of the former central power plant of Vilnius, the Energy and Technology Museum has preserved the authentic electric power-making equipment – steam boilers, turbines, generators, and sophisticated pipelines. Those interested in green technologies can visit wind and solar power stations on the roof of the museum. Up for a challenge? Try the Secrets of the Old Vilnius Power Plant, the museum’s escape room.
Kaunas funiculars
Kaunas
Age of visitors: Suitable for everyone
Kaunas is the only city in Lithuania to operate not one, but two funiculars - one in Žaliakalnis and another one in Aleksotas. A treat for engineering and dieselpunk enthusiasts, the funiculars provide an easier way to get up the steep hills of Kaunas. The Žaliakalnis funicular has been operating since 1931. Travelling at a speed of 1.4 meters per second, the funicular will lift you and 24 other passengers from the city centre to Kaunas Christ's Resurrection Basilica in less than two minutes, offering a panoramic view over the city in the meantime.
Railway Museum
Vilnius
Age of visitors: Suitable for everyone
Loco for locomotives? Vilnius Railway Museum welcomes visitors to the outdoor exposition, which is filled with fascinating real steam engines and historic train cars. Among all the attractions, guests will also have the opportunity to experience the daily railway station life by briefly becoming a train conductor or a signalman!
Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum
Anykščiai
Age of visitors: Suitable for everyone
Once widely used for regional lines, today the Lithuanian narrow-gauge railway is a piece of rail history you can discover at the Anykščiai Railway Station. The 19th-century station houses the Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum with an authentic steam locomotive, signalling equipment, and an antique rail scale that can weigh your whole family at once. You can also go for a ride on a rail-bicycle or in a hand-powered rail car.
Molėtai Technology Museum
Molėtai district
Age of visitors: Suitable for everyone
Catch a ride in a Soviet police car, a fire truck, or even a horse-drawn carriage. At the Molėtai Technology Museum, visitors can go for a spin in various transport vehicles from the last century. You might have seen some of the museum’s 150 exhibits on your TV screen, for instance, in the celebrated HBO series Chernobyl. For the most adventurous, the nearby Molėtai aerodrome offers helicopter and plane rides.
Bicycle Museum
Šiauliai
Age of visitors: Suitable for everyone
The only museum in Lithuania dedicated to bicycles, the Bicycle Museum in Šiauliai was established three decades ago and has more than 100 unusual bikes. You can see a wooden bicycle made after 500-year-old blueprints, the record-holding tiniest bike in Lithuania, a circus unicycle, a state-of-the-art velomobile, and other fascinating bicycles. You can also rent a bike for a ride around the Šiauliai city.
Exposition of military equipment at the Sixth Fort
Kaunas
Age of visitors: Suitable for everyone
Have you ever seen a fighter plane outside of a movie? Part of 19th-century defensive fortifications, the Sixth Fort now hosts an exposition of military equipment from Vytautas the Great War Museum, one of Lithuania's oldest. See more than a hundred battle-tested exhibits, including cannons, ships, planes, and armoured vehicles.
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