Three museums in Riga offer to enjoy A Museum Horror Path and get new feelings before celebrating Walpurgis Night and welcoming the spring on April 30, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Literature and Music Museum (Pils laukums 2), UL Museum of History (Raiņa Boulevard 19) and Riga Film Museum (Peitavas Street 10/12, entrance from Alksnāja Street, across Daugava Gallery).

Touching and trying on are strictly forbidden! Death-mask gallery Literature and Music Museum invites visitors to look on writers’ death-masks and to find out what is written on their grave ribbons and all of it in the basement closed to the public until now! Dark punishment cell’s secrets Take a two century back time journey in the UL Museum of History on Walpurgis eve and experience being a student in the 19th century when visiting historical punishment cell located in the UL attic.  Fear hath a hundred eyes – take a look into them! This is an invitation to see excerpts from Leonids Leimanis’ movie „Šķēps un roze” (Spear and Rose) in Riga Film Museum; the movie will surprise you with its ancient mystery, explosions and romance in the Old City. Also, the Museum is going to display an exhibition in honor of world famous film director Sergei Eisenstein who was born in Riga. To fortify themselves after all they have seen and experienced in museums, the visitors of Museum Horror Path are welcome to UL „Radio NABA” club NABAKLAB (Z.A. Meierovica Boulevard 12) to enjoy special hot sandwiches. Walpurgis Night sounds After the Path everyone is welcome to continue with attending different events in honor of Walpurgis Night in Riga: -         Walpurgis Night concert with a springtime program perform Rīsa zvejnieki (LV) and Spanxti (LT) bands, and also dance music by DJ Ilmārs Šlāpins in „Radio NABA” club NABAKLAB. Visitors may choose whether to take the whole Horror Path or just a part of it, but don’t forget that anything may happen at this night! Enjoy the whole Path for one price! (Ls 1.50, Latvian Academy of Culture and UL students – Ls 1) For the visitors of the Path - free entrance to the Walpurgis Night concert at the UL club NABAKLAB.


Translated by students of the professional study programme Translator of the University of Latvia.

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