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Vārkava Regional Research Museum – cultural history and tourism centre
Kovaļevsku iela 4, Vārkava, Preiļu novads
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ADVISITION

The museum has three exhibitions:

  • The First Folk School in Latgale for Peasant Children – we offer you to try your hand at lettering, exercise your mathematical mind at the number tables, try your finger dexterity at the typewriter keyboard and, sitting at the loom, weave a colour scheme into a rag blanket. Groups can learn a lesson (cursive writing, maths, science, crafts).
  • Ancient farmhouse. Here you can see old working and household objects and take part in the museum education programme “From Grain to Bread” (20 minutes).
  • Exhibition hall.

Guided tours:

    Guided
  • tour of the museum (1.5 hours),
  • Guided tour of the municipality.
  • Routes are offered according to visitors’ interests – sacral heritage, craftsmen, culinary heritage, etc.,
  • cycling route 36 km in 4 hours. (suitable for primary and secondary school pupils).

Photos from the museum archives.