Jūrmala Open Air Museum is located in Buļļuciems, nearby the Ragakāpa Nature Park, and is the largest and most attractive museum in Jūrmala. The museum reveals a coastal fisherman’s household from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century - a fishnet hutch, a dwelling house, a barn, a fish smokehouse, bathing hut. The museum has an extensive collection of anchors and fishing boats, as well as Latvia’s richest collection of tools and materials for wreathing ropes.
Free admission. Audioguides are available for an extra charge.
From July 3 to August 21, the Jurmala Open-Air Museum will host the event series “Thursday – Fish Day” every Thursday from 12:00 to 14:00. The program includes fish smoking, frying, and soup-cooking demonstrations, fresh fish tasting, masterclasses on rope making, net mending, and sailor’s knot tying. The traveling exhibition “In the Mirrors of Scales” by the Latvian National Museum of Natural History will present freshwater fish species found in Latvia. A fish market will operate on-site, along with games and activities for children and adults.
Entrance fee: EUR 5.00; with Jurmala resident card – EUR 2.00; free admission for preschool children.
CloseFrom July 3 to August 21, the Jurmala Open-Air Museum will host the event series “Thursday – Fish Day” every Thursday from 12:00 to 14:00. The program includes fish smoking, frying, and soup-cooking demonstrations, fresh fish tasting, masterclasses on rope making, net mending, and sailor’s knot tying. The traveling exhibition “In the Mirrors of Scales” by the Latvian National Museum of Natural History will present freshwater fish species found in Latvia. A fish market will operate on-site, along with games and activities for children and adults.
Entrance fee: EUR 5.00; with Jurmala resident card – EUR 2.00; free admission for preschool children.
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From July 3 to August 21, the Jurmala Open-Air Museum will host the event series “Thursday – Fish Day” every Thursday from 12:00 to 14:00. The program includes fish smoking, frying, and soup-cooking demonstrations, fresh fish tasting, masterclasses on rope making, net mending, and sailor’s knot tying. The traveling exhibition “In the Mirrors of Scales” by the Latvian National Museum of Natural History will present freshwater fish species found in Latvia. A fish market will operate on-site, along with games and activities for children and adults.
Entrance fee: EUR 5.00; with Jurmala resident card – EUR 2.00; free admission for preschool children.
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On the traditional Craftsmen's Day, just like in ancient times, knots are tied, nets are mended, and fish are smoked in the fishermen's farm of the Jūrmala Open-Air Museum.
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