Experts' Choice Award Museum of Occupations and Freedom Struggles
What the experts agree on
Housed in the former KGB headquarters, this haunting museum documents Soviet oppression through personal artifacts and preserved prison spaces, including the basement execution room—essential but deeply sobering.
Fodor's "Plaques take you through a litany of horrors in the basement of the former KGB prison...the former execution room now has a floor made entirely of glass cases displaying objects recovered" Full review
Atlas Obscura "This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime. " Full review
Independent "The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights – commonly referred to as the “KGB museum”, due to the fact it’s in the Soviet secret police’s former HQ – is a harrowing but essential glimpse into the bleaker parts of the city’s history"
