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 ...
From 23 March watercolour exhibition “Impression of the Beauty of Latvia’s Nature” at the Dauderi Department
From 23 March watercolor exhibition by artist Zhang Hongyun “Impression of the Beauty of Latvia’s Nature” is opened at the Dauderi Department (Zāģeru iela 7). It combines the traditions of Chinese romantic painting with Western realistic style, and each work has an accompanying musical composition that can be read with a QR code. The exhibition ...
The National History Museum of Latvia will end its work in temporary premises and return to the Riga Castle
In the new year – 2024, the National History Museum of Latvia will experience long-awaited changes. Until the end of May, the museum will still work in its temporary premises at Brīvības bulvāris 32 (the so-called “Sakta’s house”), which were adapted to the needs of the museum after the fire of the Riga Castle in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Permanent exposition of Dauderi Department
In the renovated exposition of the Dauderi Department it is possible to see the living room of Bingner’s villa, work place of Kārlis Ulmanis, learn about the fate of the “Dauderi” house in the Soviet period and becoming a museum in 1990, as well as to see the most outstanding exhibits of Gaidis Graudiņš’ collection. ...
Money in Latvia
The permanent exhibition “Money in Latvia” gives a unique opportunity to view a riveting but complicated history of money in Latvia, which has been influenced by Latvia’s connection to the most important trade routes in Eastern Europe, and to the political and economic hegemony of German, Polish, Swedish and Russian lords at different junctures within ...