The Great Hall was reopened to public after reconstruction on 11 February 2010. Walls are decorated with portraits of Lithuania's sovereigns and paintings of the most influential battles. History of the Lithuanian Armed Forces is reflected by the exposition and the reconstructed royal flag of the ruler of Lithuania-Poland Augustus II. It took two years for textile master Bronė Neverdauskienė to reconstruct it. The original flag is kept in Stockholm, War Museum of Sweden as Sweden's trophy from the Northern War. The Great Wall exhibits objects from a variety of epochs. Visitors have the opportunity to familiarize with the history of the museum as well as with values long kept in fund treasuries: "Didysis artilerijos menas" ("The Great Art of Artillery") written by Kazimieras Simonavičius in 1676 in German, unique and rare archeological findings, rich collection of halberds and spontoons. Items and pictures from the period beginning with 1940, when occupant forces invaded Lithuania and began the tragic decimation of Lithuanian officers and their families. Visitors will see weapons of Lithuanian's occupant forces and Lithuania's guerilla fighters, pistol-machine guns constructed in the already independent Lithuania "Vladas" and "Vytis", and many other pieces.
Photos:
1- Exposition of the Great Hall.
2 - Archeological findings.
3 - the most interesting museum pieces.
4 - Weapons not seen often on display.
5 - Service dress of war disabled of the War Museum. A trumpet and pique with a small flag. 1923-1927.
