ABOUT THE MUSEUM

Rainis and Aspazija Summer House is a museum dedicated to two outstanding personalities in Latvian culture. Rainis bought the summer house in Majori in the autumn of 1926. From 1927 to 1929 it was a place of work and summer rest for the poets.

The exhibition “Me and You” is dedicated to Rainis and Aspazija’s love and creative peaks. The exhibition begins with the poets meeting and ends with Rainis’ death. Two lines are drawn – the horizon of life and the vertical of creativity. Power and beauty. And above all – love.

No less interesting are the restored living quarters of both poets – the summer cottages and the upper floors of the garden cottage.

OFFER

Guided tour.

A walk through the places of life and love of Rainis and Aspazija in Jūrmala

• Age group: 7-12. Class

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• 7-12
• Duration: 2 h
• Number of participants: 10-30

The 7 km long hiking route through the places of life and love of Rainis and Aspazija gives an opportunity to see the poets’ common living places in Jūrmala: the Pēperkoku house where the poets spent their first summer full of love, the Jaundubultu summer house built by themselves, Rainis’ favourite place of creation – Rainis’ pines.

The hike ends at Rainis and Aspazija’s summer house with a visit to the museum.

Museum pedagogical programme “My book “Rainis. Aspazija. Latvia

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• Age group: 4th-9th grade (different levels of difficulty)
• Duration: 90 min with a tour of the museum
• Number of participants: 10-25

After a tour of the museum, the pupils, under the guidance of a museum educator, create a book about Rainis and Aspazija. Using a creative approach, pupils learn about the facts of the poets’ biography and works and their role in the creation of Latvia and the formation of national identity.

Museum pedagogical programme “Rainis novvārdi

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• Age group: 7th-12th grade
• Duration: 90 min
• Number of participants: 10-25

The New Words Game is an active way to gain knowledge about Rainis not only as a poet, but also as an enrichment of the Latvian language. Students get a short introduction to the topic of new names, after which they divide into teams and create new names of Rainis from letters.

Museum pedagogical programme “Museum object hunt

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• Age group: 1st-9th grade
• Duration: 90 min
• Number of participants: 10-30

In groups of 3-4 pupils have to find all the museum objects according to the pictures, fill in the worksheet, return to the museum pedagogical activity room and take part in a conversation about the found objects.

After visiting the museum, the pupils will strengthen their knowledge about the biography of Rainis and Aspazija and get acquainted with the basic principles of the memorial museum.

Museum pedagogical programme “Visits to Pasaciņa

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• Age group: pre-school, 1.1-4 grade
• Duration: 90 min
• Number of participants: up to 20

The lesson is designed to explore Aspazija’s children’s poems, focusing on two poems: “A Fairy Tale on the Road” and “An Invitation”. After a short tour of the museum, during which students find images of the poems in the rooms, an interactive activity takes place in the classroom to learn about Aspazija’s biography and works written for children.

Museum pedagogical programme “Aspazija’s “Lost Rights”: feminist ideas then and now

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• Age group: 10-12. Class

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• Duration: 90 min
• Number of participants: up to 25

The lesson analyses the central idea of Aspazija’s play “The Lost Rights” about the broken spirit of a young woman in social conditions and the double morality of the society of Aspazija’s time, which is characterised by gender inequality. At the end of the lesson, students are invited to discuss the development and relevance of gender equality today.

PRICES

Museum visit:

• pupils, students – 1.00 euro,
• adults – 2.00 euro,
• guided tour in Latvian – 5.

Visit to the museum pedagogical programme:

• student – 2.00 euro,
• teachers accompanying a group – free.

Payment information: http://memorialiemuzeji.lv/skolas-soma/

Photos from H2E archive.