Advent Calendar of 2021

  Continuing the popular tradition, at the end of the year, the Rundāle Palace Museum invites you to discover a three-dimensional Advent Calendar on the Museum's website. This year's Calendar is dedicated to the theme of glass. From 1st to 24th December, three-dimensional photographs will showcase various glassware – glasses, chalices, bottles, decanters, vials and...

The Museum and French Garden will be closed from 21 October until further notice

  According to the State of Emergency declared by the Government of Latvia and enhanced security measures, the Rundāle Palace Museum and French Garden will be closed to visitors from 21 October 2021 to 14 November 2021. The safety of the Museum’s staff and visitors is our priority. Please follow precautionary measures to reduce the spread...

The book ‘Dievinātā Doroteja’ (Adored Dorothea) has been published in French

  The French publishing house Éditions Lacurne in cooperation with the Rundāle Palace Museum and Dr. h. c. art. Imants Lancmanis has published the book ‘Divine Dorothée’ (Adored Dorothea) in French. In 2018, the book ‘Dievinātā Doroteja’ (Adored Dorothea) was published in Latvian by the Rundāle Palace Museum. It was envisioned as a late tribute to...

Rundāle Palace Museum has published a monograph ‘Rundāle Palace III. Restoration’

The Rundāle Palace Museum has published the third volume of a monograph series about Rundāle Palace – ‘Rundāle Palace III. Restoration’. It was produced with the support of the Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation and the State Culture Capital Foundation. The author of the final volume, Imants Lancmanis, and co-author Lauma Lancmane, outline the...

Certification of guides and a license obtaining

The certification consists of a 2 part exam of the guides' knowledge - written (answering questions) and oral (in the form of narration in few exhibition rooms determined by draw). The certificate is valid for 3 (three) years. Written part: To receive written part questions, please contact the Customer Service Department by sending the application to the...

Desk Calendar 2021

  The Rundāle Palace Museum’s Desk Calendar 2021 features a selection of the most prominent examples among the Museum’s chandeliers, illustrating advances in form ranging from the oldest antler chandeliers to the Art Nouveau glass lamp and incorporating Baroque, Rococo, Classicism and Empire chandeliers displayed in the Museum’s collections. Little evidence remains of the lighting at...

2020 Advent Calendar

  Continuing the popular tradition, at the end of the year, the Rundāle Palace Museum presents a three-dimensional Advent calendar on the Museum's website. This year's calendar is dedicated to clocks. The theme was not chosen at random, because December is a contemplative time leading to Christmas, and the clock has long been one of...

11 November – first-time guide certification

On 11 November 2020 at 10.00 a.m., the Rundāle Palace Museum will organise first-time guide certification examination, which will consist of tour guide’s narration in the Palace rooms. Registration by phone or e-mail: tel. +371 63962197, mob. tel.  +371 26499151, gidirundale.net. Please be reminded that from 1 May 2021, only tour guides certified by the...

We are proud of our director Imants Lancmanis’s achievements

In an official ceremony at Riga Castle, a day before the centenary of the Republic of Latvia, the highest state decorations for significant personal contribution to Latvia were conferred upon several individuals. The Director of Rundāle Palace Museum and art historian Imants Lancmanis was bestowed the Cross of Recognition (First Class Order) and appointed...

From January 2, 2019 Laura Lūse will be the new director of the Museum

In an open competition for the post of the Director of Rundāle Palace Museum the tender commission appointed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia nominated Dr Laura Lūse as the most suitable candidate amongst 16 applicants. ‘The commission positively appraised Laura Lūse’s professional knowledge and experience, including her work on the...
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