The museum permanent display – domestic culture of rigans in the 17th-19th centuries.

Mentzendorff’s House is one of the most beautiful dwelling houses in Baltic.

It was built in 1695 by Jirgen Helm, glasscutter and Elder of the Small Guild. Up to 1939 the house belonged to several owners and leaseholders. Today, the house is named after its last owner – merchant August Mentzendorff (property of the family from 1900 till 1939). From 1987 till 1992 the house has been renovated by the Polish company PKZ under the guidance of architect Pēteris Blūms. In 1992 the Mentzendorff’s house, a branch of the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation, opened its doors presenting the social culture traditions of wealthy Rigans.

The dating of the paintings served as a basis for selection of interior objects. The objects on display are mainly from the collections of the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation.