“Music in Colours” – exhibition at the “Dauderi” department
From 8 September to 6 November at the “Dauderi” department of the National History Museum of Latvia (Zāģeru iela 7, Sarkandaugava) the exhibition of paintings by Maija Elizabete Meņģele “Music in Colours” (Mūzika krāsās) will be on display. In the paintings exhibition the colours manifest as a musical message, movement, running, seduction, dance, flight, and ...
Outdoor exhibition “While There is Still Time – Beginnings of Photo-ethnography in Latvia” at the Esplanāde
From 3 August to 3 October at the Esplanāde square in the centre of Rīga the exhibition “While There is Still Time – Beginnings of Photo-ethnography in Latvia” is on display. Nowadays, photography is an integral part of our lives and every event is immediately documented with countless smartphones, so it is hard to imagine ...
Exhibition “Crimplene Fever. Global Fashion in the Soviet Mirror”
From 7 May the exhibition “Crimplene Fever. Global Fashion in the Soviet Mirror” is on display at Brīvības bulvāris 32. The exhibition is dedicated to a bright fashion phenomenon – crimplene clothing, which in the 1960s and 1970s was a “fashion cry”. The museum exhibits one of the richest collections of crimplene costumes in Latvia ...
Free entrance for the citizens of Ukraine/ Безкоштовний вхід для громадян України
The museum is safe, calm and cognitive. Most of all, such an atmosphere is needed for those who have come from Ukraine, so the National History Museum of Latvia offers FREE ENTRANCE to UKRAINIAN CITIZENS. We invite you to pass this message on to friends and acquaintances, on social networks and elsewhere! Brīvības bulvāris 32, ...
Exhibition “Latvia in Colour”
From 16 September, 2021 at Brīvības bulvāris 32, exposition and exhibition halls of the museum, exhibition dedicated to the history of coloured photograph in Latvia “Latvia in Colour”. Read the exhibition annotations here.
The book “The 13th-14th Century Cemetery of Dundagas Laukmuiža”
From 29 June, 2021 at the Museum shop (Brīvības bulvāris 32) it is possible to buy the new book “The 13th-14th Century Cemetery of Dundagas Laukmuiža”. The authors of the book are Vitolds Muižnieks, Baiba Vaska, Irita Žeiere, Kristīne Ducmane and Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe. The book is in two languages – Latvian and English. Also a ...
eMuzejs.lnvm.lv – a repository of museum’s digital resources
From 11 March 2011, those interested in the history of Latvia have access to the eMuseum – the most diverse and complete digital repository in terms of content and form, which uses the National History Museum’s of Latvia rich range of materials. The eMuseum website offers virtual exhibitions created by the museum, thematic galleries, interactive ...
Relocation of the administration and collection to new address – Pulka iela 8
From 17 February, 2020 the National History Museum of Latvia has changed its legal and postal address to the address Pulka iela 8, Rīga, LV-1007. For getting acquainted with the museum’s collection items, please fill the form: For getting the publication permit, please fill the form: Please send the filled forms to muzejs@lnvm.lv
Publication “Catalogue of Endangered Latvian Archaeological Artefacts”
This catalogue is designed to aid in the identification of those Latvian archaeological artefacts, which are more frequently acquired illegally, illegally traded and exported outside the territory of Latvia. The catalogue is meant for Latvian and foreign traders, buyers and collectors of cultural objects, law enforcement agencies, museums and other organizations working in the cultural ...