On 26 October this year, at 16:00, the exhibition “200 of Latvian Newspapers: Towards a Media Society” will open in the exhibition hall of the Museum of History and Art Ęederts Elias Jelgava, jointly organized by the National Library of Latvia and the Museum of History and Art Ęederts Elias Jelgava.
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As “Delphi” informs representatives of the Latvian National Library (LNB), the exhibition was created as part of the “Latvian Book 500” event series, celebrating the importance and influence of the Latvian written word in society and culture. over the centuries . In 2025 we will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Latvian book and the path will be illuminated by the cycle of different events “500 Latvian books”, implemented by the Latvian National Library in collaboration with other cultural and memory institutions.
Jelgava was chosen as the venue for the exhibition, where the first Latvian-language newspaper “Latviešu Avīzes” was published in 1822, thus starting the era of journalism, the continuation of which can be seen today in the functioning of Internet news portals, electronic media and other media.
The exhibition chronicles the activity of “Latviešu Avīžu” for more than 94 years, until the First World War interrupted it in 1915. The exhibition features prominent personalities who participated in the creation of “Latviesu Avīžu”, as well as allows you to browse the newspaper’s news columns, where you can read both important and sensational events and daily events in Kurzeme, the Baltic States and around the world.
The first editor of “Latviešu Avīžu”, Karls Fridrich Watsons, once jokingly called his newspaper “immortal newspaper”. He was right: the “Latviesu Avīzes” are immortal not only in the history of the media, but also – an eternal value in the history and culture of Latvia.
The author of the contents of the exhibition is Dr. Vita Zelče story, drawn by Una Grants
The exhibition will be on display at the Ęedertas Elias Jelgava Museum of History and Art at 10 Akadēmijas Street until January 25, 2023.
