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CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN RUNDĀLE PALACE IN 2018

April 7 Liepāja Symphony Orchestra concert in The White Hall. The title and time will be specified. Tickets can be purchased at Biļešu Paradīze in all Latvia and on the concert day in the Palace. Additional information www.lso.lv From May 25 Fully completed exhibition "From the Gothic Style to Art Nouveau" A new exhibition at the Rundāle Palace in...

Museum Receives a Donation

Museum has received a donation from poet, linguist and literary scholar Lalita Muižniece (Latvia/US) – books bought in US that have once been owned by the Duchess of Courland Dorothea. The books are the first four volumes of Historische Memoiren by Friedrich Schiller published in 1790 in Jena, Germany. There are ex libris of...

Advent Calendar of 2017 Produced

For the fourth year in a row Rundāle Palace Museum has issued Advent Calendar offering closer look at museum collections. One does not always have the possibility during the visit to examine each exhibit to notice tiny, delicate details and nuances. However, often they deserve the most admiration. This year we focused on hand...

Outstanding Pieces of Art Added to Rundāle Palace Exhibitions

Two unique late 17th century paintings by Nicola Van Houbraken (circa 1660–1723) are exhibited at the Blue Room besides the Golden Hall, and they excellently fit in with the still lifes with flowers by Flemish and Dutch masters. Also, the thread lace collection of the museum becomes richer. Valuable acquisitions are three fragments of 17th...

Phlox Exhibit 2017

For the time period from 5 to 11 August a Phlox Exhibit shall be available to visitors at the east-wing kitchen of Rundāle Palace (on the Ground floor besides the restaurant). The colourful and fragrant flowers that are popular in Latvia since 18th century were grown in Lejasbrūži of Smiltene Townland – in the garden of...

Visit Rundāle Palace using e-ticket!

Queues occasionally form in Rundāle Palace as they do in other European museums. To make the process more convenient to visitors we have launched e-ticket sales. We invite you to visit the ticket sales page at the introductory part of Rundāle Palace Museum webpage. Information regarding prices: https://rundale.net/en/information/prices/ E-ticket may be printed or saved in...

Rundāle Palace Garden Festival 2017

On 1 July 2017 – during the most beautiful rose blossoming time – we will hold the yearly Garden Festival. This year's theme of the Festival will be hunting. Besides visiting the park and the palace visitors of the Garden Festival will have the possibility to to discover and acquire new knowledge, enjoy musical...

Four new rooms to be opened on the 281th anniversary of the Palace

Noticeable changes await visitors of Rundāle Palace – outstanding acquisitions forming part of the main exhibition and four reconstructed display rooms that will be open from 25 May. Two of the aforementioned – in the private apartments of the duke. Authentic 18th century sitz-bath and other peculiar household items are on display in the...

Getting ready for the Garden Festival

On 1 July Garden Festival will once again be held at the park of Rundāle Palace. This year's theme of the Festival shall be hunting. Traditional activities – festive shows, concerts, fairs, creative workshops, orientation game – shall be supplemented by corresponding novelties: parade of hunting dogs, dog skill and elk calling demonstrations. 10 600 bulbous...

Potpourri vase acquired for donations

Foundation Rundāles Pils Atbalsta Fonds receives donations also from Latvian entrepreneurs. Part of the funds is apportioned to restoration of the Palace, another part – for acquisition of art objects. We are delighted to announce that at the end of 2016 Museum from the auction Fine European Ceramics held by auction house Bonhams successfully acquired...

Shaping of common lime crowns

Between 13 March and 3 May the crowns of the common lime-trees are shaped to fit the general image of the baroque-style French garden. Arborists from SIA Labie koki have undertaken to form globe-shaped crowns for 656 limes. Crown shaping involves also removal of deadwood and damaged branches thus facilitating formation of evenly distributed...

More beauty at the Oval porcelain room

The most valuable portion of the Rundāle Palace Museum porcelain collection are Far East Asian vases. 17th - 19th century Chinese and Japanese vases of a size and appearance consistent with the premises are displayed in two porcelain rooms – besides the Gold Hall and the White Hall. Taking into account the symmetry considerations...