The Latvian Ethnographic Museum is located near the centre of the capital, on the shore of Juglas Lake. Among Latvian museum is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It occupies a not insignificant area of more than 80 hectares. It contains a collection of dwellings and household buildings brought to the museum from different parts of Latvia.
In summer you can walk or cycle around the museum, and in winter it is a great way to explore the museum. In winter, a skiing trip is a great way to explore the museum. Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum offers the opportunity to get acquainted with the way peasants lived, what baths the Latvians used to steam in, and also offers the opportunity to take part in the festivals held here and even try to forge your own jewellery.
The museum was founded in 1924 and opened to the public in 1932. Walking in the ethnographic museum there is no feeling that you are in a museum, there is a feeling as if you have plunged into a world that existed several centuries ago. In the exhibition hall, which is located in the former barn of the estate, several times a year. Various festivals and events are often organised here, visitors are invited to take part in the celebrations and workshops. It is also possible to buy souvenirs and handicrafts souvenirs and handicrafts of craftsmen. Every year the museum organises fairs in June, so in 2010 the fair was already the 40th one.
In winter time you can also find something to do in the museum: you can go sledging, try your hand at sledging and try your hand at sledding. You can go sledging, try your hand at ice fishing, and winter skiers can find suitable hills within the ethnographic museum.
On the territory of the museum there is an old cosy church made of wood. It is active, in addition, with prior arrangement, it is possible to to perform a wedding ceremony.
In the museum there is a mill from the end of the 19th century. There is a mill in the museum, which belongs to the so-called the so-called "pillar mills" type, came into the museum in 1975. In 1937 the museum "a bathhouse built in the middle of the 19th century. The bathhouse has a hayloft, changing room and the washing room itself. The bathhouse furnace is made of boulders and bricks. Apart from listed here are a lot of different structures, about 120 in total. There are also dwelling houses, as well as various farm buildings: a bathhouse, a blacksmith's shop, a mill, cage, church, there is even a whole fishermen's village.
