The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
When entering the tiny Latvia of the former times that hides unobtrusively behind the pine forest at Lake Jugla, don’t strive to perceive it as a reality for it was a reality only to those from long ago. But the objects, structures, and households still continue to exist. You, a visitor and a stranger, will be rewarded with the intimacy of these treasures of our predecessors. This feeling, without any reminiscence of contemporary man, may be vague, imperfect or too subjective though nursed by many and winnowed by time.
Contacts
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Entrance: Brivdabas street 21, Riga, LV-1024
Administration: Bonaventuras street 10, Riga LV-1024 - 67994106; Booking office : 67994515
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Working hours
Museum opening hours in the summer season:
From May 1 to September 30, the museum will be open every day from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The exhibition hall is open from Wednesday to Sunday at 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Attention! Entrance in the museum ends half an hour before closure.
Properties:
Registration number 90000053011
The Treasury (Valsts kase), bank code: TRELLV22
Account number: LV08TREL2220638004000
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia is one of the oldest outdoor museums in Europe. It was founded in Riga in 1924.
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Events in 2023

Exhibition "The great Kokles: Traditional Kokles in the Latvian homestead in the 19th-20th centuries"
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
Museum "Vēveri"
Fisherman farmstead "Vītolnieki"