The Museum of GenocideVictims (KGB Museum)

The KGB Museum (also known as the museum of Genocide Victims) is a great museum to learn about how life was like within the KGB, and to hear stories on the hell the victims received here from being tortured or being beaten up for information during the Soviet era.

The museum opened in 1992 just after Lithuania gained Independence on the ground floor of the former KGB building. The exhibitions are great to read and great displays to see, but for me it was actually going into the prison cells to see what life is like, but there is one chilling thing what got me in here.

There are tiny cells which were used in the winter with no glass in the window and a floor filled with water, and in the middle is a little stand. Prisoners would stand on this for hours until they get tired and fall into the freezing water.

If you are into Soviet history, then this museum is worth visiting. I enjoyed my visit here and it is very educational.

well, for me it was very touching, as I knew something of this part of Lithuanian history, but not so much.

So, having to see all those imagines of people deported, killed, was emotional for me, as well as to see the jail, execution chambers, and also seeing how Kgb worked was quite interesting for me. Awful what human being is able to do, and stunning to see how Lithuanians were able to stand all that.

I suggest to all people to visit this museum, it's very well made, good descriptins and everybody can learn a lot out of it.

This is a former prison of the KGB, and has been kept pretty much in its original form. Its got lots of information, and lots of original uniforms etc, are displayed in glass cabinets. Go downstairs to the cells, and see how prisoners were kept, and also see the very scary looking Padded Cell, as well as the water torture cells, a truly chilling experience, but very interesting nevertheless. Costs Lt4 to get in and its ope 1000 - 1700 during the week and 1000-1500 on Sundays.

Note that not all of the cells where in their current state, but some where reconstructed after the stories of the old inmates.

Take the guided tour.. You get a lot of local history from one of the guys who had his father murdered by the soviets during the partisan war.

I've edited these pictures in Photoshop to make them better, because words isnt enough to describe this place. The cells are smaller than what the pictures would indicate because i used a 10mm Wide Angle lens. You should see the description on the pictures as well.

The museum of genocide victims (also known as the KGB museum) was opened in 1992 in what used to be the headquarters of the KGB in Vilnius. The main part of the exhibition is the former KGB prison in the basement. It was set up in 1940 shortly after the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania. The prison remains as it was in 1991 when the KGB moved out after Lithuania became independent from the collapsing USSR. There were prison cells, guard's rooms, as well as an execution room and an exercise yard. It's a grim place where many people were interrogated, confined and killed during the 50+ years of its existence. The names of the victims were carved on granite stones of the foundation of the building which you can see before entering the museum.