Cesis Museum of History and Art

The museum is located at the heart of the old town of Cēsis with a significant 18th – 19th century National architectural monument – the Cēsis castle manor house. The museum was founded in 1925 and with more than 155 000 collection objects it is one of the largest municipal museums in the country. In its nearly 90 years of existence, Cēsis Museum has become not only an important town, county and regional repository of past values, but also the town’s business card and the intersection of contemporary cultural life. The museum’s research work is related to the territory of the museum and the cultural and historical monuments – Cēsis medieval castle and manor house research, stock research collections, exhibitions and expositions of the city, county and the region’s history of culture importance and topical issues.