The Museum of International Propaganda is dedicated to displaying political propaganda from around the world and showcases how repressive regimes of the 20th century used visual communication to manipulate the populace. The museum’s collection boasts political art, photographs and memorabilia amassed over 35 years by curators, Tom and Lilka Areton, including pieces from the significant repressive states of the last century such as Communist China, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany. Notable pieces include a ceramic sculpture of Mao Tse-tung surrounded by four red guards looking up at him in adoration, and a large framed socialist realism painting depicting a Soviet Red Army colonel sitting in front of a farmhouse just liberated from the Germans.

1000 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901, Phone: 415-526-3057

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