"Mengeli" - Memorial Museum of Jurjani family
Menģeļi, Ērgļu parish, Ērgļu district, LV-4840
+371 29431659
jurjanumuzejs@inbox.lv
Director: Ieva Vilnīte
Working hours:
May 10th to November 1st – open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10.00 AM till 5.00 PM, on Fridays and Saturdays – 10.00 AM till 7.00 PM, on Mondays – closed;
November 1st to May 10th – by prior phone reservation.
Offers:
- Permanent expositions:
- Brothers Jurjāni – the trailblazers of Latvian music
- Granary – summer residence of the brothers and weaving workshop
- Ethnographic farming tools from the 19th century
Exhibitions:
- "Trails of the musicians "
Educational programs by the museum:
- Let’s go weave!
- Bind your own bath twigs!
- Get to know wind instruments!
Recreation:
- camping sites, campfire sites, bathing in a “black” steam bath, weaving with looms, entertaining musical wedding excursion with Līze of ”Mengeli”.