Tukuma Mākslas muzejs

About the museum

The Tukuma Mākslas muzejs (Tukums Art Museum) is a unit of the Tukums Museum, located in the historic centre of the town at 7 Harmonijas iela. The building was constructed in 1880; from the late 19th century until 1997 a bank operated in it, and the museum has been here since 1997.

The art collection was begun in the early 1930s by the painter Leonīds Āriņš (1907–1991), who is also regarded as the founder of the Tukums Museum. The collection includes works by Jānis Rozentāls, Johans Valters, Vilhelms Purvītis, Jēkabs Kazaks, Ģederts Eliass, Valdemārs Tone, Konrāds Ubāns and other Latvian artists, as well as works by Tukums artists Leonīds Āriņš, Ansis Artums and Kārlis Neilis. The collection holds more than 500 paintings and 200 graphic works, which can be viewed in person on special request.

The museum organises exhibitions of professional Latvian artists, offers the creative programme “Kopējam gleznas” (Let's Copy Paintings) and lets visitors explore the collection in the digital exhibition “Tukuma muzejs cauri laikiem” (The Tukums Museum Through the Ages), where more than 250 paintings by 110 artists can be seen.

Highlights

• Paintings by Jānis Rozentāls, Vilhelms Purvītis and other masters
• Room of Leonīds Āriņš
• Open-air art exhibition, viewable at any time of day
• Digital exhibition “Tukuma muzejs cauri laikiem” (The Tukums Museum Through the Ages)
• Collection of more than 500 paintings and 200 graphic works

Permanent exhibitions

• Āriņa istaba – Exhibition on the passionate dreamer, draughtsman and painter Leonīds Āriņš (1907–1991), founder of the Tukums Art Museum.
• Brīvdabas mākslas ekspozīcija – The open-air exhibition can be viewed at any time of day and introduces one of the richest painting collections of the Latvian museums.
• Tukuma muzejs cauri laikiem – The digital exhibition tells the history of the museum and allows visitors to view more than 250 paintings by 110 artists.

Founded

1935

Operated by

Tukuma novada pašvaldība (Tukuma muzejs)

Admission & discounts

Free admission to exhibitions, displays and events for: pre-school children, pupils and students, pupils of special education institutions of Tukums municipality, employees of Latvian museums, ICOM members, members of the Tukums artists' group and of the Latvijas Mākslinieku savienība (Latvian Artists' Union), persons with an invitation, accompanying persons of school groups (no more than two) and the guide of a tourist group if the group has more than 20 people.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the historic centre of Tukums, where old wooden buildings and fieldstone cobbles have survived.

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