Science & technology museums in Riga

The Riga Motor Museum is the biggest and the most modern and interactive antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries. The museum contains over a hundred unique antique vehicles and the collection is constantly expanded with several acquisitions. The exhibition tells stories about the vehicles, th

The Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation is housed in the Riga Dom Cathedral and is devoted to the history of the capital of Latvia. The museum holds a collection of objects related to the history of Riga, related to the development from the ancient villages of Riga and the ancient port to t

Pauls Stradiņš Museum of the History of Medicine features a permanent exhibition that is designed to show visitors the evolution of medicine, how Latvian professor, physician, and surgeon Pauls Stradins wanted to show it. The museum holds a collection of around 200,000 objects of which every year th

The Latvian Museum of Pharmacy (The Pharmacy Museum) aims to show pharmacy as part of medicine throughout history and show its significance in the development of a healthy society. The museum features six exhibition halls, with around 3000 displayed items. The museum has exhibitions themed: 'Pharmac

The Laima Chocolate Museum in Riga is all about chocolate. Visitors to the museum can taste the best of Laima chocolates and see behind the scenes of the chocolate making process of Laima. Furthermore, visitors can create their own chocolate candies at the creative workshop.

The Latvian Fire Fighting Museum is housed in an Art Nouveau building from 1912, designed by architect Reinhold Schmeling. The exhibition on the first floor illustrates the development of fire fighting in Latvia through helmets, tools, uniforms, hoses, pumps and a firefighting vehicle called 'Chevro

The Riga Porcelain Museum is a ceramics museum in Riga that hosts exhibitions with contemporary solo work by Latvian porcelain artists. The museum holds the broadest collection of manufactured porcelain in Riga, mostly manufactured at the Riga Porcelain Factory from the 1950s to 1990s. Visitors lear