The library has the only Krišjānis Barons Hall in Latvia with wall paintings by the artist Andrejs Zvejnieks and stained-glass windows by the old master of stained glass Esther Bormanes, which was created in the library in 1985. The centrepiece of the Barons’ Hall is Krišjānis Barons, surrounded by 10 other paintings that reflect the life of a man through the depiction of Latvian folk songs. The hall was restored in 2018 and is now open to the public. Krišjānis Barons was a Latvian folklorist, writer and publicist, one of the most important symbols of national identity for every Latvian.

OFFERS

The library offers free thematic excursions and library lessons for children, pupils, students and adults about the world of books, the history of the library building, the history of the region and much more, which will be educational and entertaining for everyone.

Visit the restored Krišjānis Barons Hall and the library building on a tour “Walls that Speak”.

During the tour the Head of the Information Department, mg.sc.soc. Baiba Īvāne-Kronberga and Senior Librarian Gundega Kalniņa will help everyone to travel back in time – to find out who lived in the house before the library, what its architecture tells about the building, what the library has to do with the novel “Jelgavas 94” and cats, what the significance and interest of the library’s Krišjāņa Barons Hall is, and much more.

info@biblioteka.jelgava.lv

ADDITIONAL OFFER

• Room rental for seminars, celebrations (maximum number of people 80);
• Room rental for training (maximum number of people 14);
• Equipment: multimedia devices, interactive board, projector;
• Room rental fee: 10.

Photos from Jelgava TIC archive;