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Private Trip to Latvian Open-Air Museum and Riga Motor Museum
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Riga
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Children must be accompanied by an adult
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Please bring your walking shoes
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Coffee stops and detours can be arranged with driver
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Enjoy a private trip to two museums, Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum and Riga Motor Museum. Visit Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum, one of the oldest and largest open-air museums in Europe. The next stop is at the recently refurbished Riga Motor Museum to see the largest and most diverse collection of antique motor vehicles in the Baltics.
Please note that this daytrip does not include licensed guide service. Our English speaking driver will give basic info, answer your questions, lead to the ticket offices and will advise best local restaurants for lunch. If licensed guide is requested it can be arranged at an additional cost at the sights that we will be visiting, please inform ...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
English speaking driver
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Private trip
Gratuities
Museum entrances
Food and drinks
Private Trip to Latvian Open-Air Museum and Riga Motor Museum
(1) Reviews
Riga
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Enjoy a private trip to two museums, Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum and Riga Motor Museum. Visit Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum, one of the oldest and largest open-air museums in Europe. The next stop is at the recently refurbished Riga Motor Museum to see the largest and most diverse collection of antique motor vehicles in the Baltics.
Please note that this daytrip does not include licensed guide service. Our English speaking driver will give basic info, answer your questions, lead to the ticket offices and will advise best local restaurants for lunch. If licensed guide is requested it can be arranged at an additional cost at the sights that we will be visiting, please inform ...
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
English speaking driver
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Private trip
Gratuities
Museum entrances
Food and drinks
Itinerary
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Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum
In 1924, the Latvian Council of Monuments signed an order to create the open-air museum in Riga. The plan was to relocate a homestead from all four regions of Latvia – Courland, Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale – to the museum. Each of the buildings would represent the different crafts of each area. The new museum acquired land from a state land fund in the sandy dunes near Jugla Lake, just outside the city.
In 1939, there were already 40 buildings erected in the museum. Every region had its homestead and several other buildings of architectural or cultural value represented here. In the 1930s the museum became a very popular place and the community actively participated in the development of the museum.
During World War II, the museum remained mostly undamaged, but most of its pre-war personnel were unavailable after having been repressed or forced into exile. Many documents were also lost during this period. After the war, the new Soviet power didn't understand the nature of the museum and even declared it ideologically incorrect. Only in the late 1960s did the museum see a renaissance, when a new generation of museum specialists started to work in the museum.
When Latvia regained its independence in 1991, the museum started actively collecting and documenting Latvian heritage from the 1920s and 1930s, a period during which Latvian agrarian reforms reshaped the Latvian countryside. Today, the museum organizes many cultural events, such as folk concerts and traditional and craft festivals. The museum promotes traditional Latvian culture and lifestyle with these cultural events.
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Riga Motormuseum
Riga Motor Museum is the biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries, located in Riga, Latvia.
The museum was founded in 1989 on an initiative from Latvia Antique Automobile club. Since 1992, the museum is a member of International Association of Transport and Communication Museums.
In 2013 the museum closed for reconstruction works. In 2 July 2016 the museum opened after reconstruction for everyone.
One of the most significant exhibits in the museum is a replica of the 1938 Auto Union racing car Type C/D. The original car was saved from cutting into scrap by Viktors Kulbergs, president of Antique Automobile Club of Latvia but then exchanged for a replica from Crostwaite & Gardiner and Roach Manufacturing after negotiations with Audi AG in 1995. Original 1938 car can now be admired in Audi`s museum mobile in Ingolstadt.
