Riga Motor Museum

Riga Motor Museum

Riga Motor Museum ( _lv. Rīgas motormuzejs) is the biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries. [cite book |title=1000 Historic Automobile Sites |last=Varey |first=Mike |year=2003 |publisher=Elderberry Press, Inc. |isbn=1930859503 |pages=p. 409 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9CCnROBrQdkC&pg=PA409&dq=%22Riga+Motor+Museum%22&num=100&sig=MSDM4iJIocmRMtRasVFgyVJz_CE ] The museum is a state agency operating under the Transport Ministry. Since 1992, the museum is a member of International Association of Transport and Communication Museums (IATM–ICOM), since 1994 a member of Latvian Museum Association, since 2002 – a member of Latvian Transport Development and Education Association. The museum is located at 6 S. Ezienšteina street in the Mežciems suburb of Riga. The museum also features a café and a sports club.

The museum was founded in 1989 on an initiative from Latvia Antique Automobile club (AAK) [http://www.aak.lv/] . The building was designed by the Latgyprogorstroy architect Viktors Valgums. Since 1992 it is a state museum.

References

External links

* http://www.motormuzejs.lv/


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