Museums and castles

The “Miķelis” leisure complex on the Mūsa river has a museum with two displays. The vintage vehicle collection holds more than 100 items: tr…

A visitor centre in a 1960 water tower and its modern annex, with the exhibition “Zilākalna stāsts” on the peat industry, the village and th…

The Kolka Livonian Community House introduces the culture, traditional trades, language and heritage of the North Kurzeme Livonians: it hold…

Nurmuiža Castle offers horse rides through the countryside around the castle, suitable for both experienced riders and beginners. An experie…

A local history centre created in honour of Skaistkalne historian Pēteris Lukašēvics, holding the records he collected – chronicles, books,…

Kazdanga Museum, founded in 2011, tells the story of the Manteuffel-Szoege baronial family, the agricultural college that ran in Kazdanga fo…

The Museum of Happiness in Indra, set up in a former Lutheran church as a gift for Latvia’s centenary, is an interactive museum that invites…

The 18th-century Baroque palace of the Duke of Courland in Pilsrundāle, about 12 km from Bauska, built to a design by the architect F. B. Ra…

Turaida Museum Reserve covers almost 58 ha in Gauja National Park, about 5 km from the center of Sigulda. One ticket covers the 13th-century…

Bauska Castle stands on a hill at the confluence of the Mūsa and the Mēmele, where the Lielupe begins, near the Lithuanian border and about…

The Ventspils Seaside Open-Air Museum (founded in 1954) tells the story of the fishermen and farmers of the Courland coast: old houses and f…

On the school’s third floor, a 35 m² room shows documents and objects on the history of Tume school, founded in 1921. It hosts themed tours,…