Museum of the Battles for Freedom in Utena Museum

In Utena, not far from the intersection of the Kaunas–Daugavpils (A6) and Vilnius–Utena (A14) highways.

The museum was established in 2015 in the former Utena narrow-gauge railway station. As it is presented, it is a museum that breathes poetry and subtly reveals the truth of the post-war period. The exhibition “Common European Identity in the Context of Totalitarian Regimes” offers to learn about the past of all of Lithuania and Europe through the history of one Lithuanian region. It tells about the division of Europe in 1939 according to secret protocol agreements, the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, the forced participation of Lithuanians in World War II, exile, post-war resistance and the creation of collective farms in the Utena region. The painful events of 1940–1965 in the Utena region and Lithuania are revealed by comparing them with life behind the Iron Curtain.

The history of the narrow gauge railway station also bears a tragic imprint. From here, in 1941 and 1945–1953, wagons with deportees rolled to Siberia.