According to the tour guide who whisks you around the place on this 30-minute history lesson, during the first German occupation of Lithuania from 1915 until the end of WWI, the only officially sanctioned Lithuanian organisation was a group who looked after war veterans and who were based inside this building. It was due to this function that the small, three-roomed apartment on the third floor of the building became the setting for the signing of Lithuania’s declaration of independence on February 16, 1918 by the Lithuanian Council (Lietuvos Taryba). The room in which the document was signed, complete with the table it was signed on, is open to view. There’s not much else to see, plus everything remains labelled in Lithuanian only.

Admission 2Lt/free