The largest bell weighs 751 kilograms (1,656 lb) and was funded by the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and his wife Alma Adamkienė.

[8] In 1933, a modern carillon was commissioned in a bellfoundry in Mechelen, Belgium, for the Vytautas the Great War Museum complex in Lithuania's temporary capital Kaunas.

[2] In 1935, the 35 bells and other components were cast by the foundry of Marcel Michiels Jr. in Tournai, Belgium,[9][10] and transported to the Lithuanian port city Klaipėda.

[2] In 1937, under the auspices of general Vladas Nagevičius and composer Juozas Tallat-Kelpša, the carillon was installed in the tower of the Vytautas the Great War Museum and replaced the previous 9-bell system.

[3] During visits to the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, political leaders of the Warsaw Pact including Erich Honecker, János Kádár, and Edward Gierek had listened to performances on the carillon.

[17] On 16 February 2015, a new knight sculpture was installed on the tower exterior—at 28 metres (92 ft) up—and was unveiled by commemorating the anniversary of the Act of Independence of Lithuania.

[23][24] Below the coat of arms of Lithuania a text created by Bronius Kazys Balutis was written in Lithuanian on the Liberty Bell: "O skambink per amžius vaikams Lietuvos, kad laisvės nevertas kas negina jos" (English: Ring for the ages to the children of Lithuania that freedom is not worthy of those who do not defend it).