Bauska Castle Museum

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Bauska, Hillfort, LV-3901

+371 63923793

www.bauskaspils.lv/lv/

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Offer and services

opening hours after 18.00
easy to reach with public transport
suitable for people with reduced mobility
baby room for changing and feeding
rental of premises
offer for pupils
offer for newlyweds

The castle is located in the town of Bauska, on a picturesque spit of land where the Mūsa and Mēmele rivers converge into the Lielupe.

Working hours

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May to September daily 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

October daily 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

November to April daily 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. , Monday closed

Last admission is 30 minutes before closing time, when tickets are available only for visiting the ruins of the Livonian Order Castle and the viewing platform in the Tower.

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bauskaspils@bauskasnoads.lv

www.bauskaspils.lv/lv/

Admission fee

Adult	9.00 EUR
Pupil	4.50 EUR
Student	4.50 EUR
Senior	4.50 EUR
Family	19.50* / 14.50** EUR

*family – 2 adults with 1 to 4 children aged 7–18

** family – 1 adult with 1 to 4 children aged 7–18

Discount of 50% *

persons with disability group I (upon presenting the ID of disabled person) and one person accompanying
persons with disability group II (upon presenting the ID of disabled person)
large families holding Šeimos Kortele (Lithuania), Honorary family certificate 3+ Goda Gimenes Karte (Latvia) and family card Perekaart (Estonia), and families raising a child with disabilities, who has not reached the age of 24 and who has been granted a Group I or Group II disability (upon presenting ID of disabled person and Honorary family certificate )

*discount of 50% of the complete Castle visit price or exposition, exhibition price

Free Entrance

children up to 7 years
for organized visitor group leaders ( in group > 15 persons)
employees of Latvian museums (upon presenting identification card)
media representatives who are covering museum events (upon presenting identification card)
members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) (upon presenting identification card)
members of the Association of Castles and Museums around the Baltic Sea (upon presenting identification card)

Bauska Castle is a fine architectural example of military structures built in Latvia between the 15th and 17th centuries. Its oldest part, erected in the mid-15th century, is the only fortress of the Livonian Order built expressly for artillery cannons; meanwhile, the newest part, a fortified residence-type palace with bastions, defence walls and earthen ramparts, was constructed in the late 17th century.

The structure is the only partially preserved residence of the ducal line of Kettler from the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, as well as Latvia’s only architectural monument that illustrates the architectural tendencies of Mannerism-style castles and trends in applied decorative arts in the Duchy of Courland.