The Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum in Āgenskalns presents Latvian stage history in the reconstructed home of the actor and director. Its rooms connect his theatrical vision with the work of artists who preserved the house as a museum.
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A theatre director imagined a home with a hall and stage of its own. The Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum in Riga’s Āgenskalns neighbourhood now uses that setting to tell a wider story of Latvian theatre. Its rooms are both a memorial to Smiļģis and an exhibition about the people and institutions that made stage art in Latvia.
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- The museum first welcomed visitors on 23 November 1976.
- Lidija Freimane helped secure the house and establish the theatre museum.
- The museum became part of the Latvian Academy of Culture in 2009.
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