“Jāzeps Baško – Gaisa Fūrmanis” (“Jāzeps Baško – Air Cabman”) Exhibition of Preiļi Museum of History and Applied Arts Museum

The exhibition “Jāzeps Baško – Air Driver” was created in 2014 and is dedicated to the 125th birthday of the outstanding countryman, aviator, commander of the “Iļja Muromec” squadron, organizer of the Latvian Air Force, General Jāzeps Baško and the 100th anniversary of World War I. The exhibition of the museum’s collection is designed as a design object – a 6-fold reduced model of the “Iļja Muromec” aircraft, on which information can be found in the form of text and images. The exhibition is enriched by deposits from the collections of the Latvian War Museum and newly acquired information from the Latvian State Historical Archives, the Spilve Aviation Museum and materials from the private archives of individual individuals.