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Kaunas Museum for the Blind

Tourist attraction Museum

Exhibits in the church catacombs, offering an interactive experience based on touch, smell & sound. People often mention experience, museum,


Address

Nepriklausomybės a. 18, 44320 Kaunas, Lithuania

Contact

+370 37 226676

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (71 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 10 am to 2:30 pm
  • Tuesday: 10 am to 2:30 pm
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 2:30 pm
  • Thursday: 10 am to 2:30 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 2:30 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: experience (13) museum (7)
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  • 5/5 Andreas P. 5 years ago on Google • 27 reviews
    Entrance is directly in the church, after main door in the right side. You need 10-15 minutes but it's a cool experience, 3 Euro for adults, 1,50 for students
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chris T. 5 years ago on Google • 1095 reviews
    One of the most unique experiences. Very different & worth a visit. Staff was very enthusiastic & provided a lot of information & explanation. Must go.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Saulius K. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Short-lived entertainment, more for those who have a small phobia for dark and small spaces. By the way, a warmly communicating info worker (Original) Trumpai trunkanti pramoga,labiau skirta tiems kas turi nedidelę fobiją tamsai ir mažoms erdvėms.Bet kadangi nebrangu,tai tinka kartelį ir nutrūktgalviams apsilankyti 🤪 Beja šiltai bendraujanti info darbuotoja👍
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Netia I. 3 years ago on Google • 139 reviews
    This is an interactive “obstacle course” set in the pitch black crypt of an old church. You feel your way through the rooms, feeling different things and hearing different sounds. Although the experience is over in minutes, it’s a truly unique experience – and its cheap!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Erin K. 7 months ago on Google • 29 reviews
    Traveled from Vilnius to visit and it was closed even though the hours said open. I tried calling and no one answered. Sad because I was really looking forward to this one.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Joel B. 4 years ago on Google
    Was supposed to be open but they closed early for lunch. Sign says closed from noon to 12:45 but they closed prior to noon.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sebastian G. 8 months ago on Google • 51 reviews
    It appears opening hours are incorrect and they now will open only by appointment (See picture). Upon our visit no-one answered at first at any of the posted phone numbers, but sent an SMS and got a nice reply some time later that someone would meet us to let us in. The experience itself was short (5-10min) but very cool. Glad we went as it is an unusual and fun experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel J. 4 years ago on Google • 17 reviews
    Was kinda confused at first where is the entrance, there is not a lot of signs, but thanks to it I saw the church inside. The experience in the museum was great, although it is not really big, I really recommend it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 A. G. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The idea of ​​making a museum accessible to the blind has already been tried out experimentally in other places. The response was good, but I am not aware of any other permanent exhibition. The "Blinde Kuh" restaurant in Zurich, for example, shows that this also works on another level, as it is dark as in a cow stomach. So the food must be taken with a sensitive touch. Here in the museum, even if it is dark it is accessible to the sighted, the priority is to perceive with the other senses. The approximately one-hour walk is supported by audio, which then requires further tactile skills and a sense of smell. There is a lot to experience, such as objects hanging in the room, rubber bands awaken feelings, sounds animate the imagination, smells sniff the nose and finger spaces are an area to feel objects with the fingertips. Information and inscriptions are also conveyed in Braille and raised Latin script, in the latter the letters must be felt. A really exciting experience and a way to test your senses. Those who are not afraid of catacombs, do not worry it is not a ghost train and do not suffer from claustrophobia will rediscover themselves. (Original) Die Idee, ein Museum für Blinde erfahrbar zu machen, wurde experimentell an andern Orten auch schon ausprobiert. Die Resonanzen fielen gut aus, dennoch ist mir keine weitere solch permanente Ausstellung bekannt. Dass dies auch auf anderer Ebene funktioniert, zeigt etwa das Restaurant "Blinde Kuh" in Zürich, da ist es dunkel wie in einem Kuhmagen. Das Essen muss also sensibel ertastend eingenommen werden. Hier im Museum, es ist auch wenn es dunkel ist für Sehende zugänglich, geht es prioritär darum, mit den übrigen Sinnen wahrzunehmen. Der rund einstündige Durchgang wird Audio unterstützt, gefordert sind dann weiter taktile Fähigkeiten und der Geruchssinn. Es gibt da viel zu erlebem, so hängen etwa Objekte im Raum, Gummibänder wecken Gefühle, Geräusche animieren die Vorstellungskraft, Gerüche lassen die Nase schnuppern und Fingerräume sind ein Gebiet um mit den Fingerkuppen Objekte zu erfühlen. Informationen und Inschriften vermitteln sich auch in Braille und erhabener lateinischer Schrift, bei letzterer müssen die Buchstaben ertastet werden. Eine also recht spannende Erfahrung und eine Möglichkeit seine Sinne zu testen. Wer sich weder vor Katakomben fürchtet, keine Angst es ist keine Geisterbahn, und nicht unter Klaustrophobie leidet, wird sich neu entdecken.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Emmerich G. 4 years ago on Google
    Super
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jurgita S. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) New interesting experience. (Original) Nauja įdomi patirtis.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Constantinos L. 11 months ago on Google • 160 reviews
    Went to visit it today but it seem like that part of the church where the museum entrance is at, is currently under renovation and it is not accessible currently

  • 2/5 Tom K. 4 years ago on Google • 45 reviews
    Didn't get to go Inside. Times displayed at the ticket booth and online are wrong. Said they were open when no one was there. Dissapointing as would have been good to go inside.

  • 4/5 Audrius L. 9 months ago on Google • 29 reviews
    A nice, albet quite short, exhibition / route in an absolute dark.

  • 4/5 jack w. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice place, very beautiful

  • 5/5 Skurvagis C. 4 years ago on Google
    Its worth visiting

  • 5/5 Krišjānis L. 4 months ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Obstacle course made in old catacombs under church. Course is made in total darkness so that people can experience how blind people feel surrounding world. We came there without reservation, called and in 10 minutes gentlemen came to let us in catacombs. Good and fun experience.

  • 3/5 TIME4Event A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) How can a museum work until 14:00? Lunch break from 12:00 to 12:45? We arrived at 13:35 and were told that we could not get there, because we had to register in the group in advance. Where is that written??? People, then you are asleep and there’s no need for people to fool their heads or work like a human! (Everything was still wet. It was rainy). Py.Sy .: the watchman has taken pity and, seeing our indignation, yet let us go. The entire inspection took exactly 15 minutes. Feelings curious. You feel blind, jostling in a crowd of people, someone’s palms hit you in the face and you wander through walls, fumbling with your hands in pitch darkness, following the rope that saves the day. Squeezing in the unknown, knowing that this is temporary - loss of vision. It was not terrible. It was interesting to taste the state of affairs at the emotional and tactile level. And the group never came ... (Original) Как может музей работать до 14:00? Перерыв на обед с 12:00 до 12:45? Мы пришли в 13:35 и нам сказали, что попасть мы не сможем, потому что нужно регистрироваться в группу заранее. Где это написано??? Люди, вы тогда уж спите и незачем народу голову морочать или работайте по-человечески! (Ещё вымокли все. Было дождливо). Пы.Сы.: девушка-вахтёр сжалилась и, видя наше негодование, всё же нас пустила. Весь осмотр занял ровно 15 минут. Ощущения любопытные. Чувствуешь себя слепым, толкающимся в людской толпе, чьи-то ладони попадают тебе по лицу и ты бредёшь сквозь стены, шаря руками в кромешной тьме, следуя верёвке, спасающей положение. Протискиваешься в неизвестности, зная, что это временно - потеря зрения. Страшно не было. Было интересно вкусить положение дел на эмоционально-тактильном уровне. А группа так и не пришла...

  • 5/5 Dorota S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Ok (Original) Ok

  • 5/5 Sandra J. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place

  • 5/5 Андрей �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful building, but requires restoration. (Original) Красивое здание, но требует реставрации.

  • 5/5 박JH 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It looks more like a cathedral than a museum (Original) 박물관보다는 성당처럼 보여짐

  • 5/5 Gražina G. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Laisves al. Beautiful backyard. (Original) Laisves al. Graži kiemas.

  • 5/5 Przemysław K. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) great experience, for a small price you can feel really as if we have lost sight (Original) super doświadczenie, za niewielką cenę można poczuć się naprawdę jakbyśmy stracili zmysł wzroku

  • 5/5 Laimonas L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) worth it (Original) verta

  • 5/5 David D. 4 years ago on Google
    🌤⚡🌄

  • 5/5 Kyle D. 5 years ago on Google
    Surprisingly good experience

  • 5/5 Orhan A. 4 years ago on Google
    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • 1/5 anukampa m. 4 years ago on Google
    The museum was closed...n I was extremely disappointed..as I was in Kaunas only for a day..n when I had googled ..it said Open...


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