In the Vidzeme Highlands, on the shore of Lake Pulgožņa, there is “Meņģeļi” – the houses where the Jurjāns started to farm in the beginning of the 19th century. The four Jurjāni brothers – Pēteris (1851-1900), Andrejs (1856-1922), Juris (1861-1940) and Pāvuls (1866-1948), who became the founders of Latvian music culture, were born here.

The Memorial Museum “Meņģeļi” was founded in 1990 in memory of the four brothers – musicians Jurjāns, who were born in “Meņģeļi” in the 19th century. in the middle of the 19th century.

The museum organises various events – every 5 years Latvian choir gatherings, various exhibitions.

The territory of the museum covers 8.6 ha. It displays the attractions of the 1998 Song and Dance Celebration “Light Wheel”.

“Meņģeļi” – a museum set up in the home of the Jurjāns brothers, the founders of Latvian music culture. The museum has permanent exhibitions and displays, and museum education programmes are available to learn about Latvian antiquities.

the “Meņģeliai” museum has: exhibitions and permanent displays:

• “The Jurjāni Brothers – Founders of Latvian Music”;
• “The Barn – the brothers’ summer home and weaving workshop”;
• “The Carpenter’s House, the Carpenter’s Museum and the Carpenter’s House. the Cottage, a farmhouse, the Latvian cottager’s house, the farm tools of the 18th century.

museum educational programmes:

• “Let’s Weave!”
• “Let’s learn about wind instruments!”

Tent pitches, campfires, loom weaving.

PRICES

Free entrance.

Guided tour:
– up to 10 persons / 10 EUR
– from 11 to 20 persons / 20.00 EUR
– 21 to 30 pers./ 30 EUR
– 31 and more persons / 40.00 EUR