Latvian Museum of Natural History

The Natural History Museum of Latvia is a natural history museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1845 by the Riga Balto-German intelligentsia as part of the Riga Naturalist Society which also established a library. It contains the oldest collection of natural history in the Baltic States.

Coordinates: 56°56′58″N 24°07′06″E / 56.9495°N 24.1182°E / 56.9495; 24.1182

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