MUSEUM OF THE BARRICADES OF 1991 Latvia

Mission & Goals

On 24 May 2001, Society of participants of barricades of 1991 decided to establish Museum of the barricades of 1991, which opened its doors to visitors on 21 August 2001, including three exhibition halls on barricade events. In 2006, a new exposition of the museum was opened, which was awarded an annual prize by the Ministry of Culture in the nomination “Creation of Museum Expositions and Exhibitions”. In 2006, a traveling exhibition of the museum was created – a museum bus, which is very popular to go to the schools in Latvia. In 2014 museum’s exhibition was transformed from three to six rooms reflection to experience of the events of the 1991 barricades.