MUSEUM CLOSED FOR VISITORS
Following the Cabinet of Ministers’ announcement of a state of emergency in Latvia and in order to limit the spread of Covid-19, the National History Museum of Latvia is closed for visitors from 13 March to 18 May, 2020.
Exhibition “Military Order of Lāčplēsis, its recipients, Lāčplēsis day” opened until 1 March
The Military Order of Lāčplēsis (Lāčplēša Kara ordenis) is the first state award created in the Republic of Latvia to honor heroes of the Latvian War of Independence and World War One. Establishment of the order and its recipients at the time and today symbolize the fight for Latvia’s freedom, as well as demonstrate the ...
Working hours of the museum during the holidays
The National History Museum of Latvia (Brīvības Boulevard 32, Rīga) will be closed on 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January.
Opening times during May holidays
Opening times during May holidays: 30.04.2019. 10.00–16.00 1.05.2019. Closed 2.05.2019. 10.00–17.00 3.05.2019. 10.00–16.00 4.05.2019. 10.00–17.00 Only the exhibition “Latvia’s century”. Free entry.
4 May – Spring Celebration
On 4 May, the National History Museum of Latvia will celebrate its 150 years anniversary. 4 May is also the day when in 1990 the declaration “On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia” was adopted. The museum will be opened from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Only the second floor of the ...
Only till 15 July the hall dedicated to the national costumes will be on display
Only till 15 July the hall dedicated to the national costumes of Latvia will be on display. This hall is located on the 3rd floor and it is a part of the exposition “Peasants’ Way of Life in the 19th Century”. From 8 November the national costumes will be on display in the National Museum ...
Changes in the Opening Hours of the Museum
On November 17 the museum is open from 10:00 to 16:00. On November 18 the museum is open from 11:00 to 19:00. Free entrance. Address of the National History Museum of Latvia: Brīvības bulvāris 32, Rīga
Exhibition “Gloves, Mittens” Only Until March 5
The exhibition of the Latvian ethnographic gloves and mittens is made as a double-sided folding stand. The photographs depict the collection of mittens and gloves that are stored in the National History Museum of Latvia and the traditions of knitting mittens and gloves in the 19th and 20th century, but the photographs of the Board ...
The Night of Museums in the National History Museum of Latvia
During the Night of Museums on the 21th May the National History Museum of Latvia located on 32 Brīvības Boulevard will be opened from 7.00 p.m. to 01.00 a.m. The entire exposition of the history of Latvia will be opened for the first time during the Night of Museums. A door to the world of ...
The Permanent Exposition is Opened
It is possible to visit the permanent exposition that shows the history of Latvia from the ancient times to present days: “The Ancient History of Latvia 11 000 BC – 1200″, “Livonia in 13th-16th Century”, “The Territory of Latvia and its Population in 16th-18th Century”, “The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. 1561-1795″, “Manors and Nobility ...