Information on museums and tourism atractions

Jelgava is a city with a number of museums and tourism atractions. Below you will find some recommendations what to visit during your stay in Jelgava.

Jelgava Castle, including museum and tombs, is one of them. More information on Jelgava Castle is available at https://www.jelgavaspils.lv/en/jelgava-palace

It is recommned to visit Jelgava Holy Trinity Curch Tower which is the most attended tourism object in Jelgava city. Until 1944 it was The Holy Trinity Church – one of the first Lutheran masonry churches built in Europe, and one of the first masonry building in Jelgava. The church was the largest one in Semigalia and it belonged to a German congregation. More information on Tower is available at: https://visit.jelgava.lv/en/sightseeing/muzeji-un-ekspozicijas/item/81-jelgavas-sv-trisvienibas-baznicas-tornis

Another place to visit is Jelgava History and Art Museum of Gederts Elias. The museum building known by its historic name Academia Petrina, was built in 1775 on the initiative of Peter Biron, the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, on the site of the former ducal mansion in the city, and once hosted the first university in Latvia.  More information on museum is available at: https://www.latvia.travel/en/sight/jelgava-history-and-art-museum-gedert-elias

Information on other tourism attractions and sites to visit is available at: https://visit.jelgava.lv/en/