Several German retro sports cars have arrived from Stuttgart Motor Museum, almost all of which were created by a Latvian – Anatols Kārlis Lapiņš. The…
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In 2022, the prices of visiting visiting museums rose by 5.3%
Friday, May 19, 2023In 2022, the prices of visiting visiting museums, libraries and zoological gardens in Latvia rose by 5.3%, according to data published May 18 by Eurostat. Latvia’s…
New and visceral exhibition opens at the Latvian War Museum on January 18
Wednesday, January 18, 2023On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, a new and visceral exhibition opens at the Latvian War Museum. Dubbed ‘Anatomy of war: the value of human life’,…
Unique university sports museum opens in Lithuania
Tuesday, November 22, 2022The Lithuanian Students Sports Association (LSSA) has opened the Lithuanian National Students Sports Museum, the first of its kind in the world. FISU Acting President…
Head of Daugavpils’ Jewish Museum is a student at 72
Monday, November 23, 2020Josifs Ročko, a teacher, local historian, and the founder of the museum “Jews in Daugavpils and Latgale”, is a cavalier of the Order of the…
Latvian Open-air museum launches online fair
Friday, August 14, 2020The legendary Open Air Museum Fair is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Due to restrictions on assembly, it has been decided not to hold…
Director of Lithuania’s Čiurlionis museum passes away
Monday, July 20, 2020Osvaldas Daugelis, the long-standing director of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis National Museum of Art in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, passed away on Sunday at the…
Plan for modern art museum resurfaces as patrons want to give design to state
Tuesday, June 2, 2020There are new developments in the plan to build the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art. The project, started in 2014 as a private initiative by patrons…
Lithuania’s sole cat museum purrs for visitors amid quarantine
Wednesday, May 27, 2020The cat museum in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, marked its 30th anniversary on May 22. Despite attracting thousands of visitors each year, the celebrations were emptier…
Several museums open doors in Latvia
Tuesday, May 19, 2020Latvian National Art museum and its departments are open to visitors, said museum director Māra Lāce to Latvian Radio on May 19. Several museums are…