Riga Art Nouveau Museum occupies architect Konstantīns Pēkšēns’s former apartment in a richly ornamented building on Alberta iela. Restored rooms and period objects reveal how the style shaped architecture and everyday life in the early twentieth century.
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Look for squirrels among the pine cones on the façade at Alberta iela 12. They are small clues to a much larger idea: Art Nouveau could draw its decoration from local nature while shaping an entire building, from its silhouette to the things used inside. Riga Art Nouveau Museum occupies a restored apartment here, once the home and workplace of architect Konstantīns Pēkšēns.
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- Architect Konstantīns Pēkšēns lived and worked in the apartment until 1907.
- The museum opened in 2009, with restoration of its dining-room ceiling completed in 2010.
- Pine cones and squirrels appear among the building’s stylised façade motifs.
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