The museum today

The mission of the War museum is to save collective, historical memory of the nation about political and militarily history of Latvia, the influence of the military conflicts (especially 20th century World Wars) on the destiny of the nation and the reflection of these conflicts consequences, the historical character of Latvian soldiers and the popularization of the state defence system.
There are 76 workers in the museum at present, 30 of them are specialists.

The structure of the museum consists of the following departments:
Medieval and Modern history Department;
1st World War history Department;
Interwar period history Department;
2nd World War history Department;
Post-war history Department;
Weapons Department;
Restoration Department;
Public Relations Department;
Photonegative Department.

Aija Fleija is the Director of the Military museum from 1991.