Art Museum RIGA BOURSE, Latvia

The Art Museum RIGA BOURSE is an architectural monument of national importance. It was built between 1852 and 1855 in the style of a Venetian renaissance palazzo symbolising wealth and plenitude. The design was by the St. Petersburg architect of German origin Harald Julius Bosse (1812-1894) and for the first time in its history, all the rooms are open to the public.

In 2013 the RIGA BOURSE was given a special commendation by the European Museum Forum and became one of Europe's eight most successful museums that have opened in the last two years.

The museum is a place for cultural exchange where excellence is more important than the artist's national origin. The doors of the museum are also open to Latvian art. The museum strives to be a meeting point between West and East.

The museum has four permanent displays: the Eastern Gallery (Japanese, Chinese, Indian and Indonesian traditional art, plus Latvia's only Egyptian wood mummy sarcophagus), the Painting Gallery (Western European works, 16th-19th century), the Western Gallery (18th-20th century West European porcelain, German/Austrian painting, Belgian painting), and the Silver Cabinet.

The museum regularly organises international art exhibition projects, publications, scientific conferences, art and cultural events, and educational programmes.