RSU Anatomy Museum Opens Doors on Its First Museum Night

Despite the rain and a queue that stretched from Kronvalda bulvāris, across the city canal, all the way down to Muitas iela, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Anatomy Museum attracted 1,397 visitors on Museum Night on 14 May.

This year, the museum invited visitors to look into different inner worlds, both physical and dream worlds, to encourage openness and tolerance. Visitors had the opportunity to view the museum's anatomical, anthropological, and teratological collections free of charge.

The night concluded with a wonderful musical performance of “Iekšējo pasauļu tīrumos” by composer Platons Buravickis. The performance, which was specially created for the museum, took place on the museum’s terrace. In his piece, Buravickis reflects on humans’ inner worlds and interactions.

The Museum would like to thank Platons Buravickis, Einārs Cintiņš, and Toms Mārtiņš Smilga, the Char of the Board of the RSU Student Union. A special thanks goes to the many student volunteers, without whom this evening would not have been possible!

The RSU Anatomy Museum first opened to visitors at the beginning of the summer in 2021. The museum is shaped around the first anatomy studies collection in Latvia that was created in the Anatomicum in the 1920s and 1930s to educate prospective doctors. The new museum has opened its exhibition to everyone and thus offers visitors the opportunity to learn about how diverse bodies are and see that, which is usually only visible to anatomists or surgeons.