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Museum of Decorative Art and Design
(Dekorativas makslas un Dizaina muzejs) The museum is located in the oldest surviving stone building in Riga, the former St. George's Church (1204). The display reflects the development of Latvian professional applied art and design from the end of the 19th century up to the 90's of the 20th century.
Exhibitions: EXHIBITION
Until 10.01 “Time for Presents”.
Until 5.02 “Re-Novation”.
Art Museum Riga Bourse
(Makslas muzejs “Rigas Birza”) The museum has the biggest collection of foreign artworks in Latvia. Some drawings and paintings date back to the 15th century. One can see works of Dutch artists created in the 17th century, German paintings of the 17th-19th centuries and Belgian art works of the beginning of the 20th century.
Until 6.01 Polish Christmas Mangers.
20.01-11.03 Japanese art from the Museum Collection.
20.01-11.03 Hundertwasser.
Arsenals Museum of Arts Until 29.01 “Bali – Garden of Eden”. Kristîne Luize Avotina.
Until 29.01 “Solid Space”. From the collection of Dr. Belavitch.
9.02-18.03 “Try your Best...”. Sarmite Malina. Kristaps Kalns.
National Museum of Art (Valsts Makslas muzejs) Here you may witness the advancement of Latvian art up to 1945. The museum has a rich collection, about 14 000 exhibits among which are works of famous Latvian and Russian painters such as V. Purvitis, Janis Rozentals, Nikolai Rerih and I. Aivazovsky.
EXIBITIONS:
Until 15.01 “Padegs and the City Lady” & “Fragile Challenge” Karlis Padegs 100 year anniversary exhibitions.
Ethnographic Open-Air Museum (Etnografiskais Brivdabas muzejs) Authentic houses, farmsteads, windmills, wooden churches, and fishermen`s villages that represent different regions of Latvia of 16-19 centuries. Situated in a vast pine forest by the lake Jugla, it occupies an area of about a 100 hectares. On weekends you can watch traditional craftsmen at work. The museum even has its own bee-farm and you can taste honey which is served with country bread and a special drink brewed from honey. An unforgettable experience that you should not miss! Count on spending an entire day here. A must!
Exhibition
6.02 Meteni—a solstice festival during which people dress up in masks, sing and ride on sleighs.
Latvian Photography Museum (Latvijas Fotografijas muzejs) The collection contains photographs,
from those developed by
the primitive techniques of the 19th
century to modern ones: transparencies,
negatives, photographic equipment,
documents of archival value,
books and magazines. The permanent
exhibition illustrates the growth
and development of photography in
Latvia from 1839 to 1941.
EXHIBITIONS:
Until 6.11 “Infertile grounds”.
Sandra Vitaljitch /Croatia/.
10.11 - 11.12 “Latvian Landscapes”.
Bruno Alsinsh.
15.12 - 22.01.12 Gunars Binde.
Photo collection.
Sun Museum (Saules muzejs) The Europe’s only museum dedicated to the Sun is in Riga!
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