There is a Meadow Museum about the farming of meadows in the past and the present.

The village of Kaldabruņa in Sēlija has a wealth of ancient traditions that have been handed down from generation to generation and preserved in oral history and work.  The Meadow Museum is a place where the traditions are accumulated, and people who know about them gather there.  The museum was established at a 100-year-old building that used to house a preschool.  It was set up by the "Water Signs" organisation. 

Ieva Jātniece was one of the funders of the Meadow Museum and is a story-teller who also runs a glass processing workshop where she transforms windowpanes into jewellery with elegant impressions of meadow plants.  Ingrīda speaks with a sonorous Selonian dialect which differs a bit from classical Latvian.  Andra, in turn, will take you to the garden of medicinal plants, where you will be able to choose plants for herbal tea.  She will prepare a tasty meal from things that are available at Kaldabruņa and offer a tour of a wood processing workshop where Andra operates a laser cutting system to prepare designs for original souvenirs. 

Visit Kaldabruņa to get a true sense of the diversity of a rural lifestyle.  This is an environment in which ancient traditions organically live together with modern technologies.

THE PROGRAMME:

• Arrival at the Meadow Museum to meet the hosts and take a tour of the museum's exhibition;
• Demonstration of the "Midnight Meadow" multimedia projection;
• A stroll through the garden of medicinal plants to learn how to brew tea from various plants; during the spring and summer, guests are invited to prepare mixtures of teas from dried plants;
• A visit to the specialised wood processing workshop where a demonstration of laser engraving will be available along with a story about how the relevant souvenirs are designed;
• A visit to the glass workshop and jewellery salon, where Ingrīda will talk all about the route to the glass meadows; you will be able to examine the way in which the jewellery and interior design objects are manufactured and purchase some to take home with you if you wish to do so;
• A creative workshop where each guest is invited to produce his or her own piece of glass jewellery;
• A meal with conversation served outside or indoors by the fireplace, depending on the season.