The collections of the Museum include ca 55 000 units, 36 000 of them belonging to the core of the collection.
Remarkable parts of the collections:
- working tools connected to the crafts on Daugava
- household objects
- photographs and postcards
- documents
- negative files
The Museum also holds the scientific records collection made of oral history materials written down during ethnographic expeditions along the River Daugava including following subjects:
- Landscape of the River Daugava
- History of the Daugava trade route
- Floods on the River Daugava
- Hydraulic constructions built on the river
- Ecology issues of the Daugava
- Settlements along the Daugava valley
- Crafts and occupations along the river
- The River Daugava in folklore, literature and arts
- History of the town Salaspils
The small planet named "DUNA"
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Museum of the River Daugava – a member of the UNESCO program World Memory
