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Riga Motor Museum (Rīgas Motormuzejs)

plkst. janvāris 01, 2019 0

Travel Guide with beautiful photos and exciting descriptions of the most amazing and unique places in Baltic states and Europe.

Of all Latvian museums, Riga Motor Museum is the one which certain (interested) people would visit from a faraway places. Founded in 1989, the largest antique vehicles museum in the Baltic states hosts a collection of more than 100 cars from different eras - starting from early 20th Century up to Soviet time car industry heritage, including notable examples such as cars of Soviet leaders Stalin, Brezhnev. After reconstruction which lasted from 2012 to 2016, the museum got many modern, interactive features - video screens, audio guides etc.

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National Art Museum, Riga (Nacionālais mākslas muzejs)

plkst. septembris 11, 2018 0

Travel Guide with beautiful photos and exciting descriptions of the most amazing and unique places in Baltic states and Europe.

The grand, palace-like building of Latvian National art museum is one of last Ecclecticism buildings in Riga (built in 1905, designed by the German architect Wilhelm Neumann) and the first in Baltic states which was built for the purpose of museum. In 2014, it got a total renovation as well as underground expansion.

The Latvian National Museum of Art has 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.