Riga Motor Museum
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Riga Motor Museum (Rīgas motormuzejs) is the biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries. The museum is a state agency operating under the Transport Ministry. Since 1992, the museum is a member of International Association of Transport and Communication Museums (IATM–ICOM), since 1994 a member of Latvian Museum Association (Latvijas muzeju asociācija), since 2002 – a member of Latvian Transport Development and Education Association (Latvijas transporta un izglītības asociācija). The museum is located at 6 S. Eziensteina street in the Mežciems suburb 20 minute drive to the north of Riga. The museum also fatures a café and a sports club.
The museum was founded in 1989 on an initiative from Latvia Antique Automobile club (AAK)[1]. The building was designed by the Latvian architect V. Valgums. Since 1992 it is a state museum.
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