The Museum of the Soviet Occupation is a permanent exhibition displaying archive documents, photo and video materials following the timeline of Georgia’s history from the short-lived independence between 1918 and 1921 to the Soviet army crackdown on the pro-independence rally in 1989 and the declaration of Georgia’s independence in 1991. Other exhibits include protocols of dissidents’ examinations, orders to shoot or exile, personal files of the repressed people, artifacts from Soviet-era prison cells. In addition to the Soviet security (KGB) and Communist Party archival reserves, which have survived to be evacuated from Georgia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, many documents and visual material have been provided by several public organizations and the dissidents’ families. The museum publishes thematic collections and regularly invites historians to deliver public lectures on Georgia’s 20th-century history.