Herberta Dorbes memoriālais muzejs „Senču putekļi“

About the museum

The museum of the writer Herberts Dorbe is set up in the Dorbe family home, built in 1960 in the Ventspils private-house district known as Gāliņciems. The museum holds the literary legacy of the writer Herberts Dorbe (1894–1983) and of other writers from Ventspils.

For children, the museum offers the chance to get to know the characters from Dorbe’s fairy tale “Tas notika Kaķpēdiņu bulvārī” (It Happened on Kaķpēdiņi Boulevard, 1971), to assemble puzzles based on the fairy tale’s illustrations and to read extracts from the primer compiled by Dorbe (1930). The garden cultivated by Valija and Herberts Dorbe is also a delight, where pupils are invited to study the trees growing there.

Highlights

• Family home of the writer Herberts Dorbe (1894–1983)
• Characters from the fairy tale “Tas notika Kaķpēdiņu bulvārī” and puzzles
• Extracts from the primer compiled by Dorbe (1930)
• The garden cultivated by Valija and Herberts Dorbe

Permanent exhibition

• Herberta Dorbes literārais mantojums – The literary legacy of the writer Herberts Dorbe and other Ventspils authors in the family home.

Operated by

Ventspils pašvaldība

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free of charge.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Children can use puzzles and tasks about the characters of the Dorbe fairy tale; pupils have lessons in the garden.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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