R. BLAUMANIS MEMORIAL MUSEUM BRAKI

Address: Braki, Ērgļu parish, Ērgļu district, LV-4840
Phone No. (+371) 64871569, mobile phone No.(+371) 26498099, (+371) 26406289
E-mail: braki.muzejs@inbox.lv
Web: www.braki.lv
Director: Zinta Saulīte
Working hours:
   May 10th to November 1st – open every day from 10.00 AM till 5.00 PM, except for Mondays;
   November 1st to May 10th – open every day from 10.00 AM till 3.00 PM, except for Sundays.

Offers:
Permanent expositions:
 "Braki" – a crofter peasant’s farmstead at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, a place where the writer R. Blaumanis used to live and work.
Exhibitions:
- Poetry, dramaturgy and prose by R. Blaumanis
- "Braki" museum during the 50s
- Family tree of the Blaumanis family
- The role of a horse in the life and creative work of R. Blaumanis
- The collection of imps by the Tiltinis family

Educational programs by the museum:
- Deeds and pranks of the imps
- Let’s play the “Shadow of death” novel!
- The trumpeter of Tālava is calling
- A visit to Matīs Blaumanis
- Let’s sing Blaumanis

Recreation:
- Family celebrations at the Braki servants’ hall
- wedding excursions in the spirit of Silmači
- for gourmands - Silmači pancakes, Braki porridge and wine from the Saldenās bottle
- campfire site    
Yearbook of Braki

"MENGELI" - MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF JURJANI FAMILY

Address: Menģeļi, Ērgļu parish, Ērgļu district, LV-4840
Mobile phone No. (+371) 29431659
E-mail: jurjanumuzejs@inbox.lv
Blog: http://jurjanumuzejs.blogspot.com
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”.

"LĪDUMI” – NATIVE HOME OF WRITER VALDIS

Address: „Līdumi”, Sausnējas parish, Ērgļu district,  LV-4841
Director: Ilga Kronīte
Working hours:
   On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays – from 9.00 AM till 1.00 PM, on Thursdays – 1.00 PM till 5.00 PM.
   Visits beyond the working hours may be arranged by calling mobile phone No.28730830

Offers:
Permanent expositions:
- memorial room of Valdemārs Zālītis, a writer, pedagogue and translator (use to sign with an alias – Valdis)
- Most notable people of the Sausnējas parish
- Exhibition of historical Latvian tools and household items
- Materials on local history