Discover Gulbene!

Druviena Heritage Centre  is the only one in Gulbene county with this kind of offer. Druviena Heritage Centre have prepared a wide and interesting offer for children, class collectives, families with children, as well as anyone who  is interested in. There is both a constant and a changing offer.

The visitors can take a look at native home of Apsīšu Jēkabs and take a moment of rest in this country house while listening to stories about the writer itself.

“Saulieši” is a former servant house of Lizuma manor, which was built in early 19th century. It was assigned to Marta, a mother of Jānis Brekte, in the year 1922 for her husbands merits in fights of Freedom. Downstairs there are several painting workshops and the rooms with antique and memorial objects in honour of Jānis Brekte.

The message of the Soviet period and the renewed Latvian times, more than 450 exhibits in the shoe collection, a collection of angels.

The exposition displays costumes, awards, choir flangs, furniture of Imants Kokars, and other interior items.

There are more than 1000 exhibits about economic activities of the village and its culture historical heritage that characterizes influence of different historical periods on life of local people.

Ancient tools and household items of Lejasciems. Thematic exhibitions. Zenta Mauriņa’s memorial room.

Visitors can feel the atmosphere of the USSR period in interactive activities: forming legends on historical evidences, participating in choir singing, dancing Letkis, making paper air-planes and hlapuška (small fireworks). You can see unique historical evidences from late Iron Age, North War, the 19th century and the time of beginning of independent Latvia. Interesting stories and thematic activities are offered.