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Kurland Provincial Museum and Athenaeum

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Kurland Provincial Museum and Athenaeum

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Kurland Provincial Museum and Athenaeum (Kurländischen Provinzial-Museums und Athenäum) was Kurzeme Society of Literature and Art museum with library. It was founded in 1818 in Mitau (since 1917 Jelgava), at that time the capital of Courland Governorate of Russian Empire.

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