Collections

The National Institute of Architecture’s collection gathers, preserves, and researches artefacts related to Lithuania’s architectural culture, with a primary focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. The core of the collections includes drawings, sketches, photographs, technical documents, models, and other legacy materials that tell the story of the country’s architectural and urban development. One of NAI’s main aims is to create a shared home for objects that document Lithuania’s architectural narrative, and a place where individual creators’ archives and ideas are carefully preserved. The Collections Department also organises documentation and research of heritage sites and records creators’ recollections.

In NAI’s future home – the historic Kaunas Central Post Office building – large, museum-standard collection storage facilities are planned. These spaces will provide the conditions needed to properly receive, organise, catalogue, and preserve archival materials of different formats for the long term, ensuring they remain accessible for research and public use. If you have documents, photographs, drawings, models, or other objects that could enrich the Lithuanian architectural narrative collected by NAI, we invite you to contact the collection curator to discuss donation or transfer options.