The application provides a possibility to learn in detail about 20 exciting exhibits from the collection of
the Rīga Stradiņš University Anatomy Museum.
Application
The museum multimedia app provides a possibility to explore in detail exciting exhibits from the museum
collection. After downloading the application, go to museum and find the exhibits highlighted in the
exposition. Scanning the exhibit’s QR code you will open the app section where you can view the
exhibits from all sides, learn their history, delve into anatomy and listen to experts’ comments.
Offsite application
The app content is fully available when visiting the museum’s exposition. When the exhibit’s QR code is
scanned, the respective app section will be available also offsite after the visit to the museum.
About the museum
The Rīga Stradiņš University Anatomy Museum at is a specific museum with a historical collection and a
modern approach. It is a place where to learn about the versatility of the human body. Moreover, to learn
about it in reality – to see what usually is seen only by the surgeon or anatomist. The museum is
developed on the basis of the first anatomical collection for study purposes in Latvia. It was started in the
Anatomy Theatre in the first half of the 20th century and since 2020 anyone interested is welcome to get
acquainted with the new collection.
20 exciting exhibits
The museum displays anatomical specimens – organs and parts of the body – the anatomists prepared for
the training of medical students in the 1920s-1930s. Even today, they help people to learn about human
anatomy, its normalcy and variations, human development and deviations from the norm. On the one
hand, 20 exciting exhibits give an overview about all the main themes of the exposition. On the other
hand, each of them is unique with its own extraordinary story.