Latvian Ethnographic Museum (Latvijas Etnografiskais brivdabas muzejs) description and photo - Latvia: Riga (Topic)

Latvian Ethnographic Museum (Latvijas Etnografiskais brivdabas muzejs) description and photo - Latvia: Riga. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Latvijas Etnografiskais brivdabas muzejs.

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The Latvian Ethnographic Museum is located near the center of the capital, on the shores of Lake Juglas. Among this kind of museum, the Latvian Museum is one of the oldest in Europe. It occupies a rather large area of more than 80 hectares. Here you can find residential and household buildings brought to the museum from different parts of Latvia.

In summer, you can explore the museum on foot or by bike, while in winter you can go skiing to explore the museum. The Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum offers an opportunity to get acquainted with how the peasants lived, in which baths the Latvians used to steam, in addition, it offers the opportunity to take part in the celebrations held here and even try to forge a jewelry for yourself.

The museum was founded in 1924, it was opened for visits in 1932. Walking around the ethnographic museum there is no feeling that you are in a museum, you get the feeling that you plunged into the world that existed several centuries ago. In the exhibition hall, which is located in the former barn of the estate, the exposition changes several times a year. Various festivals and events are often held here, visitors are invited to take part in the celebration, as well as master classes. You can also buy souvenirs and crafts from the craftsmen. Fairs are held annually in the museum in June, so in 2010 the fair was already the 40th in a row.

In winter, the museum can also find something to do: you can ride a sleigh, in addition, try your hand in ice fishing, winter ski lovers will be able to find suitable hills, located within the ethnographic museum.

On the territory of the museum there is an old cozy church made of wood. It is valid, in addition, with a preliminary agreement, you can perform a wedding ceremony.

There is a mill of the late 19th century in the museum. The mill, belonging to the so-called `` column mills '' type, entered the museum in 1975. In 1937, a bathhouse built in the middle of the 19th century "moved" to the museum. The sauna has a vestibule, a changing room and a washing room itself. The sauna stove is made of boulders and bricks. In addition to those listed here, there are a lot of different structures, about 120 in total. There are also residential buildings, as well as various outbuildings: a bathhouse, a smithy, a mill, a cage, a church, there is even a whole equipped fishing village.

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