The Finnish University Network for Tourism Studies (FUNTS) Matkailualan verkostoyliopisto (MAVY)
Abstract
I will discuss five sites of Soviet period dark heritage: three occupation museums
in the capital cities of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, a Soviet sculpture park in Lithuanian
countryside and a cultural park in a former prison in Tallinn, Estonia. All but the last one
have an important role in the local tourist scene. My purpose is to find out how the traumatic
Soviet past is presented at the sites and what kind of different modes of display are used. I will
also discuss the ways the sites have been interpreted by the visitors
