Guided Tour in the Exhibition:
Discover the Art Museum!
The museum and its exhibition is an exciting world full of noteworthy events and individuals! In this activity, school students will learn about different historical artistic processes in Latvia and the most important masterpieces, highlighting each period's most significant, most outstanding phenomena and artists as well as their innovations.
The guide will lead the tour through the displays dealing with Latvian art in the 19th and 20h centuries. The activity includes conversational elements, stimulating the students' interest and understanding of the commonly known, the problematic and the ambiguous as well as fostering a favourable personal connection to art.
The activity develops students' creative and critical thinking, fosters understanding of processes in art and history and their interconnections. The participants are invited to note the similarities and differences as well as to form their own opinion. Included subjects — history of art and culture, terminology of art and visual arts, society, important individuals. The discussed themes can be adapted to the interests of the group.
For a more in-depth look, it is possible to narrow down the chosen theme and focus on:
- permanent exhibition (19th-20th century Latvian art);
- current exhibition in the 5th floor exhibition hall;
- current exhibition in the 4th floor exhibition hall;
- current exhibition in the Great Exhibition Hall on floor −2;
- a specific part of the permanent exhibition.
Information on current exhibitions can be found here.
Additional Information
- Information about admission fees is available here.
- It is recommended to arrive at the museum around 15-20 minutes before the beginning of the activity to allow time for the services of the ticket office and cloakroom.
- This activity is accessible for people with reduced mobility. Practical information about the museum's accessibility can be found here.
- It is possible to organize two parallel events with a total maximum number of 50 participants. The activity can be adapted for students from special schools as well as ethic minority students by adapting the language difficulty level. In the above cases please confirm and discuss the course of the activity with museum staff.
