Jews in Latvia — Attraction in Riga

The museum is devoted to Jewish culture, tradions, different famous Jewish persons and express the Holocaut time. Holocaut time exhibition had very hard atmosphere, you can find photos and some belongings of peoples. At the same floor where is located the museum is reachable amazing hall, where we enjoyed the concert at Museum Night 2019. During the museum night we had pleasure to participate in Jewish dance and it was AWESOME. Music was pleasant, fast and dancer teachers high professionals. If you want to learn the Jewish dances, then each Wednesday at 6.00 p.m. you are welcome to join the dancers club. I highly...

A free museum running on donations. I had some time to kill after my flight until I could check into my hotel and I found this place which was perfect because the audio guide is about 2 hours long. Its very interesting to listen to, a lot of pictures everywhere with descriptions in Latvian and English. The audioguide was in multiple languages. In the first hall they also had some benches to sit on while you listen to that part of the audio guide. Overall,...

For Latvia's small Jewish community this museum has quite a sizeable exhibit. Rīga was once a haven of Jewish cultural tradition due to it's large Jewish population. Mostly decimated during the Holocaust, Rīga's Jewish population is seeing a slow resurrgence in recent years. This museum was pleasure to visit, rich in history. As expected a large section was dedicated to Latvia's Holocaust years, including the notable people who saved the lives of Jews...