The Latvian National Museum of Natural History will host the annual tomato exhibition from 20 to 24 August presenting around 300 tomato varieties.
Every year breeders create new and more unusual varieties of tomatoes, constantly surprising us with their colours, shapes and sizes. The exhibition will showcase the latest tomato varieties developed by Latvian breeders, as well as well-known and world-famous tomato varieties grown by local collectors in their own gardens. The featured selection will provide visitors with wide choice of seeds to their liking, and chance to buy them and grow in their garden the next year.
The following members of the "Tomāts" gardening enthusiasts' club will take part in the exhibition: Valdis Pūliņš (Talsi), Anatolijs Silins (Ikšķile), Darja Jurevič (Rīga), Ludmila Kodzasova (Rīga), and the club’s long-standing partners – "Neslinko" gardening (Ķekavas novads, Baloži).
Along with tomatoes, various herbs will be exhibited.
As is customary, during the exhibition everyone will be able to buy tomato seeds that have been registered with the State Plant Protection Service of the Republic of Latvia, as well as receive advice from leading Latvian tomato growers.
Exhibition "Tomatoes and herbs 2025" 20.–24.08.2025. opening hours:
W. (20.08.) 10.00–17.00
Th. (21.08.) 10.00–17.00
F. (22.08.) 10.00–17.00
S. (23.08.) 10.00–17.00
Su. (24.08.) 10.00–17.00
Exhibition "Tomatoes and herbs 2025" 20.–24.08.2025. admission:
adults – 4,00 €
seniors, students – 3,00 €*
pupils – 2,00 €*
*ID required
Discounts: SIA "Jānis Roze" customer card 15% discount on special exhibitions (discount applies to no more than 2 tickets per customer card per visit).
Free admission:
- preschool-age children (up to age 6 including);
- students attending various kinds of special education classes, crisis centers, boarding schools, care centers, orphanages, psycho-social rehabilitation centers, and children’s care centers; residents of shelters and care homes; orphans; children without parents (upon presenting status documentation issued by the Republic of Latvia);
- mass media representatives who are reporting on museum activities (upon presentation of a press pass);
- staff of other museums (upon presenting International Council of Museums (ICOM) membership card);
- politically repressed individuals (upon presenting status documentation issued by the Republic of Latvia);
- persons with disabilities: children under age 18 with any disability and assistant; adults with Disabled Group I status and assistant or adults with Disabled Group II status (upon presenting status documentation issued by the Republic of Latvia);
- persons with invitations;
- holders of an entrance pass issued by the Latvian National Museum of Natural History.
