The Latvian National Museum of Art ( lv, Latvijas Nacionālais mākslas muzejs) is the richest collection of national art in

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. It houses more than 52,000 works of art reflecting the development of professional art in the

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area and in Latvia from the middle of the 18th century until the present time. The museum is located in building in

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, which is historically significant. The building at 1, Janis Rozentāls sq. was designed by the German architect

Wilhelm Neumann Carl Johann Wilhelm Neumann ( lv, Kārlis Johans Vilhelms Neimanis; russian: Карл Иоганн Вильгельм Нейман; born 5 October 1849 in Grevesmühlen – died 6 March 1919 in Riga) was a Baltic German architect and art histori ...

and built in 1905Latvian National Museum of Art
latvia.travel — it is one of the most impressive historical buildings on the boulevard and is situated next to the Academy of Art. It was the first building in the Baltics to be built for the purposes of a museum. Between 2010 and 2015 museum underwent a reconstruction, during which the total size of the building was doubled.

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