Organization
The museum has five main departments: History and Latest History, Archaeology, Ethnography, Numismatics, and Iconography, containing a total of 800,000 items.
The collections are housed at:
- New Arsenal at the Vilnius Castle Complex
- Old Arsenal at the Vilnius Castle Complex
- Gediminas Tower in Vilnius
- Bastion of Vilnius Defensive Wall
- Kazys Varnelis House-Museum
- House of the Signatories in Vilnius
- Vincas Kudirka Museum in the Šakiai district
- Jonas Basanavičius Birthplace in the Vilkaviškis district
- Memorial Homestead of Jonas Šliūpas in Palanga
Additional departments belonging to the institution are the Department of Information and Education, the Department for Displays Registration and Preservation, the Département for Restoration and the Department of Publishing.
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