Looking in the Eye: A Century of Vision Care

19.04.2024.

Vision is one of the human senses that help perceive and comprehend the world. As we recall what we have seen, our memories are formed. According to the data of the World Health Organization, nearly one in every four people in the world today suffers from an eyesight problem of some kind and requires daily special care for their eye health. What are the options provided by various areas of vision care, including, first and foremost, primary diagnostics and optometry? What are the basic principles of the diagnostic equipment, geometry of vision correction and production of eyeglasses for vision correction? What is the role they have played in the vision care methods over the last century? The connections between centuries-old and current developments in the world of the bespectacled will be revealed in a talk by optometrist Miks Puķītis. 

Miks Puķītis started his professional education as a student in the Bachelor Programme in Natural Sciences at the University of Latvia and then went on to pursue theoretical and practical studies of optometry in professional programmes both in Latvia and at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in Spain and the US military healthcare programme. Puķītis is currently a practicing optometrist in his family business with branches in Kurzeme and Vidzeme. 

Admission to the events with an entrance ticket to the museum: adults – EUR 5.00; students and seniors – EUR 3.00; school students – EUR 2.00. 

Event: 19.04.2024. at 17:30

The lecture will take place in the conference hall of the museum on the 1st floor. More information about accessibility in the museum.