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Dark Tourism - Prisons

Collected by: University of Michigan, School of Information

Archived since: Mar, 2013

Description:

The Dark Tourism Collection archives websites on the phenomenon called “dark tourism.” Our goal for this collection is to enable exploration of the motivations behind the creation of dark tourism sites, as well as reasons for visiting them. The initial foci of the Dark Tourism Collection is prison sites from the late 19th to 20th century.

Subject:   Society & Culture prisons tourism tourism--research

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Title: Institute for Dark Tourism - Research Publications

URL: http://lgn1331135353.site-fusion.co.uk/research-publications

Description: The Dark Tourism Collection archives websites on the phenomenon called “dark tourism.” The Institute for Dark Tourism, based at the University of Central Lancashire in Lancashire, England, is the only existing research institute on dark tourism. The Institute’s publications cover dark tourism and heritage broadly.

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Subject:   prisons prisons - research tourism

Title: The Clink Prison Museum

URL: http://www.clink.co.uk/

Description: The Dark Tourism Collection archives websites on the phenomenon called “dark tourism.” The Clink Prison Museum is built on the site of one of England’s oldest prisons, which dates back to 1144.

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Subject:   prisons tourism tourism - research

URL: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/de/Dublin/Kilmainham-gefangnis/

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Title: Kilmainham Gaol

URL: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/dublin/kilmainhamgaol/

Description: The Dark Tourism Collection archives websites on the phenomenon called “dark tourism.” Kilmainham Gaol, located in Dublin, Ireland, was built in 1796 and decommissioned in 1924. It is noted for being the site of the imprisonment of many Irish nationalist leaders in Irelands struggles for independence.

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Subject:   prisons tourism prisons - research

URL: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/fr/Dublin/PrisondeKilmainaham/

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URL: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/ga/BaileAthaCliath/PriosunChillMhaighneann/

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URL: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/it/Dublino/PrigionediKilmainham/

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URL: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/pl/Dublin/WizienieKilmainham/

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Title: Alcatraz Island - Alcatraz Island

URL: http://www.nps.gov/alca/

Description: The Dark Tourism Collection archives websites on the phenomenon called “dark tourism.” Alcatraz, also known as “The Rock,” was a federal prison from 1933-1963. It is notorious due to its isolation in the San Francisco Bay and the notable escape attempts.

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Subject:   prisons tourism prisons - research

Title: Alcatraz Island - Museum Collections at The Rock

URL: http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/alca/overview.html

Description: Online exhibit includes "include objects made by notorious inmates, historic photographs and documents, escape materials and inmate artwork; items used by officers including correctional materials when Alcatraz was a federal penitentiary from 1934-1963; military prison period materials from 1859-1934; and the American Indian occupation of 1969 -1971."

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Subject:   prisons prisons - research tourism

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