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Museum of the Occupation of Latvia

Logo: Latvijas Okupācijas muzejs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Museum in Riga, Latvia

The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Okupācijas muzejs) is a museum and history education institution 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 1940–1941, then by Nazi Germany in 1941–1944, and then again by the USSR in 1944–1991. Official visits to Latvia by top level representatives of other countries normally include a visit to the Museum of the Occupation.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1
  • HeadquartersRiga, Latvia1
  • Websiteokupacijasmuzejs.lv/en
  • Legal formassociation1
  • LEI254900MMVJ73UV1CKT233
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressLatviešu strēlnieku laukums 1, LV-1050 Rīga, Latvia3
  • Registered withRegister of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia, 400080188483

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Museum of the Occupation of Latvia (09.09.2022)
Photo: Nenea hartia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Okupācijas muzejs) is a museum and history education institution 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 1940–1941, then by Nazi Germany in 1941–1944, and then again by the USSR in 1944–1991. Official visits to Latvia by top level representatives of other countries normally include a visit to the Museum of the Occupation.2

The story

The museum was established in 1993 after Paulis Lazda, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, proposed the idea to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia to create a museum covering the occupation period of Latvia, from 1940 to 1991. This led to the establishment of the Occupation Museum Foundation (OMF), now the Occupation Museum Association (OMB), in spring 1993. The OMF was made of 11 people who aimed to establish, administer and finance the museum.

The first exhibition of the museum opened on 1 July 1993. The exhibition covered the period of the first Soviet occupation of Latvia from 1940 to 1941. The museum was expanded in the following years to cover the whole occupation period.

From Wikipedia’s article on Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

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