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Jelgava History and Art Museum

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Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Jelgava History and Art Museum
Phone:
+371 63 023 383

Address:
Akademijas iela 10, Jelgava 3001, Latvia

Jelgava Gymnasium or Academia Petrina is the oldest higher educational establishment in Latvia. Based on an idea by Friedrich Wilhelm von Raison, it was established in Mitau, capital of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, by Duke Peter von Biron in 1775. The duke wanted to attract professors like Immanuel Kant and Johan Gottfried Herder, but they refused. After the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jelgava became part of the Russian Empire and the gymnasium unsuccessfully petitioned to become a university. Nevertheless, it became an important cultural hub not only for Latvians, but also Lithuanians. Many famous professors had lectured in Academia Petrina for example Johann Benjamin Koppe , Johann August von Starck and Wilhelm Gottlieb Friedrich Beitler . During World War I, the school was evacuated to Taganrog in Rostov Oblast while its 42,000-volume library was burned by troops of Pavel Bermondt-Avalov. During World War II, the historical school building was almost completely destroyed, therefore school was reestablished in new premises. The original building was later restored and now functions as the Ģederts Eliass Jelgava History and Art Museum.
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