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Erotic Museum, All Areas Established by Vidas Kontrimavicius of Lithuania, who moved his collection of about 300 exhibits, originally displayed in Lithuania, to Latvia. Here you can find erotic photos taken by local photographers including a former Latvian Minister of Agriculture. If you’re into that sort of thing then by all means take the stairs to the second floor, but bear in mind that the admission fee seems a little steep and might be better spent on a couple of beers, a souvenir or a better museum. You must be 18 to enter. Insert ‘that’s what she said’ joke here. [ + más ]

Fire Fighting Museum, All Areas [ + más ]

KriÅ¡jānis Barons Memorial Museum, All Areas Established in 1985 the Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum is dedicated to this folklorist, known for collecting, studing and publishing Latvian folk songs and was affectionately called "the father or dainas". In his former apartment you can see displays photographs, manuscripts and original furniture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [ + más ]

Latvian Ethnographic Open air Museum, All Areas IN the middle of dozens of farmhouses, churches and windmills on the grounds you will find latvian country life. The Latvian Ethnographic Open air Museum is one of the oldest and largest open-air museums in Europe. 118 old buildings from all historical districts of Latvia – Kurzeme, Vidzeme, Zemgale and Latgale – built from the end of the 17th century up to the second half of the 1930s have been relocated, reconstructed and furnished. [ + más ]

Latvian National Museum of Art , All Areas The the richest collection of national art in Latvia. It houses more than 52,000 works of art reflecting the development of professional art in the Baltic area and in Latvia from the middle of the 18th century up until the present time. It also features Russian art from the 16th to the first half of the 20th century. Besides the permanent and temporary exhibitions, the Latvian National Museum of Art is known for its educational projects. Visitors are offered specialist-guided tours and educational programs. [ + más ]

Latvian Photography Museum, All Areas The Latvian Photography Museum or in latvian yhe Latvijas fotogrāfijas muzejs shows the development of photography in Latvia from 1839 - 1941. The collection have photographs from the 19th century, negatives, photographic equipment, and books and magazines. [ + más ]

Latvian Railway History Museum, All Areas The Latvian Railway History Museum Established in 994 it collects items, documents and photographs related to railway communications and signalling equipment, tools and instruments, uniforms and badges. [ + más ]

Latvian War Museum, All Areas libre The Latvian War Museum is related with events of the World War I on the territory of Latvia, with the creation of national military unit – the battalion of Latvian Riflemen had been a part of Russian Czar’s army in 1915. his museum of photos and memorabilia documents the struggles of the 20th century, from WWI and the war for independence up to and including the Nazi and Soviet occupations of WWII. One exhibition chronicles the development of the Latvian army from WWI until 1940. [ + más ]

Museum of Decorative Art & Design, All Areas Opened in 1989, the Decorative Arts and Design Museum or DekoratÄ«vās mākslas un dizaina muzejs preserves predominantly artworks and „one off” design objects created by Latvian artists. he permanent displays of the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design on the 2nd and 3rd floor unfold rich and splendid information about culture and art in Latvia. They help the visitors to have an insight into the creative work of each individual artist as well as to get impression about the dominating art styles and directions of different periods of time. The artworks represent the period from the end of the 19th century till contemporary time. [ + más ]

Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation , All Areas The Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation is housed by the Riga Dom Cathedral and is the oldest public museum in Latvia and the Baltic. The museum shows the development of Riga from the ancient villages of Riga and the ancient port in the 12th—13th century to the period of the Hansa League in the 13th—16th centuries and the Polish and Swedish rule in the 16th—17th centuries. The Museum has three branches: The Ainaži Naval School Museum (opened in 1969), and in Riga – Mentzendorf House. 17th-18th century Rigan house-museum (1992) and the Photography Museum of Latvia (1993). [ + más ]

Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, All Areas libre Museum of the Occupation of Latvia 1940-or the Latvijas okupācijas muzejs is an historic educational institution. The umseum's aim is to represent the life during the three occupation periods suffered by Latvia and Latvians, specially the first Soviet occupation (1940-1941), then Nazi occupation period (1941-1944/45), and the second Soviet occupation (1944/45-1991). [ + más ]

Museum of the Sun, All Areas The museum’s owner and curator, began collecting images of the sun with the purchase of a silver necklace ornament in Portugal in 1999. The museum collection holds more than 1350 Suns from various countries all over the world, in addition to a separate exposition of Suns created by Latvian artists and craftspeople. View over 350 porcelain, metal, iron, wood, papier-mâché, coconut and glass wall decorations of the sun from 43 countries and six continents at Europe’s only sun museum. [ + más ]

Riga Art Nouveau Museum , All Areas Opened in 2009, Riga Art Nouveau Museum is located in an apartment where one of Latvia’s best art nouveau architects once lived – KonstantÄ«ns PÄ“kšÄ“ns. The museum interior has been restored to its authentic look of 1903. A thorough inspection of the premises began in 2007, discovering and taking note of the original interior makeup. The renovation work was carried out in 2008-2009 under the guidance of master renovator Gunita ÄŒakare. he first stage of museum opening unveiled the entrance hall, the living room and the fireplace hall. The second stage of renovation opened an almost entirely restored Art Nouveau apartment. [ + más ]

Riga Castle, All Areas Near to the River Daugava is the Riga Castle, in latvian RÄ«gas pils. This museum was built in the mid-14th century and is normally the residence of Latvia’s president, Andris Berzins, and home to the National History Museum. In June 2013, the castle was badly damaged by fire. [ + más ]

Riga Motor Museum, All Areas The Riga Motor Museum or the Rigas Motormuzejs is is the biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries. Currently closed for reconstruction, this museum collects, preserves, explores, restores and popularises antique vehicles as a part of the Latvian and world industrial heritage and material culture. [ + más ]

The Mentzendorff‘s House, All Areas The Mentzendorff’s House, a branch of the Riga Museum of History and Navigation, it is the only museum presenting social culture traditions of wealthy Rigans. This house, once belonged to a wealthy Riga merchant has restored furniture, 18th century frescoes and brings a complete medieval atmosphere. Not only can you see how the medieval rich lived in their fine apartments, but also how the servants toiled in the massive kitchen area. [ + más ]

The National History Museum of Latvia, All Areas The National History Museum of Latvia was founded in 1869 by the Riga to collect, preserve, research and popularise spiritual and material culture from Latvia and the world from ancient times until today, which has archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic, historical or artistic significance, in the interests of the Latvian nation and its people. Today the National History museum of Latvia stores twelve exhibitions and more then 900.000 items of archaeology, ethnography, numismatic, history, researches and replicas. This house of cultural treasures holds spiritual and material heritage of Latvian history since 9000 BC. 8 permanent exhibitions bring on the evidence of Latvian life until crucial 1940. The Temporary exhibition each year holds about 4-7 new exhibitions of historical significance of Latvia. [ + más ]