ABOUT THE MUSEUM

The Rainis Museum “Jasmuiža” is located in the middle of Latgale, on the bank of the small river Jaša, and is housed in two buildings of the ancient Jasmuiža Manor suitable for a museum. The third building is the workshop and kiln reconstructed in 1999 by the old master of Latgalian ceramics, Andrejs Paulāns.

“Jasmuiža” is called the land of the poet’s new days. In the reconstructed house of the estate manager, visitors can see an exhibition about the poet’s grammar school and student years, while in the restored cow barn of the estate, a house of traditional Latgalian culture and crafts has been created.

OFFER

Guided tour.

Museum pedagogical programme “Latgalian wedding traditions, wedding and singing songs”.

• Age group: 9-12th grade
• Duration: 1h
• Number of participants: 10-20

The programme provides an insight into Rainis’ activity as a Latgalian folklore collector, Latgalian wedding traditions, beliefs and marriage divination, as well as provides participants to learn Latgalian words, create a chanting song verse from the given words, compose their own chanting song, and chant to each other.

The museum-educational programme “Latgales lini”.

• Age group: 5th-9th grade
• Duration: 1h
• Number of participants: 6-15

The programme tells about flax, its extraction, use in food and crafts. The programme offers the opportunity to learn where and how craftsmen in Latgale use flax, watch a video of a craftsman twisting flax twine and pin peternes, learn beliefs, riddles and folk songs about flax, taste flaxseed and flaxseed oil with potatoes, try twisting flax twine and make your own flax thread bracelet.

Museum pedagogical programme “Rainis poetry games”.

• Age group: 5th-9th grade
• Duration: 1h
• Number of participants: 6-15

The programme is designed in such a way that the pupils themselves can take an active part, playing and playing with the images of Rainis’ poetry in various ways.

Museum pedagogical programme “Candle Holder, Pour Candles

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• Age group: 1.-12th grade
• Duration: 1h
• Number of participants: 6-20

The programme gives an insight into beekeeping, wax candle casting, Rainis’ poetry, tells about beekeeping products: honey, pollen, bee bread, wax, their properties and uses.

Museum pedagogical programme “Žaniņš un Krišiņš

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• Age group: 1-12. Class

: 12-12

• Duration: 1h
• Number of participants: 10-20

The programme introduces Rainis and Krišjānis Barons and gives participants the opportunity to work in teams to perform various tasks (assemble puzzles, work with wooden puzzles, identify the handwriting, places of residence and educational institutions of both personalities).

Museum pedagogical programme “Find Rainis’ places in Jasmuiža!”

• Age group: 4th-9th grade
• Duration: 1h
• Number of participants: 10-20

The programme offers a journey through Jasmuiža Park and to get acquainted with the places where the future poet Jānis Pliekšāns walked, wrote poetry, dreamed, observed nature and people. Following the given instructions and descriptions, the participants of two teams have to find the puzzle pieces in nine places.

Museum pedagogical programme “Gender Day

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• Age group: 1st-6th grade
• Duration: 1h – 1h 30 min.
• Number of participants: 6-16

The programme is designed for students in the younger grades to introduce them to Rainis’ poetry for children in an attractive way, using illustrations of poems by artists F. Pauluka, J. Pīgožnis, M. Stārastė, J. Keene, Rainis’ herbarium, improvisational theatre and light sand lamps.

PRICES

Visit to the museum:

• pupils, students – 1.00 euro,
• adults – 2.00 euro,
• guided tour in Latvian – 5.00 euro.

Visit to the museum pedagogical programme:

• pupil – 2.

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

Photos from the archives of the Memorial Museums Association.