The Rainis Centre is a new cultural place in the vicinity of Griva, which operates under the auspices of the Daugavpils Regional Studies and Art Museum, offering Daugavpils residents and city guests to get to know the history, cultural heritage and notable personalities of the left bank of the Daugava.
Three expositions are offered to visitors for viewing in the Centre, which allows to get to know not only the history of Griva and Rainis, but also other personalities related to Griva, important in the history of Latvia, such as botanist, plant geographer, mathematician and philosopher Karl Reinhold Kupfer and graphic artist, one of the coat of arms of Latvia to the creators, Rihards Zariņš, the author of securities, banknotes and coins, who lived and studied in Griva at the end of the 19th century.
The Rainis Centre was opened in the building of the former J. Raiņa Daugavpils 6th elementary school.
The Rainis Centre is open to visitors every working day from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., on Saturdays and Sundays the Centre is closed.