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Photo review of the Laima chocolate museum in Riga, Latvia
Photo review of the Laima chocolate museum and a store in Riga, Latvia, located at Miera 22. The museum was opened in 2014. Visitors can try hot chocolate, make a chocolate bar with love letters, learn the secrets of chocolate, learn the history of the cocoa bean and trace its way from a tree to a chocolate bar; you can take a picture with Laima clocks (and then get it printed) and record a video message for friends. There is also a shop and a workshop where children prepare confections.
Photo: Petrov Zahar.
Photo of the Mencendorf House, a museum in the center of Riga, Latvia
Photo review of the Mencendorf House museum located at Grēcinieku 18. The museum shows everyday life and traditions of citizens. The house is an architectural monument of XVII-XVIII centuries, the branch museum of history of Riga and Navigation.
Photo-review of the Railway Museum of Latvia in Riga
Photo-review of the Railway Museum of Latvia in Riga, located not far from the National Librari at Uzvaras bulvārī 2A. The museum was founded in 1994 and is a division of Latvian railways. The museum occupies the space of the Locomotive workshops of the 19th century. The exposition consists of uniform, track equipment, tickets, train schedules, a working railway model with stations, houses, trains and locomotives.
Outside visitors can see locomotives, diesel locomotives, a rail car, a train, passenger and armored saloon cars, a snow blower, a trolley.
Pictures of the Latvian Nature Museum in Riga, Latvia
Photos of the Nature Museum in Riga, located at K. Barona iela 4. The Natural History Museum was founded in 1845. The collection consists of six departments: Zoological, Anthropological, Geological, Botanical, Paleontological, Natural science department. There is also a photo lab and a studio in the museum, exhibitions, competitions, classes, workshops and excursions for children are held. The museum is interactive.
Photo: Petrov Zahar.
Pictures of the museum of vintage cars and motorcycles and apartments in the Pardaugava district of in Riga, Latvia
Photo review of the museum of vintage cars and motorcycles in Riga, located at 22a Kantora St. The exhibition features retro cars and motorcycles, you can get acquainted with car history of Latvia, see stages of restoration of vintage cars. Owners take visitors on tour and tell them about the history, technical data and characteristics of mechanisms, requirements for their operation.
Images from the Pauls Stradins Museum for History of Medicine in Riga, Latvia
Photo review of the Pauls Stradins Museum for History of Medicine in Riga, Latvia, located at Antonijas iela 1. The exposition occupies four floors and consists of 4 sections: "Ethnomedicine" dedicated to folk medicine and healing, "The Middle Ages and Renaissance", "Medicine of 18-20 centuries" dedicated to important inventions in medicine, "Latvian Medicine" and "Space Medicine".
Photo: Petrov Zahar.
Pictures of the Botanical Garden at the University of Latvia in Riga
Photo review of the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia in Riga, located at Kandavas iela 2. The Botanical garden houses herbaceous perennials, trees and shrubs, bog plants, medical plants. There are growing tropical and subtropical plants, cactuses, azaleas in the greenhouse. Guided tours in Latvian, Russian and English are held.
The Butterfly greenhouse is open daily from 11:00 to 16:00 since February. Here you can see butterflies from South America and Asia tropical jungles: blue morfidies, various Heliconia, sailboats and others.
Pictures of the Fire Museum in Riga, Latvia
Photo review of the Fire Museum in Latvia, located at Hanzas iela 5. The exposition shows the history of fire fighting in Latvia since 1865 until nowadays: tools, equipment, pumps, clothes, honors, alarm systems, the "Chevrolet" automobile and many other exhibits. Visitors of the Hall of Fame will learn about perished firefighters, see lists, flags and dedication albums.
Photo of the Riga Zoo in Latvia
Photo review of the Riga Zoo located at Meža prospekts 1. The National Zoological Garden is open all the year round, it covers an area of about 20 hectares. 430 animal species (about 3 000 animals, excluding insects and invertebrates) live in the zoo. In Tropical House and a Terrarium visitors can observe the life of insects, tropical amphibians, reptiles, nocturnal animals, snakes, crocodiles and lizards.
Photo review: Fair of folk crafts in the Ethnographic Museum of Latvia, Riga
Photos from the traditional summer fair at the Ethnographic Museum in Riga. Fair is held every year on the first weekend of summer at the Ethnographic open-air Museum. It attracts over 30 thousand visitors and involves the best artists from all over Latvia.
Photos: Petrov Zahar.