Riga, Latvia, is the home to a huge collection of art nouveau work, perhaps more even than Paris. It therefore makes sense that Riga would be the logical location for the world’s best art nouveau museum, Rīgas Jūgendstila Centrs, in English the Riga Art Nouveau Centre. The building housing the collection was built in 1903 as a private house for Latvian architect Konstantīns Pēkšēns. The site includes the most extravagant Nouveau ceilings, walls, furnishings, and even period costume, but it’s the staircase that captures most people’s attention.

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