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Liepāja History & Art Museum
A collection of carved amber ornaments dating back 1500 years is just one of the highlights of a visit to the Liepāja History & Art Museum. Other exhibits include impressive Stone and Bronze Age artefacts unearthed on local archaeological digs, an interesting collection of old jewellery and weapons and vintage memorabilia from both world wars. At the seaside end of the same street is a monument to sailors and fishermen who died at sea.
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Occupation Museum
The sobering Occupation Museum traces the bloody history of the Soviet and Nazi occupation in Latvia, with an emphasis on Liepāja. A visit here is a moving, albeit disturbing, experience and should be on any Liepāja agenda. Captions are in Latvian, but no words are needed to explain the powerful photographs and images of the 1939-40 deportations to Siberia (an estimated 2000 people from Liepāja were deported), the genocide committed against Latvian Jews and the fight for independence in 1991.
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Okupāciju režīmos (Occupation Museum)
This museum traces the history of Soviet and Nazi occupations in Latvia, with an emphasis on Liepāja. A visit here is a moving, albeit disturbing experience: captions are in Latvian, but words aren't needed to explain the powerful images of the 1939-40 deportations to Siberia, the genocide committed against Latvian Jews and the independence struggle in 1991.
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