Museums in Rīga, Latvia

Riga Motor Museum

Riga Motor Museum

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.8 (811,043 reviews)

Tucked away in Riga, this place is an absolute treasure trove for anyone who appreciates the art and engineering of the ...

Žanis Lipke Memorial

Žanis Lipke Memorial

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.8 (8,471 reviews)

It's a little-known fact that the largest single rescue of Jews in Latvia happened not in a grand institution, but right...

Latvian National Museum of Art

Latvian National Museum of Art

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.7 (75,457 reviews)

In the heart of Riga, just a stone's throw from the city's sprawling Esplanade park, stands the Latvian National Museum ...

RSU Anatomy Museum

RSU Anatomy Museum

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,396 reviews)

Tucked away on Kronvalda Boulevard, the RSU Anatomy Museum feels like stepping into a medical scholar's private cabinet ...

House of the Black Heads

House of the Black Heads

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (611,605 reviews)

People often step into the House of the Black Heads expecting a beautiful facade, but they leave having discovered the v...

The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia

The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (65,741 reviews)

People come to this sprawling forested museum not just to see history, but to step directly into it. Wandering the woode...

Latvian War Museum

Latvian War Museum

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (64,297 reviews)

You might not expect to find a cannonball still lodged in the wall of a medieval tower, but that's just one of the raw, ...

Latvian Museum of Natural History

Latvian Museum of Natural History

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (62,253 reviews)

You'd never guess this grand building, which looks more like a stately palace or bank, is actually home to a massive col...

Mākslas muzejs RĪGAS BIRŽA

Mākslas muzejs RĪGAS BIRŽA

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (62,091 reviews)

Tucked into the historic heart of Riga on the iconic Dome Square, this museum is a world away from the usual hushed gall...

Riga Art Nouveau Center, museum

Riga Art Nouveau Center, museum

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (61,849 reviews)

If you want to understand Riga's golden age, you have to step inside Alberta iela 12. This isn't just any museum; it's t...

Museum of Decorative Arts and Design

Museum of Decorative Arts and Design

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (6,698 reviews)

Tucked away on a quiet street in Old Riga, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is a breath of fresh air for anyone ...

Jews in Latvia

Jews in Latvia

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (6,286 reviews)

Tucked away on a quiet street in Riga's Central District, this museum provides a profound look into a community that has...

Ethnic museum "The World of Hat"

Ethnic museum "The World of Hat"

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (6,163 reviews)

Tucked away in a quiet Rīga courtyard, The World of Hat is the kind of wonderfully specific museum you stumble upon and ...

Museum of the Popular Front of Latvia

Museum of the Popular Front of Latvia

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.6 (6,113 reviews)

Would you believe this small museum is tucked inside the very building where Latvia's independence movement was born? It...

Latvijas dzelzceļa vēstures muzejs

Latvijas dzelzceļa vēstures muzejs

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.5 (52,058 reviews)

Would you believe one of the most impressive collections of historic trains in the Baltics is housed in a former roundho...

Paula Stradiņa Medicīnas vēstures muzejs

Paula Stradiņa Medicīnas vēstures muzejs

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.5 (51,645 reviews)

You have to see this place—it's not your typical dry history museum. Tucked away in Riga, the Paula Stradiņš Medicine Hi...

Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation

Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.5 (51,408 reviews)

Stepping into the Museum of Riga and Navigation feels like cracking open a time capsule buried deep in the city's heart....

The Corner House

The Corner House

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.4 (43,521 reviews)

The Corner House on Brīvības iela is a building whose elegant, pale yellow facade conceals a brutal past. For decades, t...

Museum of the Occupation of Latvia

Museum of the Occupation of Latvia

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.4 (41,759 reviews)

Tucked into Rīga's historic center, just a stone's throw from the city's bustling core, the Museum of the Occupation of ...

Riga Ghetto and Holocaust in Latvia Museum

Riga Ghetto and Holocaust in Latvia Museum

Rīga, Rīga

★★★★★ 4.4 (41,276 reviews)

What truly sets this museum apart is its location on the very ground where the Riga Ghetto's 'Little' or 'Small' Ghetto ...