A sign on the building includes the following information in English:
"THE LIVING HOUSE
The dwelling house from Kurzeme (Curland) was built in the 40-ies of the 19th century in Liepaja district, Rucava parish, "Veckerves" farmstead, at present Rucava municipality.
Since 2000/2001 it is at the museum.
The building was removed and restored on the money raised from donations and the resources allotted by the Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia.
The type of construction, the layout and the outer appearance of the building is characteristic of the South West Kurzeme (Curland) rural wooden architecture of those days, of more ancient times and up to the beginning of the 20th century. In the centre of the building there is an entrance hall. On one side of the hall there are three chimney walls, that enclose the open hearth - kitchen, and the heated swelling room for the people and the farmer's family. On the other side of the hall is a cool chamber to sleep in summer season. Next to it - one more separate room - a store room - a flour mill. In the 19th century the farmer's family, one or two farmhands' families and some more single farmhands lived in there. Usually there were 15-20 people of different age all together, who lived there."
The following information about the Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum is from Wikipedia (
visit link) :
"Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum (Latvian: Latvijas Etnografiskais Brivdabas Muzejs) is a museum in Riga, Latvia. It is an open-air museum, situated in a forest park area beside a lake just outside the capital, with farmers village houses, moved from different districts of the country.
The museum was established in 1924, inspired by open-air museums in Scandinavia. The plan was to establish a farm from the four regions, Courland, Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale, supplied by buildings representing different crafts. In 1932 the museum was opened to the public; in 1939 there were 40 buildings erected. Today 118 buildings are on display, as well as more than 3000 items. Most ethnic groups in Latvia are represented in the museum. The collections count approximately 114,000 items."