Mexican Artist’s Exhibition of Paintings
From May 28 to June 28 in the National History museum of Latvia at Brīvības Boulevard 32, Riga, an exhibition of paintings by Mexican artist Leopoldo Flores (1934) will be held. He has studied in Mexico and France; today he is one of the most famous Mexican painters, the winner of several international awards. He ...
Exhibition Riga Castle – 500
The history of the National History Museum of Latvia is closely linked with Riga castle, where the museum was located from 1920 to 2014. The museum currently works in temporary premises, but after the reconstruction in 2018 the museum will return to Riga castle. This year the historical building celebrates its 500th anniversary. Over the ...
Exhibition ”The Way to the Freedom of Latvia”
The renewal process of the independence of Latvia in the turn of the 1980’s-1990’s took place parallel with changes throughout Mikhail Gorbachev’s led Soviet Union, in which Latvia was unlawfully incorporated in 1940. However, in the Baltic States and Latvia the current issues, demands and popular movement of 1987-1991 differed significantly from the processes in ...
Exhibition ”Who Explores the Past, Blesses the Future”
Open from the 3rd March till 14 April . The exhibition is dedicated to the foundation of the cultural monument protection institution – the Board of Monuments that was established in 1923. Its tasks were to identify Latvian cultural heritage, to monitor, collect, protect and promote it by organizing corresponding expeditions and archaeological excavations, as ...
Ancient School
The first school in Latvia was established in the early 13th century at the Dom Church in Riga, and was intended for training the clergy. In 1353, the St Peter’s Church School was established, for the children of the Riga burghers. The first school for the Latvians of Riga was established in the 16th century ...
An Exhibition of the Work of Restorers – “Revival”
Revival is a suitable title for the exhibition of the conservators’ work, because they are the ones to have afforded a new lease of life to object that have already left the active „working life” behind and entered a completely new status – that of a witness a of our past. A great number of ...
Exhibition “Amber – Jewel of the Baltic Sea” will be opened only till 1st March
Latvia has always been related to Europe territorially; not only has it been involved in the European cultural processes, it has also been the home of fashion trends. That has mainly been due to amber – the jewel of the Baltic Sea. Baltic Sea amber is well known since very ancient times: during the Paleolithic ...