Digital collections, exhibitions and other valuable resources by Latvian culture and memory institutions
Alūksne bird farm
Alūksnes bird farm is one of the largest and most important companies in the region. It can be proud of a rich history which was compiled by the Alūksne city library, the Alūksne museum and the Alūksne zonal archive.
3D models of Latvian hillforts
3D models of Latvian hillforts, created from open-access LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data – it provides detection and distance determination using light data. The project also includes a free open data repository at https://opendata.latvijas-pilskalni.lv/
A Latvian Suitcase
If you had to leave for an unknown country tomorrow – what would you put in your suitcase, and what would you leave behind? You might return after a few years, after decades, or maybe never. What is the most important thing that will help you in future, not just physically, but also in a spiritual, intellectual and emotional sense? Tens and hundreds of thousands of Latvians have had to answer this existential question over the last 200 years. This exhibition by the Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre reveals the stories of some of the objects that once left Latvia and have now returned home.
Another Siberia – Latvian villages Timofeyevka, Nizhnyaya Bulanka, Suhonoy
The exhibition “Another Siberia - Latvian villages Timofeyevka, Nizhnyaya Bulanka, Suhonoy” brings together the impressions and results of the expedition in 2015, providing an insight into the life and history of three Latvian villages in Siberia. Timofeyevka, Nizhnyaya Bulanka, Suhonoy are villages in Siberia where Latvians have lived for several generations and where Latvian language can still be heard.
Art collection 2020
Online platform “Art collection 2020” (Mākslas kolekcija 2020) by Latvian National Museum of Art is a chance to show the world what contemporary artists in Latvia have created during the last 30 years in online media.
BE YOURSELF!
Virtual exhibition of the Melānija Vanaga museum „Esi pats!/Be Yourself!” – relates the experiences of five deported children
Book website
The Book website provides approximately 13,000 books – culturally and historically significant works published since 1586.
Brethren congregation manuscripts
Long after Gutenberg invented the printing press in the mid-15th century, literature continued to develop in manuscript form. One of the phenomena of manuscript literature is the manuscripts of the Brethren congregations in the 18th century. The exhibition traces the educational path of this community through manuscripts, images, and photographs.
Collection of Johann Christoph Brotze
Educator and local historian Johann Christoph Broce (1742 – 1823) collected and stored historical materials, drew and commented on the testimonies of his era, which he considered important, and also recorded everything with great precision, adding written explanations to the drawings, which sometimes fit into a few lines, but sometimes occupy several pages. Many of the objects and documents drawn by him have died or disappeared over time, but information about them has been preserved in the archive of J. K. Broce.
Collection of the Latvian Song and Dance Celebrations
The collection is dedicated to the history and traditions of the Latvian Song and Dance Celebration from its origins to the present day. The collection includes more than 6000 digitised items: posters, photographs, publications, documents describing festival organisation, sheet music collections, sound recordings, memoirs from chief conductors and organisers as well as other materials.
Continuous Line. Frontiers of Latvia on map
The exhibition tells the story of the creation of Latvia's border lines and contours. Historical maps trace the gradual development of the map outline that reflects the modern state of Latvia, starting from the first geographical names attributed to the territory of Latvia.
Digital archives of Latvian folklore
The Archives of Latvian Folklore at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia hold manuscripts, sound and video recordings as well as photographic materials portraying folklore tellers and depicting the history of folklore collection in Latvia. The archive documents the way of life, worldview, history, and language of the people over several centuries.
Digital collection of Academic library
Various rare materials from the 18th century are available in the collection: materials of the German-Baltic writer and publicist Garlīb Merķelas, the collection of Johan Kristof Broce and the collection of Baltic genealogical materials.
Dinaburg Fortress
"Dinaburg Fortress" contains extensive information about the history of the construction of the fortress, persons associated with this object, a rich photo gallery. The electronic resource was created in cooperation with the Daugavpils Regional Research and Art Museum and the Daugavpils Zonal State Archive.
Dzimtbūšanas atcelšana Kurzemē un Vidzemē
Izstāde piedāvā ielūkoties brīvlaišanas likumu izstrādes un to ieviešanas procesos, 19.gs tiesu sistēmā, kā arī pārmaiņās, ko ieviesa brīvlaišanas likumu pieņemšana.
God’s Little Birds
Thousands of Latvian refugees had landed in Germany in 1945, at the end of World War II. Refugees from many European nations arriving in the war-devastated Germany had lost their homes, possessions and in many cases also their family members. To coordinate the placement and care of the refugees, UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) created hundreds of Displaced Persons (DP) camps where refugees were mostly grouped by nationality. Approx. 100 000 Latvian refugees became "dīpīši" or "Dieva Putniņi" (God’s Little Birds - using acronym DP) as they often called themselves. They did not want to return to the Soviet-occupied Latvia, where they would be submitted to repressions by the Soviet regime, nor did they have a home elsewhere. This photo exhibition by the Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre explores the work, culture and social life of these Latvian refugees.
Heritage in Vadakste
Digital collection created by library in Vadakste parish, Saldus municipality. It shows a photography archive of local researcher Zanis Skudra (Žanis Skudra).
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Intangible cultural heritage refers to the knowledge, skills, customs, and practices that have been handed down from generation to generation and are used today; it is also called living heritage. The collection includes images, audio and video material as well as publications and websites on intangible cultural heritage.
Isaiah Berlin And The Riga Of His Time
Virtual exhibition about the great British thinker Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) born in Riga. He is regarded as one of the leading representatives of liberal thinkers of the 20th century, who was also an excellent essayist and orator.
KGB (CSS) of LSSR document archives
Documents by the Committee for State Security (CSS) of the Latvian SSR, Communist Party of Latvia as well as other state institutions from the time of occupation in Latvia. The publication of such documents is required under the Law on Preservation, Use of the Documents of the Former Committee for State Security and Establishing the Fact of Cooperation of Persons with the CSS.
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