Riga Ghetto Museum

Riga Ghetto Museum - darkometer rating : 4 - A partly open-air kind of museum in Riga that is about the Riga Ghetto specifically but also about the Holocaust in Latvia in general. > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: in general see under Riga and also the Jews in Latvia Museum and cf. Rumbula , Bikernieku , Kaiserwald as well as the Janis Lipke Memorial Museum . The Riga Ghetto Museum is a fairly recent addition to the city's dark museum portfolio. The first part was opened in September 2010, the Green House (see below) followed in 2011, and the site continues to develop. In recent years additional indoor exhibitions have been added and the outdoor part now features a deportation train carriage. Its physical exhibition is augmented by a dedicated website (at rgm.lv) that tells a few selected stories from the Holocaust (including Janis Lipke's ) in a rather “cartoonified” trimmed-down way, which also appears to be specifically made for viewing on smartphones. So it will be well-suited for younger generations who rather get into the topic through such simple, brief dramatizations. Also integrated into the website is a virtual walk through the area of the former ghetto, featuring recorded commentaries (in heavily accented English) that are allegedly spoken by Holocaust/ghetto survivors. Street View images of today are furthermore contrasted with historic photos.