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The mission of the National History Museum of Latvia is to collect, preserve, research and popularise spiritual and material culture from Latvia and the world from ancient times until today, which has archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic, historical or artistic significance, in the interests of the Latvian nation and its people. Visitors can view the evolution of Latvia and its people from the Stone Age up to nowadays. The exhibits display a variety of themes � the ancient times, the history of medieval Riga castle, the lifestyle of peasants and manors in 18-19th c.
http://www.history-museum.lv

Latvian Art Academy
http://www.lma.lv

Ethnographic Open-Air Museum was founded in 1924. The project envisaged to transport homesteads and social buildings characteristic of Kurzeme, Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale to the museum and re-erect them there. In 1928 the first building - a threshing-barn of the 18th century - was set up on old sandhills covered by a pine forest at Lake Jugla. In 1932 the museum was opened to the public and 5 houses from Vidzeme and 1 house from Latgale served as the first exhibits. Already in 1939 all the regions were represented by 40 objects. The collection of Latvian Ethnographic Open -Air Museum is made up of 140 000 items. At present 121 ancient buildings with more than 3000 household objects are on display in the area of 87 hectars. Almost all the sections of the population and ethnic groups as well as their social and material culture are represented there. Like households of L?vi fishermen and Russian old-orthodox, craftsmen workshops of woodworkers and smithies, Latgale potters, Vidzeme weawers and potters.
http://www.ltg.lv/english/brivdabas.muzejs

The collections of Latvian Museum of Architecture contain more than 1000 items. The Museum does not have a permanent exposition, and access to its archives can be provided to specialists with prior notification. Collections of the museum are formed of the original works of architects, including outlines, sketches and drawings. Good quality sepia transparency copies or photocopies can be accepted in cases when the originals have not survived. The museum can also accept models, though in case of larges-scale models photo pictures are preferable. To ensure complete understanding of the architect's ideas, explanatory articles of the architectural part of the design are appreciated.
http://www.archmuseum.lv

Latvian Museum of Photography
http://classic.culture.lv/photomuseum/

The Museum of Foreign Art is 80 years old, and during the course of its history, it has established the greatest collection of foreign art in all of Latvia. The museum�s collection features art from various eras and various nations, covering a period which begins in the 5th millennium before the birth of Christ and ends at the beginning of the 20th century. The collection includes several basic groups of art � the art of Ancient Egypt, the art of the Far East, and the art of Western Europe. The museum�s collection contains paintings, sculptures, graphic art and examples of decorative applied art.
http://www.amm.lv

The museum shows how Riga turned from a small settlement on the bank of the river Ridzene into a big Hanseatic city. The second display illustrates the history and development of nautical navigation.
http://vip.latnet.lv/museums/Riga/

The formation of the Latvian Riflemen's regiments and the ensuing battles of WWI spurred the founding of this museum in 1916. The museum moved into the Powder Tower in 1919, known as the Sand Tower in the 17th century.
http://www.karamuzejs.lv

A glimpse into the complex past of Latvia from 1940 to 1991. An objective account of systematic attempts to destroy Latvia and its people by both Soviet and Nazi regimes.
http://www.occupationmuseum.lv

The Pauls Stradi?� Museum of the History of Medicine was established on October 1, 1957, and opened to the public in 1961. The true father of the museum was Professor Pauls Stradi?� (1896-1958), who began to think about a museum of this kind in the 1930s. Dr Stradi?� had an extensive collection of medical equipment and other items. Together with his colleagues, he arranged the items from the collection so that they would be appropriate for medical students and specialists. The professor was a cancer specialist, and much of the collection involved items from that area of specialisation. Today the museum�s collection includes a wide variety of items from its founder, and these are exhibited in relation to the various aspects of the museum�s exhibits. The collection also includes a vast range of materials from the personal collections of the pharmaceutics historian D?vis Bl?ment?ls and the pharmacist J?nis Maiz?te. The collection is constantly being updated, and the exhibits are available for public viewing, as Pauls Stradi?� had always intended. Only 5% of the museum�s holdings can be exhibited on the four floors of the main building (Antonijas iela 1). All told, the museum possesses more than 190,000 items, stored in five sections � Ancient and Rare Books and Printed Works; Manuscripts and Documents; Photo, Phonographic and Cinema Recordings; Applied Sources; and the Fine Arts.
http://www.mvm.lv