This year Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM) in cooperation with think tank Creative Museum brings its network of museum educators for the study visit to Latvia.
During two days, we will look into community engagement in museums and also explore Jewish heritage in the capital city of Riga. The third – optional – day is a visit to the renovated Rēzekne Green Synagogue.
The study visit has been awarded the label of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.
Day 1, May 22
10:00 – 10:30 Kick-off at Museum “Jews in Latvia”
10:30 – 11:30 Guided tour ar Museum "Jews in Latvia", Ilya Lensky, Director and Marina Gehta, Deputy Director
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee
12:00 – 14:00 City tour “Jewish Riga”, Ilya Lensky, Director
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch at Tinto
15:00 – 16:00 Riga Synagogue, Ilya Lensky, Director
16:30 – 17:30 Guided tour at Žanis Lipke Memorial, Lolita Tomsone, Director
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion
19:00 Optional group dinner
Day 2, May 23
10:00 – 11:00 Project presentations A Recipe for Muranów (Ewa Chomicka, POLIN) and My Faith and Me (Lisa Shames, London)
11:00 – 12:30 Museum visit and meeting with educators at the Latvian National Museum of History, Toms Ķikuts, Curator
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch at Tinto
14:00 – 15:30 Meeting at Ziedonis Museum, Dace Zariņa, Director
16:00 – 17:30 Meeting at Latvian National Museum of Art, Elīna Bērziņa, Head of Education
17:30 – 18:30 Wrap up and discussion at LNMA
20:00 Optional group dinner
Day 3, May 24 (optional)
8:00 Trip to Rēzekne, Facilitated by Dr.art. Baiba Vanaga
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at “Latgales Gors”
13:00 – 14:30 Rēzekne Green Synagogue
15:30 – 16:30 Ludza Great Synagogue
Approx. 20:00 Back to Riga