From November 21, an exhibition “A natural object's path to a museum collection” is on display at the Latvian National Museum of Natural History. The exhibition invites to get to know the behind-the-scenes work of museum specialists and how a wide variety of natural objects, or specimens – minerals, fossils, plants, mushrooms, birds, mammals, mollusks and insects – are collected, then processed and later stored in the museum collection. The exhibition is one of the museum's 180th anniversary events.
The collection of the Latvian National Museum of Natural History is a repository of natural treasures that contains more than 230 thousand collection items. Since the museum collection contains many species that are disappearing from Latvia and the world, as well as new species in the fauna and flora of Latvia, the value of the museum's collection has increased over the years and the need for preservation of the collection has become increasingly relevant. The permanent collection is a part of the National Museum Collection and a national treasure. Therefore, the museum has a responsibility and obligation to ensure a careful maintenance and accessibility of the collection to the public in the long term.
The exhibition tells the story of the work of the museum specialists – botanists, mycologists, mineralogists, petrographers, geologists, palaeontologists, theriologists, ornithologists, entomologists and malacologists. There are three main parts of the exhibition: the Collecting, the Processing, and the Collection. Various educational games and interactive tools are also included in the exhibition.
Exhibition “A Natural Object’s Path to a Museum Collection” 21.11.2025.–17.05.2026.
Opening hours:
Monday – closed
Tuesday – closed
Wednesday 10.00–17.00
Thursday 10.00–17.00
Friday 10.00–17.00
Saturday 10.00–17.00
Sunday 10.00–17.00
Admission:
Adults – 2,00 €
Seniors, students – 1,50 €*
Pupils – 1,00 €*
Pre-school – 0,00 €*
* ID required (student card, senior card etc.)
Combined ticket (20% discount exhibition “A natural object's path to a museum collection” + permanent exhibitions):
Adults – 4,40 €
Seniors, students – 3,20 €*
Pupils – 2,00 €*
Pre-school – 0,00 €*
* ID required (student card, senior card etc.)
Free admission – in accordance with the Latvian National Museum of Natural History service fees list.
Discounts:
Jānis Roze, Ltd. Customer card – 20 % discount
Funded by: Latvian Environmental Protection Foundation
