"Nature - Strength Trail" of Oskars Kalpaks Museum Trail

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 "Airīes", Zirņu pagasts, Saldus novads, Latvia
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The nature trail was created in the territory adjacent to the museum and is based on the idea of the design of the O. Kalpaks Museum and its surroundings in 1936.The nature trail is free of charge for individual museum visitors.

The nature trail features wooden sculptures created during a woodworkers' plein-air workshop organised by the Kuldīga Technology and Tourism Technical School on the unifying theme - "For the Love of Freedom". Also on display are large-format paintings from the plein-air "Guard your Fatherland!" artworks painted by teams of schoolchildren from the surrounding regions.

A mini-air-track has also been created in the nature trail for the youngest visitors of the museum.

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