Contemporary Narrations of the Soviet Past in Lithuanian Museums

• In Event: Memory Culture in Post-Soviet Museums

Abstract

Soviet memory culture in Lithuania appears to be in motion; this momentum of re-consideration is manifested for instance by interventions in public space, such as the renewed wave of dismantling of statues, removing of plaques or changing names of public institutions. My paper discusses how this dynamic is reflected in the museum sphere and examines narrative representations of Lithuania's past. Through historic exhibitions and interviews with the museum practitioners who developed them, it explores elements of change, diversification and contestation in the museums' narrations of the Soviet past.

Author

• Lea Garcia, Greifswald U (Germany)