Free museums in Riga

The Latvian War Museum is a military museum in Riga. It was founded in 1916 (then named the Latvian riflemen museum), making it one of the oldest and largest museums in Latvia. The museum wants its visitors to learn about the complex military and political history of the country, focusing on the 20t

The Žanis Lipke Memorial is devoted to Jānis (Žanis) Lipke, a Latvian rescuer of Jews in Riga during World War. The museum organises temporary exhibitions related to Žanis Lipke and the war.

Museum "Jews in Latvia" in Riga is devoted to the history of jews in Latvia. The museum aims to collect and preserve evidence regarding the community of Latvian Jews from the beginning until the present time. The collection of the museum is exhibited in three different sub exhibitions, namely: Jews

The Museum of barricades of 1991 (1991 Barricades Museum) is a history museum in Riga dedicated to the dramatic events of 1991 when the Soviet empire started to crumble. The entrance to the museum is decorated with a stone portal that dates back to the first half of the 18th century. During the even

The Popular Front Museum (PFM) is one of the repositories of the Latvian contemporary history’s testimonies. In the museum’s collection there are unique evidences (objects, documents), which tell about the Latvian people’s struggle for freedom, about the Third Awakening. Visitors can get acquainted

The Latvian Museum of Architecture in Riga is housed in an old medieval building known as 'Three brothers'. The museum holds a collection of over 1,000 exhibits, but does not host a permanent exhibition. The collection contains mostly original works of architects, including outlines, sketches and dr