The Turaida Museum Reserve

The Turaida Museum Reserve is located in the Historical Centre of Turaida. The diverse exhibitions in the buildings and outside tell the Turaida’s story over a thousand years. This story reflects history of the whole Latvia. The best-known attraction of the Turaida Museum Reserve is the Turaida Medieval Castle with its Main Tower, wich offers a magnificent view to the ancient Gauja valley and to 58.34 ha vast territory of the Turaida Museum Reserve. The Museum Reserve is rich in archaeological, architectural, historical and art monuments which are located in both environment and buildings. The message of the Turaida Museum Reserve reveals the accumulated wisdom of life of almost 40 generations and the imprints of events left by them in the history of mankind. The developments of centuries disclose after you have got acquainted with the whole exhibition of the Museum Reserve, which includes Folk Song Park, message about the Gauja Livs, the Turaida Stone Castle, the Turaida Wooden Church with surrounding area and the Turaida Estate. In the smithy you can meet a blacksmith and try your hand at blacksmith’s work. The nature trails developed in the Turaida Museum Reserve give an opportunity to experience better the cultural landscape created over time.