The Latvian National Museum of Natural History will host the annual tomato exhibition from 14 to 18 August presenting hundreds of tomatoes in different colours, shapes and flavours.
Every year breeders create new and more unusual varieties of tomatoes, constantly surprising us with their sizes, shapes, colours and flavours. The exhibition will showcase the latest tomato varieties developed by Latvian breeders, as well as well-known and world-famous tomato varieties grown by local collectors in their own gardens. The featured selection will provide visitors with wide choice of seeds to their liking, and chance to buy them and grow in their garden the next year.
The following members of the "Tomāts" gardening enthusiasts' club will take part in the exhibition: Valdis Pūliņš (Talsi), Anatolijs Silins (Ikšķile), Darja Jureviča (Rīga), Natalija Zeltina (Valmiera), Ludmila Kodzasova un Artūrs Vicups (Rīga), and the club’s long-standing partners – Elga un Aldis Brazuni from "Neslinko" gardening (Ķekava).
Along with tomatoes, various herbs will be exhibited.
As is customary, during the exhibition everyone will be able to buy tomato seeds that have been registered with the State Plant Protection Service of the Republic of Latvia, as well as receive advice from leading Latvian tomato growers.
Exhibition "Tomatoes and herbs 2024" 14.–18.08.2024. opening hours:
W. (14.08.) 10.00–17.00
Th. (15.08.) 10.00–17.00
F. (16.08.) 10.00–17.00
S. (17.08.) 10.00–17.00
Su. (18.08.) 10.00–17.00
Exhibition "Tomatoes and herbs 2024" 14.–18.08.2024. admission:
adults – 3,50 €
seniors, students – 3,00 €*
pupils – 1,70 €*
*ID required
Tickets for exhibition are also available via Mobilly app.
- Ticket price is the same as at the museum's ticket office.
- Please note that free admission tickets, such as preschool-age (up to age 6 including) children, must also be added.
- Your ticket QR will be scanned at the ticket office.
Discounts:
SIA „Jānis Roze” customer card 15% discount on special exhibitions (discount applies to no more than 4 tickets per customer card per visit)
Free admission:
- preschool-age children (up to age 6 including);
- students attending various kinds of special education classes, crisis centres, boarding schools, care centres, orphanages, psycho-social rehabilitation centres, and children’s care centres; residents of shelters and care homes; orphans; children without parents (upon presentation of status documents);
- mass media representatives who are reporting on museum activities (upon presentation of a press pass);
- staff of other museums (upon presentation of an institutional ID card or an International Council of Museums (ICOM) membership card);
- politically repressed individuals (upon presentation of status documents), including Ukrainian civilians with temporary residence permit in Latvia;
- children under age 18 with any disability; adults with Disabled Group I status (and assistant) or adults with Disabled Group II status (upon presentation of documents);
- persons with invitations;
- holders of a museum entrance pass.
