Pāvilosta Local History Museum
1 Dzintaru Street, Pāvilosta, Pāvilostas District
municipal museum
Type by the Law of Museums
accredited
Accredited by Ministry of Culture
member
Member of Latvian Museums Association
Offer and services
- free parking
- suitable for people with reduced mobility
- guide or mobile app
- rental of premises
- offer for pupils
Visitors to Pāvilosta Local History Museum are thrilled by its visual and documents-based portrayal of the town’s evolution from a fishing village into a popular tourist attraction
Working hours
See homepage for detailsMonday | Closed |
Tuesday | Closed |
Wednesday | 9:00–17:00 |
Thursday | 9:00–17:00 |
Friday | 9:00–17:00 |
Saturday | 12:00–16:00 |
Sunday | 12:00–16:00 |
Admission fee
Adult | 3.00 EUR |
Pupil | 1.00 EUR |
Student | 1.00 EUR |
Senior | 1.00 EUR |
Pāvilosta Local History Museum is located in Pāvilosta’s first stone building constructed in 1879 – the House of Harbour Pilots. Standing in the very mouth of the River Saka, on a narrow strip of land between the river and the Baltic Sea, the building has witnessed many events. In the museum’s digital display, every “golden grain of sand” sheds light on Pāvilosta’s hundred-year-old history between 1918 and 2018. In Soviet times, Pāvilosta was a closed Soviet border zone. However, the town dwellers’ old traditional livelihood – fishing – remained alive.
Every visitor can put on 3D glasses and try the role of a fisherman – creel lamprey in the River Saka, take a small fishing boat and fish for groundlings along the Baltic seashore, as well as board a larger Baltica-type fishing vessel and go further into the open sea to look for herring.
Pāvilosta Local History Museum
1 Dzintaru Street, Pāvilosta, Pāvilostas District
municipal museum
Type by the Law of Museums
accredited
Accredited by Ministry of Culture
member
Member of Latvian Museums Association
Offer and services
- free parking
- suitable for people with reduced mobility
- guide or mobile app
- rental of premises
- offer for pupils
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