Views of old Vilnius
The city as painted before it changed.
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For historic Lithuania: the Picture Gallery in the old town. For contemporary art and the architecture: the National Gallery on the riverbank, which is the stronger display.
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A network of museums rather than one building: the Lithuanian National Museum of Art runs several branches in Vilnius, the best known being the Picture Gallery in the Chodkiewicz Palace in the old town, showing Lithuanian art from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century, the contemporary National Gallery of Art on the riverbank, the Amber Museum and the Radvila Palace. In the Picture Gallery you see portraits of the Grand Duchy's nobility and views of old Vilnius as it was painted before the city changed, along with work from the Vilnius art school, which trained the painters of Lithuania, Poland and Belarus together in the nineteenth century. The newest branch is the internationally best known: the National Gallery of Art with its bold temporary exhibitions and contemporary collection — a building shortlisted for European architecture prizes. Each branch is ticketed separately, with a combined pass for anyone visiting more than one.
The city as painted before it changed.
Contemporary, in a prize-shortlisted building.
Didžioji g. 4, Vilnius