Updated: Aug 10, 2020
In the first opening building - 19th century. in the former detention center for political prisoners no. 14, in which 1863–1864. about 1,000 participants of the uprising were imprisoned, the exhibition “Awakening: The History of the Rebels Found on Gediminas Hill” is open. The exhibition presents biographies of rebels found on Gediminas Hill, marked by shocking experiences, historical 1863–1864. the context of the uprising, the goals and expectations of the participants in the uprising. A large part of the exhibition exhibits consists of 2017–2018. material of archaeological research on Gediminas Hill and documents illustrating and illuminating the uprising, photographs, personal belongings of the participants of the uprising and other relics of the uprising.
Lukiškės Prison
Lukiškės Prison was construction in 1904 and it was one of the most modern prison facilities in the Russian Empire with spaces designated for work, prayer, punishment, administrative functions and the provision of health care services.
and back in 2007 Lukiškės Prison once holded upto 1,000 prisoners and employed around 250 prison guards.
prison suffered from overcrowding and was in disrepair so in 2 July 2019 The prison was officially closed
The prison complex, as it is today, could easily be a museum of twentieth-century Vilnius. The buildings are at the same time a specific urban space and an artifact, that history could be told as a series of stories not just about crime and punishment, but also about the social and political evolution of the city and the region in light of the various regimes that used it.
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