Collection of documents of the Central Commitee of the Latvian Communist Party

Control of the cultural life in Latvia was one of functions of the Latvian Communist Party (LCP) Central Committee (CC). The collection of documents furnishes rich information about the formulation and implementation of LCP CC cultural policy, about ‘deviations’ from the official path committed by the cultural opposition, and about attempts to use Latvian culture for the political ends of the Soviet regime in 1940-1991.

Location:
- Rīga Kurzemes prospekts 5, Latvia LV-1067
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Date of founding:
- 1945
Featured items:
- Plenary Meeting of the Latvian Communist Party Central Committee on October 9-10, 1957: On Work with Intelligentsia. Stenographic account

EXAT 51 and New Tendencies at the Tošo Dabac Archive

The largest collection of photographs in Croatia, and one of the most complete in the world. It consists of the works of the most famous Croatian photographers, who documented everyday life of Croatia from the 1920s until his death in 1970, including the activity of EXAT 51 and New Tendencies.

Location:
- Zagreb Ilica 17, Croatia 10000
Topics:
- avant-garde, neo-avant-garde
- popular culture
Date of founding:
- 1940
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Fortepan

Fortepan is an extensive online collection of photos documenting the 20^th century until 1990. All the photos fall under creative commons license. Started as a private non-profit initiative, it grew out of a core collection of 5,000 images, and it has been dynamically expanding as both institutions and private individuals have donated photos. Images are largely about scenes of life in Hungary, but there is a growing number of photos that were taken in other countries. Fortepan is the largest free-use digital photo collection covering, among other things, cultural opposition under communism in Eastern Europe. Underground music scenes, alternative theatre and film, grey zone cultural activities, and the democratic and populist opposition are all topics covered in the collection.

Location:
- Budapest Mária tér 4, Hungary 1011
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Date of founding:
- 2010
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Goran Pavelić Pipo Photo Archive

The photo archive of Goran Pavelić Pipo contains over 15,000 negatives. The photographs are mainly black and white, and on them Pavelić recorded rock concerts and everyday life around the popular Zagreb cafés Zvečka, Blato and Kavkaz in the period from the late 1970s to the late 1980s, also known as the new wave era. His photographs were conceptually and aesthetically opposed to the photographs in the then official press, such as Večernji list, Vjesnik or Borba, and thus represented a kind of cultural opposition. The Pavelić Photo Archive is extremely important to an understanding the phenomenon of the new wave and the contemporary urban scene in socialist Zagreb.

Location:
- Zagreb, Croatia
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Date of founding:
- 1974
Featured items:
- Concert of the rock band Azra in Gospić, 1978. Photo

Hungarian Rock Museum and Hall of Fame

The Rock Museum was established in 2014 as a grassroots initiative by former musicians, experts, and collectors. The museum is the first collection in Hungary that presents documents and items of importance to the Hungarian rock and popular music scene (with an international and primarily regional focus) from the late 1950s to the present. Generally, the phenomenon of rock music under state socialism is considered a form of cultural resistance.

Location:
- 1133 Budapest Kárpát utca 23 , Hungary
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Date of founding:
- 2014
Featured items:
- Jolana Grazioso Guitar, 1958.