- Place
- Marijampolė, Marijampolė Municipality
- Region
- Suvalkija
- Type
- memorial museum in a 19th-century wooden house
- Address
- Bažnyčios g. 23, Marijampolė, LT-68298
- Coordinates
- 54.55483, 23.34485
- Visit duration
- 45-90 minutes; longer for a guided visit or education programme
- Best time
- on a weekday or for a pre-arranged visit; check this branch's current schedule before travelling
K. Grinius Memorial Museum, Museum of Lithuanian President Kazys Grinius
A small wooden museum in central Marijampolė
The Memorial Museum of Lithuanian President K. Grinius is at Bažnyčios g. 23, in a separate 19th-century wooden house. Its brown or orange-brown facade, steep dark roof, white decorative window surrounds, and modest street garden make the building easy to identify. It is a home preserving personal and political memory, not a ceremonial palace.
Opening hours and tickets can change, and this memorial branch is not the main Marijampolė Regional Museum building. Check the visitor details for this house before travelling.
The coordinate 54.5548278, 23.3448483 identifies the specific museum house. This matters because Marijampolė Basilica and the drama theatre are nearby but separate destinations.
The Grinius family home from 1904 to 1914
Kazys Grinius lived in this house with his family from 1904 to 1914. At the time he was a physician and active public figure, so the house was more than a private residence. The exhibition shows how family life, medicine, and public-mindedness met in early-20th-century Marijampolė.
People gathered here, choirs and theatre groups rehearsed, and the Šviesa Society library operated here, making the house a regional centre of cultural and political life. This context adds depth to the presidential story.
The house is also linked with a first public evening in the region held here on 28 May 1905. The museum presents it as a detail of local memory, so visitors should keep that cautious framing in mind.
From physician to President of Lithuania
The exhibition covers Grinius's public work, political career in 1920-1926, family history, and medical practice. It also follows the war years and emigration, so visitors see more than his 1926 presidency: they see the longer life that led to it.
Photographs, document copies, and museum objects allow the house to be read as a lived space. The story is not separated from family or community: this address remembers the people who visited, worked, rehearsed, and read here.
Since 2020 the museum has been a branch of the Marijampolė Regional and Lithuanian President Kazys Grinius Museum. That institutional link does not change the physical address: the house on Bažnyčios Street remains a distinct visitor destination, while the main museum operates elsewhere.
A separate address and a separate exhibition
The Marijampolė Regional Museum and the K. Grinius Memorial Museum belong to one museum system, but they are two different stops for a visitor. Bažnyčios g. 23 is devoted to the president and his family's memorial story; exhibitions at the main museum on Vytauto g. 31 are not automatically part of this visit.
This distinction matters when planning navigation and time. If a map offers the basilica or theatre as a nearby landmark, confirm that the selected address is Bažnyčios g. 23 and that the pin lands on the wooden house.
You can view the exterior without entering the exhibition, but the memorial museum's value is inside. All-day access without an arrangement is not guaranteed, so check the branch schedule and group arrangements with the museum.
Tickets, hours, and a practical visit
Admission is €2 for adults, €1 reduced, and €3 for a family ticket. Prices can change, and guided visits or education programmes may have separate terms, so confirm the current tariffs before travelling.
Two different schedule versions are listed: one gives Tuesday-Saturday 9.00-18.00 and the last Sunday of the month 11.00-16.00, while another gives Tuesday-Friday 9.00-18.00 and Saturday 11.00-17.00. Confirm the exact time, especially for a weekend visit.
Allow about 45-60 minutes for the exhibition and longer for a guided visit or education programme. Groups and visitors with specific accessibility needs should arrange their visit in advance. The memorial branch is in a historic house, so its physical conditions may differ from those of the main museum.
