Alūksne New Castle is a castle in the city of Alūksne in eastern Latvia. It was built between 1859 and 1864 by Baron Alexander von Vietinghoff in the English Gothic Revival style.
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Visited both - nature museum and Alūksnes museum (same castle/different entrances).
Nature museum and their shiny rocks is a must see. If you're thinking - "shiny rocks, there is nothing special about shiny rocks" - YOU ARE SO WRONG! THEY ARE AMAZING!
We visited only the temporary expositions in the Alūksnes museum. They were made more special and interesting with the commentary from the guide.
Nice experience and a must see.
After (or before) I strongly suggest visiting the park across the road. It has talking lanterns, temples and...
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We only visited the nature museum part with glowing mineral stones. It was such a small museum, but with excellent guide, probably an owner. He showed us around and the human touch of the visit just left our hearts filled with warmth and joy on this foggy and rainy day. And the cherry on top of the cake was that they allowed us to enter with our dog, an english bulldog and also that they had a sheet of paper for the exponents in Estonian. What a wonderful experience. Thank you! Unfortunately no photos to share, as I respected the no...
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It seems like an ordinary local history museum, but the exhibitions are interesting, well structured, with easy-to-understand explanations of the exhibits. Replicas of historical objects that can be touched. Kids should love it. Thanks to the museum employee, the guy who sold the tickets, but also kindly gave us a brief introduction to the museum and also waited a little after the museum's opening hours while we watched the multimedia show....
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