OPENING HOURS:01.04. – 01.11. (summer season) We work every day!Working days…………………………………………………… 9.00-17.00Holidays…………………………………………………………… 9.00-18.00 01.11. – 01.04. (winter season)………………………… please contact the museum in advance on +371-29495746 Everyone visiting Tukums must come to Straw Workshop and Museum! You will be greeted by several hundred (500 exhibits) different straw/hay sculptures and dolls. The Straw Museum is the only of its kind in […]
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Pūre Lutheran Churchwas built in year 1805. It obtained its current appearance after the reconstruction of year 1858. During this time, the altar, the pulpit, and the confessional were also made. Only two of the pinnacles have remained intact, because the middle pinnacle was torn down.
St. Stephan’s Roman Catholic Church is a relatively recent building, as it was built in year 1897. There you can see the J.F.Grune painted altar piece of year 1840 – “Golgotha”, paintings from the 18th century in the altar with shatters and the prospect of organs of the second half of the 18th century.
Here, visitors can learn about the chief conductor of the first Latvian Song Festival and the organ player Jānis Bētiņš and the importance of song festivals in the Latvian national culture legacy, as well as get information about the Irlava Teachers’ Seminar. At the Irlava Municipality Regional History Room visitors can also learn about the […]
The exposition tells about the municipalities of Džūkste and Lestene before World War II, about the events in Lestene during the war, and about the history of establishing the soldiers’ cemetery.
CELEBRATE ANY MOMENT Walk in the park, Friday night, coffee break or sunny morning — Pure Chocolate Truffles are made carefully for these small, everyday moments, to celebrate life daily.
Honesty. Ensures utmost accountability and diligence of an employee in the use of entrusted resources and work powers on a daily basis. Competence. A set of all the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are necessary on a daily basis for a good and excellent performance of job duties. Quality / hospitality. Crucial at all levels and in all […]
This is the place, where skis, ski poles, skiing boots, skates, and even sleds made between the 19th and 21th century has found their place under the sun. Besides the winter sport equipment, the visitors can check out more than 20 various compasses. The collection keeps growing; therefore, it is possible that when you come here the […]
Durbe Manor is the only former Latvian manor lord house with a fully reconstructed late 19th to early 20th century interior that provides an insight into the culture of Baltic Germans. It is considered one of the classical architecture pearls of Kurzeme, complete with a landscape park, rotunda and the longest pedestrian bridge in Latvia. WORKING HOURS Summer […]
Pastariņš’ Museum is dedicated to the writer Ernests Birznieks-Upītis (1871–1960), who was called Pastariņš in childhood. The Bisnieki farmstead, where the writer was born, is more than 400 years old and has changed beyond recognition over time. The historical buildings have been restored to reflect the situation in the mid-20th century, when the farmstead was […]
Džūkste Fairy Tale Museum is located in the building of the former Lancenieku School, which was the residence and workplace of the teacher, writer, fairy tale and legend collector, scholar, gardener and public worker Ansis Lerhis-Puškaitis (1859–1903). WORKING HOURS Summer season (20 April – 20 October) Winter season(21 October – 19 April) The museum is closed on national […]
Tukums History Museum is located in the town’s oldest stone building, which is known as the Castle Tower and is part of the Livonian Order castle, which was repeatedly destroyed and restored. The tower used to serve as a prison and storage, but since 1995 it has housed the museum dedicated to the history of the […]
The gallery “Durvis” is an art space for the creative outlets of contemporary artists. It is located in a 1758 building, which at the time housed a pharmacy, the laboratory of the duke’s surgeon Johann Gottlieb von Groschke (1714–1777) and a collection of natural objects, coins and surgical instruments. The building at Tukums’ Freedom Square […]
Tukums Museum of Art is known for its superb collection of artwork that was started by the painter Leonīds Āriņš (1907–1991) in the early 1930s. The collection includes works by Janis Rozentāls, Johans Valters, Vilhelms Purvītis, Jēkabs Kazaks, Ģederts Eliass, Valdemārs Tone, Konrāds Ubāns, Jānis Tīdemanis, local painters Leonīds Āriņš, Ansis Artums, Kārlis Neilis and […]
Tukums is a small town surrounded by gardens and situated at the threshold of Kurzeme. Its inhabitants have always associated themselves with the region as their character reflects all the traditional traits of Kurzeme people: pride, wealth, spite and resilience. Tukums is a place where the tranquil of a small town can co-exist with the […]