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Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. For adults. For students. For children up to 7 years of age, schoolchildren, repressed persons, the disabled and their companions, employees of other Latvian museums, ICOM members, those serving in the Latvian military service, citizens of Ukraine.
The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia ( Latvian: Latvijas Okupācijas muzejs) is a museum and historic educational institution located in Riga, Latvia. It was established in 1993 to exhibit artifacts, archive documents, and educate the public about the 51-year period in the 20th century when Latvia was successively occupied by the USSR in 1940 ...
exhibits about the life and culture of Latvians in exile during the occupation; evidence of popular resistance against the foreign powers: guerrilla fights, national resistance group activities. The new museum exhibition offers a journey through the labyrinth of Latvian history from 1940 to 1991.
- Raiņa bulvāris 7, Rīga, LV-1050
An essential place to visit on a trip to Riga, this museum provided so much information on the 50 years of Soviet (& briefly, Nazi) occupation between 1940-1991. It may not be much fun as there are so many disturbing facts and poignant artifacts and photos, but it conveys the long and brutal history incredibly well.
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- Latvie\u0161u str\u0113lnieku laukums 1, Riga
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This museum colourfully details Latvia’s Soviet and Nazi occupations between 1940 and 1991. Some of the exhibits are disturbing, including first-hand accounts of the murder of Rīga's once-substantial Jewish population, a re-creation of a gulag cell and many photographs that detail the atrocities.
Follow. Museum of the Occupation of Latvia is an historic educational institution located in Riga, Latvia. It was established in 1993 to exhibit artifacts, archive documents, and...
