Museum of the Barricades of 1991
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- City: Riga
This small museum located in the heart of Riga's Old Town covers the dramatic events that occurred in the tumultuous final year of the USSR, when Soviet authori...
Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation
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- City: Riga
This is the oldest public museum in Latvia and one of the oldest in Europe, the origin of which dates back to 1773. At the he...
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
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- City: Riga
This noticeable and austere black building is clearly out-of-place. In the Soviet days, this housed a museum to the Red Riflemen, a group of Latvians who volunt...
Porcelain Museum
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- City: Riga
Located in the historic center of the city, the Porcelain Museum covers the history of porcelain in Riga through the 19th and 20th centuries. The Museum unveils the exciting world of porcelain design ...
Riga Aviation Museum
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- City: Riga
Established in 1956 by Victor Talpa, who worked for the Latvian Civil Aviation Administration, this museum is the only one of its kind in the Baltics, and one o...
Riga Castle
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- City: Riga
The Castle was originally built on the basis of a treaty between Riga and Livonian Order in the 13th century. The structure was thoroughly rebuilt between 1497 and 1515. Situated on the banks of River...
Riga Central Market
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- City: Riga
This is Europe's largest market and bazaar in Riga, Latvia. Noticeable for its huge hangars, built from parts of actual zeppelin hangars bought for the market in 1920. The market has also a large open...
Riga Ethnographic Open Air Museum
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- City: Riga
The Museum is in Jugla, near a lake of the same name, covering almost 87 hectares of forest area. It is one of the largest and oldest open-air museums in Europe...
Riga Film Museum
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- City: Riga
Founded in 1988, Riga Film Museum is the only museum in Latvia dedicated to this art form. It collects, preserves and popularize the artifacts of Latvian film industry, in order to explain the develop...
Riga Ghetto Museum
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- City: Riga
Located in the historic area bordering the former ghetto, the Museum is more of an outdoor monument with exhibits than a museum, with names of more than 70,000 Holocaust victims carved on the wall, as...
Riga Motor Museum
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- City: Riga
This is the biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries, which was established in 1989 on initiative of the Latvian Antique Automobile Club. The museum collects, preserves, explores and res...
Riga Orthodox Cathedral
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- City: Riga
The Orthodox Cathedral was erected during Russian rule of Russian residents. In contrast to its relatively plain exterior, it is spectacular on the inside, ador...