Exhibitions are being set up at Riga Castle, so the museum is closed for visitors till 20 March. We invite you to visit the castle remotely – by listening to the audio guide or taking a virtual tour.  Information about school group visits can be found here: https://lnvm.gov.lv/en/riga-castle/for-schools/#e

Riga Castle is both home to the Latvian National Museum of History and a building of outstanding architectural value. The Museum has been located here since 1920 and currently occupies the reconstructed wing of the oldest part of Riga Castle with the entrance from Daugavas gāte.

In 2025, the museum gradually begun installing new exhibitions at Riga Castle. The first exhibitions to be offered in 2026 will be “Streaming Time” (from 21 March) and “Livonian Castles”.

From 21 March the Latvian National Museum of History in Riga Castle is hosting a new, modern exhibition “Streaming Time.” More than 1,500 historical objects and exciting digital content, combined in a special design, tells the story of Latvia and its inhabitants in the course of history. It explores the flow of time through the many communities to which individuals have belonged – ethnic groups, townspeople, church congregations, social class, and others – highlighting the distinctive sense of “we” found in each era and the ways people have worked together to achieve shared aims.

Questions of identity, values and belonging remain just as relevant today. Where do I belong in the present moment? What binds me to the society around me? And how have the meaning and scale of belonging changed over time?

The “Explorer’s Attic”, audioguide of Riga Castle and exhibition “Streaming Time” are being created  with co-financing from European Union funds, attracted by the Ministry of Culture.