Latvian Museum of Natural History

Museum in Riga, Latvia

Latvian Museum of Natural History

Latvijas Nacionālais dabas muzejs

Exhibition building

Established| 1845
Location| Krišjāna Barona iela 4, Rīga, Latvia
Type| Natural history museum
Collection size| 194 214 (2011)
Director| Skaidrīte Ruskule
Website| www.dabasmuzejs.gov.lv

The Latvian National Museum of Natural History (Latvian: Latvijas Nacionālais dabas muzejs) is a natural history museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1845 as the Riga Naturalist Society (German: Naturforscherverein zu Riga).

The museum contains the following Departments:

* Custodial
* Botany
* Zoology
* Geology and Palaeontology
* Technological Support
* Communications
* Administration

## External links

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* Official site

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Riga cityscape

Old Town|

* Castle
* Cat House
* Convent Yard
* Dannenstern House
* House of the Blackheads
* House of the Livonian Noble Corporation
* Large Guild
* Powder Tower
* Small Guild
* Swedish Gate
* Three Brothers

Hotels|

* Grand Palace
* Gallery Park

Monuments & memorials|

* Brothers' Cemetery
* Bikernieki Memorial
* Forest Cemetery
* Freedom Monument
* Great Cemetery
* Pokrov Cemetery

Parks & gardens|

* Bastejkalns
* Mežaparks
* University of Latvia Botanical Garden
* Vērmane Garden
* Victory Park

Museums & galleries|

* Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation
* National Museum of Art
* Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
* The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
* Museum of Natural History
* War Museum
* Art Museum Riga Bourse
* Museum of National History

Theatres|

* Dailes Theatre
* Latvian National Opera
* Latvian National Theatre
* Palladium Riga
* New Riga Theatre
* Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre

Places of worship|

* Nativity Cathedral
* Cathedral
* St. Peter's Church
* St. James's Cathedral

Bridges|

* Island Bridge
* Railway Bridge
* Southern Bridge
* Stone Bridge
* Vanšu Bridge

Structures|

* Radio and TV Tower

Other|

* National Library of Latvia
* Central Market
* Latvian Academy of Sciences
* Zoo
* Mežaparks Great Bandstand
* Palace of Justice
* Laima Clock
* Zunda Towers

Waterways|

* Daugava River

Streets|

* Alberta iela
* Brīvības iela
* Kaļķu iela

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

People|

* ISIL: LV-MUZ-001450

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