Grestomathy

A legend of a museum's birth from a collector's spirit

Grestomathy — Plot

Jānis Greste collected various objects throughout his life and hoped that they would be useful for education in the future. His energy was harder than a rock. A hundred years ago, he created the the beginning of the modern Latvian National Museum of Literature. That is why even today we can see a piece of soap that Emīls Dārziņš used to wash himself with, or a board on which Rainis wrote.

• Release date
• November 30, 2025
• Runtime
• 23 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History
• Director
• Betija Zvejniece