Riga Motor Museum
Rīgas Motormuzejs
The largest vintage car museum in the Baltic region, displaying the limousines of Stalin, Brezhnev and other Soviet leaders.
The Riga Motor Museum opened in 1989 and was fully renovated in 2016. It is the largest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic region, with more than 100 cars, motorcycles and bicycles, ranging from early European automobiles and the Latvian-made Russo-Balt brand to Soviet-era Volgas and ZILs. The most famous exhibits are Stalin’s armored ZIS-115 limousine and a Rolls-Royce that Brezhnev crashed (a “crash scene” complete with a driver and wax figures). The multimedia interactive areas are good for families. Tickets cost about €12 (check the official website). Located in the Mežciems district on the eastern edge of the city, it is about 25 minutes away by bus.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
- Mežaparks & Riga Zoo
- Riga Brothers' Cemetery
- Latvian Academy of Sciences Observation Deck
- Nativity of Christ Cathedral
- Spīķeri Creative Quarter
- Latvian National Museum of Art
- Riga Central Market