Director Kadri Viires Address 10142 Tallinn, Estonia | Public transit access Tõnismägi, TLT Phone +372 668 0250 | |
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Established 1 July 2003 (2003-07-01) Location Toompea 8, Tallinn, Estonia Type History museum, Memorial museum Curator Martin Andreller, Jean-Loup Rousselot Hours Open today · 11AM–6PMWednesday11AM–6PMThursday11AM–6PMFriday11AM–6PMSaturday11AM–6PMSunday11AM–6PMMondayClosedTuesday11AM–6PMSuggest an edit Similar Kumu, Estonian Maritime Museum, Kadriorg Palace, Estonian Open Air Museum, Seaplane Harbour | ||
Estonian contemporary architecture museum of occupations tallinn
The Museum of Occupations (Estonian: Okupatsioonide muuseum) in Tallinn, Estonia, is located at the corner of Toompea St. and Kaarli Blvd. It was opened on July 1, 2003, and is dedicated to the 1940-1991 period in the history of Estonia, when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and then again by the Soviet Union. During most of this time the country was known as the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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- Estonian contemporary architecture museum of occupations tallinn
- Establishment of the museum of occupations in 2002 2003
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The museum is managed by the Kistler-Ritso Estonian Foundation. The foundation is named after Dr. Olga Kistler-Ritso, the founder, president, and financial supported of the foundation. The members of the foundation started to collect articles for the museum and for historical study in 1999. Cooperation was set with Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of the Crimes Against Humanity, the Estonian State Commission on Examination of the Policies of Repression, Memento Association, the Research Centre of the Soviet Era in Estonia, as well as with the Russian Memorial Society dedicated to victims of Soviet repressions, and other organizations.