Latvian National Art Museum

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Museum building

The Latvian National Art Museum ( Latvijas Nacionālais mākslas muzejs ) is a museum in the Latvian capital Riga .

It is located on Esplanāde Park, east of the old town, in a building from 1905 designed by the architect Wilhelm Neumann .

The museum houses the most important collection of Latvian art, including paintings by Vilhelms Purvītis and Janis Rozentāls . In total, the museum has around 52,000 works of Latvian, Baltic and Russian art from the mid-18th century to the present day.

After several years of restoration, the museum reopened in May 2016.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Latvijas Nacionālā mākslas muzeja atklāšana (Latvian).

Web links

Commons : Latvian National Art Museum  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 56 ° 57 ′ 22.6 ″  N , 24 ° 6 ′ 45.1 ″  E