The History Museum of Riga Technical University during 50 Years of Activity (1967-2017)

Inženierzinātņu un augstskolu vēsture 2017
Ilze Gudro, Alīda Zigmunde, Rūta Lapsa, Inga Peneze

The article presents the activities of the History Museum of Riga Technical University (RTU) from its foundation in 1967 until the autumn of 2017. Right from the start, it was intended to have a room for the exposition on history, but already after the inauguration of the first exposition, it was given the name of the museum. The first premises of the museum were at 1a Kaļķu Street (in those days - Lenin Street) on the 10th floor of the then Riga Polytechnic Institute. In the 90s of the 20th century, the museum moved to the premises of the Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry at 14/24 Āzenes Street. In 2016, the Museum moved to its present home at 1 Kronvalda Blvd., where a modernized exposition will be set up. There will be space for the collections and for offices. From 2017, the RTU History Museum is part of the RTU Research Centre for Engineering History. The article presents the tasks of a modern museum, which RTU personnel of the RTU History Museum are aiming to implement.

Keywords
RTU History Museum, RTU Research Centre for Engineering History
DOI
10.7250/IAV.2017.001
Hyperlink
https://iav-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/IAV.2017.001

Gudro, I., Zigmunde, A., Lapsa, R., Peneze, I. The History Museum of Riga Technical University during 50 Years of Activity (1967-2017). Inženierzinātņu un augstskolu vēsture, 2017, Vol. 1, pp. 14-41. ISSN 2592-8155. e-ISSN 2592-8163. Available from: doi:10.7250/IAV.2017.001

Publication language
Latvian (lv)