Museums and castles

Founded in 2017, the Nereta Local History Museum occupies part of the historic Ķesterskola building of 1877, which also houses a primary sch…

Latvian Road Museum programme for primary school groups on road safety, themed, as its name says, around a reflective tag. Booked all year,…

Latvian Road Museum programme for primary school groups on road signs. Booked all year, up to 25 participants.

The only museum in Latvia devoted to road building, at Šlokenbeka Manor: displays on road history and early road signs, a collection of cart…

The Pure Chocolate museum in Pūre tells the story of chocolate from cocoa growing to production, with a tasting of warm chocolate. In the ma…

The house where the writer Apsīšu Jēkabs was born, with a memorial exhibition. It hosts meetings and introductions to old traditions and cra…

The school’s local history museum in the tower of Lizums manor. The exhibition covers local history, the writer Apsīšu Jēkabs and other loca…

A manor being restored in Zaļenieki parish, a creative residence and celebration venue whose 7 hectares include a garden, ponds and a park.…

An example of 18th-century architecture from the Duchy of Courland, now home to a school. Vaults, parquet floors, stoves, a fireplace and de…

A surviving old windmill where you can climb up, touch the millstones and hear the miller’s story. Suitable for families.

A fishing-heritage site where the village’s fishermen kept their nets; book a tour by phone, entry by donation.

A collection started in the 1970s by Aizpute theatre actress Valda Jēriņa: dolls in folk costume and rubber toys from Latvian factories, wit…