Mystery photo: Name this museum!
OK, Cheapos, does this modernist museum ring any bells? Have you been here?
Be the first to guess its identity below! Make sure you give us the city and country, too. (Bonus points for the name of the church in the background.)
Hint: While the museum is dedicated to a rather somber subject, you’ll ultimately leave the building feeling moved and (hopefully) optimistic.
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February 18th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
It looks like it has an ‘equality’ banner hanging on it. Is it some kind of ‘equality museum’?
February 18th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Hmmm…it looks like it’s a Holocaust museum. I’m trying to recall what city this is, though. It’s not Berlin, is it?
February 18th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Nice guesses, both of you. But wrong.
Anyone else?
February 18th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Oh darn it. I thought it might be somewhere in Germany too. Munich?
February 19th, 2009 at 1:45 am
I’m guessing it is in Amsterdam. Am I close?
February 19th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Hi Angela,
Closer… but still 1,800 km away by car! (Hint!)
February 19th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Ok, I’m going to reach way out there and say it’s Stockholm.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Do you mean 1800km from Amsterdam? I’d taking a wild guess, Riga?
February 19th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Correct city! But what’s the name of the museum?
February 19th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Don’t know the name, but that rooftop looks like a Hershey’s bar.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:58 am
Occupational Museum
At first I thought it was Prague, but it’s not 1800km from Amsterdam.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Cool! Never been to Riga, and from your photo I was guessing it was a railroad museum. It looks a little like a station…
For all interested, here’s the link to the museum’s site:
http://www.occupationmuseum.lv/eng/about_us/welcome.html
February 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
looks interesting, i read about this place on http://www.bestriga.com , for sure would like to go there to check out!
February 20th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Hi Frances — congratulations! Good sleuthing. How did you figure out so quickly that it was Riga?
And Angela, I had never been to Riga, either, until last month. I spent an afternoon in the Occupation Museum and learned so much. (It was sooo cold outside when I took this photo. You’ll notice that nobody is walking around!)
Latvia was occupied three times in the 20th Century–first by the Soviet Union from 1939 until they were “liberated” by the Nazis and then occupied during World War II. The Germans stayed in Latvia until the end of the war, when the Soviet Union again took control and didn’t let go until 1991. This museum displays artifacts of each occupation, with historical documents, newspapers, protest art, and more. It’s a sobering exhibit, yet, in the end, they gained their independence.
Thanks to all for guessing!
February 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Wow. Good mystery. I would have NEVER gotten that right.
May 21st, 2009 at 11:03 am
[...] The museum is centrally located in Old Town, next to Town Hall Square (Ratslaukums). The museum is open daily May through September, 11 AM to 6 PM; October through April 11 AM to 5 PM, closed Mondays during this off-season. (The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia was also the answer to our previous “Name this Museum” post.) [...]