Riga Motor Museum

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A display set-up at Riga Motor Museum showing an old time garage with a Hanomag chassis and an unknown motorcycle.
A display set-up at Riga Motor Museum showing an old time garage with a Hanomag chassis and an unknown motorcycle.

Riga Motor Museum (Rīgas motormuzejs) is the biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries.[1] The museum is a state agency operating under the Transport Ministry. Since 1992, the museum is a member of International Association of Transport and Communication Museums (IATM–ICOM), since 1994 a member of Latvian Museum Association (Latvijas muzeju asociācija), since 2002 – a member of Latvian Transport Development and Education Association (Latvijas transporta un izglītības asociācija). The museum is located at 6 S. Ezienšteina street in the Mežciems suburb of Riga. The museum also features a café and a sports club.

The museum was founded in 1989 on an initiative from Latvia Antique Automobile club (AAK)[1]. The building was designed by the Latgyprogorstroy architect Viktors Valgums. Since 1992 it is a state museum.

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  1. ^ Varey, Mike (2003). 1000 Historic Automobile Sites. Elderberry Press, Inc., p. 409. ISBN 1930859503. 

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