Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum is a museum in

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. The museum is dedicated to the folklorist

Krišjānis Barons Krišjānis Barons (October 31, 1835 – March 8, 1923) was a Latvian writer who is known as the "father of the Daina (Latvia), dainas" (), largely thanks to his systematization of the Latvian folk song, folk songs, and his labour in preparing ...

and was established on October 31, 1985.

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