In the mood of summer flower magic, the Museum of the Riga Municipal Association of Cultural Institutions “Riga Art Nouveau Center” invites to the exhibition “Poppies”. The variety of elegant and colorful flowers is depicted in both early 20th century glass, porcelain and textile applied art works, as well as in paintings of Latvian artists. The exhibition has been created in cooperation with seve...
The building is one of the first monuments of National Romanticism. It was built in 1905 to the designs of architects Konstantīns Pēkšēns and Eižens Laube. The façade boasts an inscription “Mans nams – mana pils” (which translates as My Home is my Castle) along with some decorations redolent of ethnographic patterns in the artistic manner characteristic of E. Laube. After Dr.Arch. Jānis Krastiņš. ...
