Until 31 May exhibition “Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1561–1795)”
From 2 February new exhibition is on display at Brīvības bulvāris 32 – “Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1561–1795).” The history of the two related peoples – Latvians and Lithuanians – had many things in common but also many differences. In the Middle Ages, the territory of modern Latvia and ...
Exhibition “Power and Love. Archeological, Ethnographic and Contemporary Crowns in Latvian Culture” till 30 December
Visitors of the National History Museum of Latvia (Brīvības bulvāris 32, Rīga) have the opportunity to see an exhibition – “Power and Love. Archeological, Ethnographic and Contemporary Crowns in Latvian Culture”, which is created in connection with this year’s most important cultural event – the 150th anniversary of the Latvian Song Festival. As the title ...
The exhibition “Power and Love” supplemented with new works of the Art Academy of Latvia project “What’s in/on your head?”
Inspired by the traditional crown collection at the National History Museum of Latvia, the Art Academy of Latvia (LMA) in April, 2023 was participating in the Salone del Mobile. Milano international design fair, featuring in the SaloneSatellite space for young designers and design schools. The shared responsibility of design is embodied in the rhetorical question ...
Till 28 May Exhibition “100 Years: Litas, Lats, Kroon”
From 4 March to 28 May at the premises of the National History Museum of Latvia (Brīvības bulvāris 32, Rīga) new exhibition “100 Years: Litas, Lats, Kroon” is on display. The international traveling exhibition “100 Years: Litas, Lats, Kroon” is dedicated to the anniversaries of the national currencies of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: the Lithuanian ...
Exhibition “Crimplene Fever. Global Fashion in the Soviet Mirror” till 15 January, 2023
Till 15 January 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 ...
Until 31 May exhibition “Satversme 100+” (Constitution 100+) – the Centenary of Latvian Constitution (Satversme)
From 8 November, 2022 the exhibition “Satversme 100+” (Constitution 100+) dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Constitution of Latvia (Satversme) is on display. It invites to explore how the historical backgrounds, including laws and “constitutions” since medieval Livonia, both affected and contrasted the modern Latvian Constitution of 1922. It also gives a detailed insight ...
Until 18 September Exhibition “Moses, Oars and the Radio. Wood in the History of Latvia”
The National History Museum of Latvia has elaborated a new exhibition “Moses, Oars and the Radio. Wood in the History of Latvia”. From 16 November, 2021 the exhibition is opened for visitors. Did you know that trees and humans entered the territory of Latvia almost simultaneously -12,000 years ago, soon after the end of the ...
Outdoor exhibition “While There is Still Time – Beginnings of Photo-ethnography in Latvia” at Pulka iela 8 till 20 November
Till 20 November at Pulka iela 8, in the square in front of the museum repository, 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 ...
Permanent exhibition “Founders of the Republic of Latvia”
The exhibition tells the story of the 39 people who stood at the cradle of the republic in 1918 – about their various destinies before and after the founding of the state. This round of stands has moved to the 4th floor of the museum after the joint exhibition of Latvian museums “Latvia’s Century” and ...
Until 31 May 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.