Mākslu Rūme (MR) – a space where different types of art meet. Paintings are permanent residents of Mākslu Rūme. Come in, pour tea from the black clay teapot made by Staņislavs Viļums, and look serenely at the paintings. New paintings and a different perspective come with the change of seasons!

The house is given the status of an architectural monument of national importance and is located on the grounds of the urban planning monument of national importance, the Historical Centre of the City of Jelgava. In the 1813 plan of the city of Jelgava, it is possible to identify the part of the city where the building on 2 Vecpilsētas Street is located. It is a building made of wooden structures, which were no longer permitted to be built in Jelgava under the building regulations of 1813, so there is reason to believe that the house’s origins date before 1813.

In the second half of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, it was a residential house with a warehouse next to it.

In the block of Jelgava Vecpilsētas Street, where the House of Latvian traditions and crafts is located, a unique historic street network and density pattern have been preserved to this day. The building area was formed between the 18th and 19th centuries. It is the oldest building part of the city of Jelgava that was not destroyed during World War II.

In 2008, a memorial sign Dobeles vārti (Dobele gates) was installed next to the house of Latvian traditions and crafts, symbolically marking the location of one of the city’s historical gates in the 17th century. From Dobeles vārti, a road of nails winds along the ground, marking the location of the ancient city’s rampart. The nailed road in the streets leads from the crossing of Dobele and Vecpilsētas streets to the crossing of Uzvaras and Ausekļa streets. All 800 hammered nails were made at a local blacksmith in Jelgava.