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Liepāja Museum

Coordinates: 56°30′39″N 21°00′07″E / 56.51083°N 21.00194°E / 56.51083; 21.00194
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Liepāja Museum
Liepājas muzejs
Liepāja Museum in 2018
Liepāja Museum is located in Latvia
Liepāja Museum
Location within Latvia
LocationKūrmājas prospekts, Vecliepāja, Liepāja, Latvia
Coordinates56°30′39″N 21°00′07″E / 56.51083°N 21.00194°E / 56.51083; 21.00194
Websitewww.liepajasmuzejs.lv

Liepāja Museum (Latvian: Liepājas muzejs) is a museum in Liepāja, Latvia. It is the largest museum in the historical region of Courland. It possesses more than 100,000 articles, but in the halls of the museum, there are 1,500 exhibits. Permanent displays tell of Liepāja's history, starting from its early days and of the ethnography of South Kurzeme. They feature a special collection of tinware and an exhibition telling about the life and works of the woodcarver Miķelis Pankoks. The Museum also regularly hosts various local, national and international art exhibitions. The museum also houses the archive of the former city architect of Liepāja, Paul Max Bertschy.[1][2] [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Berči mantojums" (in Latvian). Liepāja municipality. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ Liepājas muzejs, Kūrmājas prospekts, Vecliepāja, Liepaja, Courland, LV-3401, Latvia openstreetmap.org
  3. ^ Liepāja Museum (Liepāja) Wikimapia