Latvian Museum of Natural History

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).

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 museum contains the following Departments:

Custodial
Botany
Zoology
Geology and Palaeontology
Technological Support
Communications
Administration

External links

Official site

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 Radisson Blu Daugava Gallery Park
Monuments & memorials	Brothers' Cemetery Bikernieki Memorial Forest Cemetery Freedom Monument Great Cemetery Pokrov Cemetery Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga
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
Waterways	Daugava River
Streets	Alberta iela Brīvības iela Kaļķu iela

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