Important information for visitors: to register for all types of excursions call +370 3834 5424 (Mondays through Fridays 8 AM – 4.30 PM).
Dates | Duration | Prices on working days till 4:00 PM
Mon – Thu nights
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Prices on working days after 4:00 PM
Fri – Sun and holiday nights
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Adults
8,00 EUR
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Adults
8,00 EUR
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Students
7,00 EUR
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Students
7,00 EUR
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1 October – 30 April
Tue – Sat
1 May – 30 September
Mon – Sun
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1,5 h | Pupils (6 years old and over)
6,00 EUR
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Pupils (6 years old and over)
6,00 EUR
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Pensioners / disabled
7,00 EUR
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Pensioners / disabled
7,00 EUR
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Groups of 1-9 people
80,00 EUR
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Gift card (for two)
22,88 EUR
Gift card (for family)
28,67 EUR
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Gift card (for two)
22,88 EUR
Gift card (for family)
28,67 EUR
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Please note that the sky is different throughout the seasons. For example, sometimes the Moon doesn’t rise at all. Darker nights are better for such observations. The Night-time programme takes place in the open and at considerable altitude, thus we recommend warm clothes. Duration: 1.5 hrs.
Title: Celestial objects
Target Audience: Primary School Students
1. An introduction to stars and constellations: using stars to orient yourself in time and space;
2. The mythological understanding of stars and constellations and the origin of their names;
3. Students are taken to the telescope;
4. An introduction to the workings of the dome and telescope;
5. A discussion about the influence of the Moon on the Earth (if the Moon is visible via the telescope);
6. A demonstration of one to five astronomical objects through the telescope:
a) stars;
b) planets;
c) binary stars;
d) stellar clusters;
e) nebulae
f) galaxies;
7. A Q&A game:
a) Why do stars twinkle?
b) What are our immediate neighbouring planets within the solar system?
c) Where is the edge of the Universe?
8. A glimpse of astronauts’ life;
9. Questions and Answers.
Title: The evolution and planets of our star
Target Audience: Secondary School Students
1. An introduction to stars and constellations: using stars to orient yourself in time and space;
2. The mythological understanding of stars and constellations and the origin of their names;
3. Students are taken to the telescope;
4. An introduction to the workings of the dome and telescope;
5. A demonstration of one to five astronomical objects through the telescope:
a) stars;
b) planets;
c) binary stars;
d) star clusters;
e) nebulae;
f) galaxies;
6. A discussion on the influence of the Moon on the Earth (if the Moon is visible via the telescope);
7. A demonstration of planets through the telescope accompanied by an explanation of conditions there:
a) temperature;
b) composition of the atmosphere;
c) atmospheric pressure;
c) atmospheric phenomena;
e) typical landscape;
8. We’ll visit distant star clusters with the help of the telescope;
9. Observation of nebulae, getting an insight into the future of the Sun;
10. Questions and Answers.
Title: From the Earth to the edge of the Universe
Target Audience: Secondary School Seniors
1. An introduction to stars and constellations: using stars to orient yourself in time and space;
2. The mythological understanding of stars and constellations and the origin of their names;
3. Students are taken to the telescope;
4. An introduction to the workings of the dome and telescope;
5. A demonstration of one to five astronomical objects through the telescope:
a) stars;
b) planets;
c) binary stars;
d) star clusters;
e) nebulae;
f) galaxies;
6. A discussion about the influence of the Moon on the Earth and the complexity of manned missions to the Moon (if the Moon is visible via the telescope);
7. We’ll visit our neighbouring planets with the help of the telescope, where we’ll explore the possibility of life in the solar system and exoplanets;
8. Watching star clusters, we’ll try to imagine what our ownstar cluster could look like;
9. Watching nebulae, we’ll learn about the past and future of our solar system;
10. A discussion about the challenges of watching distant objects;
11. What are exoplanets? How diverse are they and how aretheyfound?
12. Questions and Answers.
Title: On the brink of the unknowable.
Target Audience: Adults, Students, Families
1. An introduction to stars and constellations: using stars to orient yourself in time and space;
2. The mythological understanding of stars and constellations and the origin of their names;
3. Students are taken to the telescope;
4. An introduction to the workings of the dome and telescope;
5. A demonstration of one to five astronomical objects through the telescope:
a) stars;
b) planets;
c) binary stars;
d) star clusters;
e) nebulae;
f) galaxies;
6. A demonstration of the Moon, explaining its influence on our planet. A discussion about the conditions on the Moon’s surface and engineering challenges in explorations on the Moon (if the Moon is visible via the telescope);
7. We’ll watch neighbouring planets through the telescope, discussing the complexity of space travel;
8. The search of extraterrestrial life and exoplanets;
9. An overview of the size and age of the Universe;
10. With the help of the telescope, we’ll observe star clusters and will try to image our own location in space from a different perspective;
11. An overview of recent changes in the model of the Universe and the last remaining unanswered questions;
12. The birth and death of stars, as witnessed by their nebulae;
13. The size of galaxy discs and the mysteries hidden in their centres;
14. Questions and Answers.
Author: Lithuanian Ethnocosmology Museum Educator
Edgaras Zaronskis