Specially Protected Cultural Monument “Turaida Museum Reserve”

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10 Turaidas Street, Sigulda, Sigulda District, LV-2150

+371 67972376

www.turaida-muzejs.lv

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Offer and services

suitable for people with reduced mobility
guide or mobile app
offer for families with children
baby room for changing and feeding
outdoor activities
café or restaurant
offer for pupils

Turaida Museum Reserve studies, preserves and maintains the constructions located in the historical centre of Turaida – monuments and cultural environment spanning 43.63 hectares. More than 38 museum displays are arranged in the area, telling the story of key events on this territory and placing them in the broader contexts of Latvian and European history.

Working hours

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The Turaida Museum Reserve is open daily all year round without days off.

Summer season:

01.05.–30.09. 9.00–20.00
01.10.–31.10. 9.00–19.00

10.00–18.00 (all exposures are open)
9.00 – 10.00 and 18.00 –19.00 (open-air expositions, the castle Main Tower and the turreted south case)

Winter season:

01.11.–29.02. 10.00–17.00
01.03.–30.04. 10.00–18.00

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pasts@turaida-muzejs.lv

www.turaida-muzejs.lv

Admission fee

Summer season (01.05. – 31.10.)

Adult	8.00 EUR
Pupil	2.00 EUR
Student	4.00 EUR
Senior	6.00 EUR

Winter season (1.11. – 30.04.)

Adult	6.00 EUR
Pupil	1.50 EUR
Student	3.00 EUR
Senior	4.00 EUR

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Free Entrance

Ukrainian citizens have the right to visit the Turaida Museum Reserve free of charge by presenting an identity document or other document proving Ukrainian citizenship
Children under school age
A teacher, who accompanies pupils or kindergarteners group (at least 10 children or pupils)
Boarders, orphans and tenants of social care centre, children being under long-term social care and under care of social rehabilitation institutions and persons, who accompany these children (producing document of the status)
Children with disability under 18 years old, persons with 1st and 2nd disability group (producing card) and persons who acompany disabled children under 18 years old or persons with 1st disablility group
Museum staff of Latvia museums (producing card)
Members of the Castles around the Baltic Sea Association and ICOM members (producing card)
Tourism guide if the group number exceeds 15 persons
Congregation members of Turaida church on the day of service
Journalists who write about events in the Turaida Museum Reserve (producing professional card)
Members of the Turaida Lutheran Church attending service
Newly-married couples and their sponsor at a wedding, visiting memorial to the Rose of Turaida.

The aim of Turaida Museum Reserve is to preserve for future generations the cultural monument complex of the historical centre of Turaida, one of the oldest proto-states in Latvian history.

The museum reserve contains a number of major archaeological, historical and cultural monuments – the mediaeval stone castle of Turaida, the wooden church of Turaida and memorial to the Rose of Turaida. It promotes the heritage of the one-time residents of the Gauja River basin, a people called the Liivs, as well as maintains and displays the historical buildings located in the economic centre of Turaida Manor.

The latest display, “Towards Latvian Statehood. Corvée. Master. Citizen”, illuminates the historic progression towards Latvian statehood, spanning the century before the foundation of Latvian State. It is a story of how, with relentless work, the Latvian people become masters of their own land, developed a national culture and, ultimately, their own state.