Energy and Technology Museum
science museum in Vilnius
Energy and Technology Museum (Lithuanian: Energetikos ir technikos muziejus) is an institution dedicated to researching and presenting energy history, the industrial heritage of Lithuania, and the history of Vilnius. It is housed in a former Vilnius power plant. At 5,000 square meters, this museum is the largest museum of technology in Lithuania.
The museum also features interactive rooms that are mainly aimed at children and feature interactive exhibits which illustrate different aspects of science.
The first public power plant of Vilnius was opened in 1903. The Energy and Technology Museum still holds the old power plant equipment including steam turbines, generators, steam boilers, water pumps, pipelines and a control panel.
The public source identifies “Energy and Technology Museum” as science museum in Vilnius. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Energy, Technology and Museum.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5377018. VIAF identifies the subject as 4702154260610924480005. Authority coordinates are 54.690, 25.288. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1903.
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This entry incorporates text from “Energy and Technology Museum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.