Opening hours during Easter holidays
On 28 and 30 March, 2024 the museum is open from 10:00 to 16:00. The museum is closed on 29, 31 March and 1 April.
Exhibition “Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1561–1795)”
From 2 February new exhibition is on display at Brīvības bulvāris 32 – “Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1561–1795).” The history of the two related peoples – Latvians and Lithuanians – had many things in common but also many differences. In the Middle Ages, the territory of modern Latvia and ...
From 23 March watercolour exhibition “Impression of the Beauty of Latvia’s Nature” at the Dauderi Department
From 23 March watercolor exhibition by artist Zhang Hongyun “Impression of the Beauty of Latvia’s Nature” is opened at the Dauderi Department (Zāģeru iela 7). It combines the traditions of Chinese romantic painting with Western realistic style, and each work has an accompanying musical composition that can be read with a QR code. The exhibition ...
The National History Museum of Latvia will end its work in temporary premises and return to the Riga Castle
In the new year – 2024, the National History Museum of Latvia will experience long-awaited changes. Until the end of May, the museum will still work in its temporary premises at Brīvības bulvāris 32 (the so-called “Sakta’s house”), which were adapted to the needs of the museum after the fire of the Riga Castle in ...
Exhibition “Satversme 100+” (Constitution 100+) – the Centenary of Latvian Constitution (Satversme)
From 8 November, 2022 the exhibition “Satversme 100+” (Constitution 100+) dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Constitution of Latvia (Satversme) is on display. It invites to explore how the historical backgrounds, including laws and “constitutions” since medieval Livonia, both affected and contrasted the modern Latvian Constitution of 1922. It also gives a detailed insight ...
Free entrance for the citizens of Ukraine/ Безкоштовний вхід для громадян України
The museum is safe, calm and cognitive. Most of all, such an atmosphere is needed for those who have come from Ukraine, so the National History Museum of Latvia offers FREE ENTRANCE to UKRAINIAN CITIZENS. We invite you to pass this message on to friends and acquaintances, on social networks and elsewhere! Brīvības bulvāris 32, ...
Exhibition “Latvia in Colour”
From 16 September, 2021 at Brīvības bulvāris 32, exposition and exhibition halls of the museum, exhibition dedicated to the history of coloured photograph in Latvia “Latvia in Colour”. Read the exhibition annotations here.
eMuzejs.lnvm.lv – a repository of museum’s digital resources
From 11 March 2011, those interested in the history of Latvia have access to the eMuseum – the most diverse and complete digital repository in terms of content and form, which uses the National History Museum’s of Latvia rich range of materials. The eMuseum website offers virtual exhibitions created by the museum, thematic galleries, interactive ...
Relocation of the administration and collection to new address – Pulka iela 8
From 17 February, 2020 the National History Museum of Latvia has changed its legal and postal address to the address Pulka iela 8, Rīga, LV-1007. For getting acquainted with the museum’s collection items, please fill the form: For getting the publication permit, please fill the form: Please send the filled forms to muzejs@lnvm.lv