While in Riga, you have the excellent opportunity of visiting best Latvian museums. One of the museums that we recommend you to visit is the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum in Riga. The museum was founded in 1924 and now is one of the oldest open-air museums in Europe.

    Among the old pipes on the bank of the river Jugla there is a small ancient town, reconstructing the life of Latvia in the 17-19 centuries. Farmsteads, churches, windmills, fishing villages and other historic countryside buildings have been moved here from different parts of the country.

    In the museum you can watch craftsmen - blacksmiths, spoon-carvers, bee-keepers, potters and others - working in the traditional way and buy attractive souvenirs. Craft fairs, folklore concerts and public celebration of calendar festivities are held regularly in summer. In the small tavern the wide range of traditional Latvian dishes and beer is offered.