Name: Preiļi Museum of History and Applied Arts
Item: Preiļi Museum of History and Applied Arts
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Preiļi Museum of History and Applied Arts was founded on January 1, 1985, as a municipality museum. Since December 2009, the museum has been administered by the Preiļi Regional Council. In the premises of the museum, there are 19000 pieces of historical value. The depository discloses the history of the region, the economic, educational, and cultural development, and the role of notable persons in different region and state history events.

The main collections of the museum:

pottery of P.Cernavskis and his ceramist group,
fine arts, textiles, ethnographic objects, domestic items, which characterize the lifestyle and occupation of Preiļi district inhabitants,
documents, photographs,
paintings and graphic art of Latgalian artists,

The main expositions of the museum:

“Preiļi in Centuries’ Mirrors”,
exhibition “Reflections of the Borch family” and art exhibitions.

Preiļi Museum of History and Applied Arts invites everyone to sign up for a tour of the romantic Prejli park, in which sometimes a White lady is walking (appointment by phone: +371 65322731).

Preiļi Museum of History and Applied Arts

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