Best Museums in Riga
I visited 16 museums in Riga, Latvia in 2024 — every one is rated below, best first, on my 0–3 scale (how I rate). 7 of them are free.
- 1.2
Art Museum Riga Bourse
Worth a stop · ~€12 ($13.20) · Visited 2024Foreign art museum in Riga's restored 19th-century stock exchange building.
- 2.2
Latvian National Museum of Art
Worth a stop · ~€12 ($13.20) · Visited 2024National museum of art housed in an imposing building with a Baroque & classicist-style facade.
- 3.2
Latvian War Museum
Worth a stop · Free · Visited 2024Free-admission military history museum in a 14th-c. tower, a remnant of the original city walls.
- 4.2
The Corner House
Worth a stop · ~€15 ($16.50) · Visited 2024 · I’d revisit“One of the weirdest tour guides”
Previous KGB headquarters, now home to Museum of the Occupation of Latvia displays.
- 5.1
1991 Barricades Museum
Interesting · Free · Visited 2024Riga museum on the 1991 barricades that helped secure Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union.
- 6.1
Jews in Latvia Museum
Interesting · Free · Visited 2024Riga museum on the history of Jewish life and culture in Latvia.
- 7.1
Kim? Contemporary Art Centre
Interesting · Free · Visited 2024Riga contemporary art center showing emerging Latvian and international artists.
- 8.1
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
Interesting · ~€8 ($8.80) · Visited 2024Educational space focused on the history of the occupation, plus archives & temporary exhibits.
- 9.1
Riga Art Nouveau Centre, Museum
Interesting · ~€9 ($9.90) · Visited 2024Visitors can tour this historic apartment with art nouveau architecture, art & furnishings.
- 10.1
Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum
Interesting · Free · Visited 2024Outdoor Riga museum on the history of the Riga Ghetto and the Latvian Holocaust.
- 11.1
Riga Motor Museum
Interesting · ~€10 ($11.00) · Visited 2024 · I’d revisit“Wish I spent more time”
Founded in 1989, this spacious museum houses a collection of antique automobiles, plus a cafe.
- 12.1
Romans Suta and Aleksandra Beļcova Museum
Interesting · ~€5 ($5.50) · Visited 2024Riga apartment museum of two Latvian modernist artists, preserved with their art and furnishings.
- 13.0
Andrejs Upīts Memorial Museum
Skip · ~€2 ($2.20) · Visited 2024Riga museum on Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts, in his former apartment.
- 14.0
Krišjānis Barons Museum
Skip · ~€2 ($2.20) · Visited 2024Riga apartment museum of Krišjānis Barons, the folklorist who collected Latvia's folk songs.
- 15.0
Latvian Museum of Architecture
Skip · Free · Visited 2024Riga museum on Latvia's architectural heritage, from medieval to modernist.
- 16.0
National Library of Latvia
Skip · Free · Visited 2024Striking riverside building with exhibitions on Latvian literature, guided tours & a viewing deck.
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