The museum is located in the historic building of the Amata Primary School, which is 146 years old.

The museum’s exhibition contains items from Vanaga’s personal archive.
“Lack the strength and understanding how to live? Overwhelmed by doubts about the future? Read “Gathering of Souls”! Melānija Vanaga is not a prophet and does not impart wisdom. Instead, it is the centuries of the people that speak for her, and she has revealed them vividly and convincingly.” Zigmunds Skujiņš, writer

In the museum you can see the Vanaga family genealogy scroll, which is a 6 m long sheet of paper on which is graphically displayed a grouped, researched history of the family in 14 generations. “My family history is the small history of the Latvian people, at least one page of the history of Vidzeme that has not been written anywhere else. It is a gathered forest of souls”. (M. Vanaga)

During your visit to the museum you will learn:

• Who is M. Vanaga and why should we know about her;
• What is the connection of M. Vanaga with the Amata region;
• How does M. Vanaga “gather souls”, what does it mean;
• What are manuscript books;
• What are books about the Amata River;
• Why M. Vanaga
• is a “gathering of souls”?
• Vanaga got to Siberia, how long she lived there, how she lived;
• What Siberia looks like today;
• What museum objects can tell – trombone, pipe, music book, etc.

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• What is a dugout, who lived there, what it looks like;
• What is “Melānija chronicles” and what is its relation to Melānija Vanaga.
• You will see: the school building built in 1871, the partially restored classroom where Vanaga studied, the dairy, Vanaga’s museum room, lots of video material – also about Siberia.

Number of pupils in a group: up to 25 pupils is optimal.

Offer valid: all year round.

Recommended age: from 7 years.

Prices: by donation.

Duration of visit: one lesson.