On May 18, Latvian museums will participate for the 20th time in the international European museum campaign “Museum Night”. This year the theme of the event is “Explore and Acquire, Explore and Understand”. Entrance to the events is free, the municipality informs.
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Ęederts Elias Jelgava Museum of History and Art will welcome visitors from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., offering to explore, study and understand the topics characteristic of the cradle of Latvian education – “Academia Petrina”. Everyone will have the opportunity to participate in the game “Can you read the first alphabet in Latvian?”, find out how clothes were made in ancient times, take on the role of students and learn Latin – read and translate Latin sayings. The event will also cover fine arts – after getting acquainted with the work of the artist G. Elias, the participants of the event will be able to create their own work. You will have the opportunity to test your ingenuity in the orientation game “Find, explore, understand”. During the night of the museum, you will also be able to see the museum expositions.
At the Adolf Alunāns Memorial Museum, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., visitors will be invited to explore the theater and improve the skills needed for the stage. “Adolfs Alunāns in the article “A word about theater” asks: what exactly is a theater? He himself also answers, comparing the theater to a mirror in which each of us can see ourselves. During the night of museums, visitors will be invited to answer the same question by participating in various activities throughout the day,” says museum manager Elīna Skutele. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., visitors are invited to get to know the theater and the museum as individuals or in groups – go on a tour, answer interesting questions about the theater, speak the monologues of the father of the theater and try to bring the characters of the performances into the modern world. On the other hand, from 14:00 to 16:00 everyone will have the opportunity to both listen to and sing along to a theater song in the afternoon, where songs from favorite shows will be played for both children and adults. After singing together from 16:00 to 17:00, visitors will be able to return to the tasks of the first half of the day. But from 17:00 to 21:00, museum guests are invited to get to know the theater in various activities related to the stage – speech exercises, a creative paper puppet workshop, as well as a theater quiz.
The tower of the Holy Trinity Church in Jelgava will offer the activity “The story of the tower through five centuries” during the Night of Museums, and various activities will allow you to learn about the history of the cultural and historical object. From 16:00 to 18:00, citizens are invited to an informative lecture in two parts – in the first part, professor Ojārs Spārītis will present the lecture “Initiative of Duke Gothard Ketler of Kurzeme and the beginnings of the Holy Trinity Church in Jelgava”, and in the second part, the topic “Jūlijs Feders. “Landscape and Jelgava” will be opened to the wider public by art historian and digital technology specialist Sanita Bitko. The number of places is limited, so you have to apply in advance, starting from May 2nd, by sending a free form application to the e-mail address [email protected] or by calling 63005447. On the other hand, from 7 p.m. to midnight in the tower, historical expositions will be available for viewing by everyone, an exhibition hall, an observation deck, as well as a digital exhibition about the Church of the Holy Trinity through the centuries. There will also be an exploratory game called “Tower Explorer”, and in the courtyard of the tower you will hear musical rhymes of the centuries. From 20:00 to 21:00 there will be an excursion “Around the tower”.
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The Jelgava City Library will be waiting for visitors on Museum Night from 19:00 to 23:00. “The library is a place of good feelings, so at dusk we will invite visitors to a creative gathering, learning about the past and exploring the library’s labyrinths,” invites the library. On the day of the event, a meeting with the writer Zani Riekstiņa is expected, as well as the poetry readings of the poetess Rasma Urtāne with musical accompaniment provided by the violinist Reinis Galenieks. There will also be a photo corner in the library, a game room, photo orientation, a tour of the library and ghost stories in the attic. Returning to the past, you will be able to participate in a master class – learn to write with ink and pen, and you will also see projections of the old Jelgava.
From 19:00 to 23:00, visitors to the Night of Museums will also be treated to the event program of the Latvian University of Biosciences and Technologies (LBTU) at Jelgava Palace. The women’s choir “Liepa” and the men’s choir “Ozols” of LBTU will play music at the winding stairs of the castle from 7 p.m., and at 8 p.m. the dance collectives “Mazie Jundari” and “Jundēni” will perform the concert “Danču tracis”. At 9:30 p.m., music will also be heard in the Silver Hall, or the Prussian court, by Maija Kļaviņa, Kristīne Stumbure (flutes), Nora Kalniņa (soprano), Elīza Čaša (baroque cello) and Gertruda Jerjomenko (harpsichord). Several exhibitions will also be on display in the palace: in the foyer of the LBTU hall it will be the exhibition of paintings by Anda Bushkevica “The Return” (opening and meeting with the artist is planned at 7:30 p.m.), the reading room of the LBTU Fundamental Library will be decorated with the exhibition “Wreaths of Ivy” (meeting with the author of the exhibition Danija Lazdiņa will be at 8:30 p.m. ). On the other hand, in the Jelgava Palace Museum, you can see the exhibition of the works of students of the 1st year of the Landscape Architecture and Planning study program “Renaissance and Baroque Garden Parterre”. At the same time, there will be workshops for children from 19:00 to 21:00. For the first time, the LBTU archive will also be open to visitors.
The company “Jelgavas water” is also preparing to welcome visitors to the Night of Museums. Every hour from 17:00 to 20:00 it will invite those interested to go on an excursion to the water tower and museum to learn about the history of water supply in Jelgava. The event will take place at 4 Uedensvada street, entrance from the side of the Jelgava State Gymnasium.
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It should be reminded that the tradition of the Night of Museums began in 1999 in France. Its purpose is to introduce museums to citizens who do not visit museums on a daily basis.
It should be noted that this year the Night of Museums coincides with the International Museum Day.
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