Riga Film Museum
Till 8th of March 2025 – 10 Peitavas Street, Riga, LV-1050 (entrance from Alksnāja Street)
autonomus museum
Type by the Law of Museums
accredited
Accredited by Ministry of Culture
member
Member of Latvian Museums Association
Offer and services
Due to the relocation to new premises on Miera Street, the Latvian Academy of Culture’s Riga Film Museum has closed its premises at Peitavas Street 10 (entrance from Alksnāja Street) as of March 8, 2025. Please follow the museum’s website and social media channels for the latest updates!
Working hours
See homepage for detailsAdmission fee
Riga Film Museum is the only museum of its kind in Latvia. It holds various exhibitions that display different aspects of cinema art, actors and film history. The museum was founded in 1988, and currently the museum space is located in an 18th-century building located on 10 Peitavas Street in Vecrīga.
The idea to establish the Film Museum in Riga came about during the traditional cinema forum called ”Kino Dienas” (English: “Film Days”) in 1986. The leaders of this project were Augusts Sukuts, Inga Pērkone-Redoviča, and Juris Civjans. They managed to start a museum by getting a permission from the Soviet Union cinema organization.
Throughout the years following Latvia’s independence, the Riga Film Museum has been a part of different institutions. It was a part of the National Film Centre of Latvia until 2010 when it was turned over to the Latvian Academy of Culture, and the museum is still part of the latter.
The Film Museum has relocated various times before settling to the current building in the Old Town. It was once in the rooms of ”Riga Video Centre”, the ”Latvian State Archive of Audiovisual Documents”, the ”Riga Film Studio” and the former ”Museum of Illegal Press” on Krāslavas Street.
In the spring of 2025, the Riga Film Museum will relocate to new premises on Miera Street.
Riga Film Museum
Till 8th of March 2025 – 10 Peitavas Street, Riga, LV-1050 (entrance from Alksnāja Street)
autonomus museum
Type by the Law of Museums
accredited
Accredited by Ministry of Culture
member
Member of Latvian Museums Association
Offer and services
Recommended
-
Grāmata Latvijā. Latvijas Nacionālās bibliotēkas pastāvīgā ekspozīcija
HistoryMūkusalas iela 3, Rīga, LV-1423
-
Slutišķi Old Believers Farm
History Local history EtnographySlutišķi, Naujene Civil Parish, Daugavpils District
-
Museum of Riga Ghetto and Holocaust in Latvia
History Art2 Turgeneva street, Riga
Where to go?
Supporters