Preferred label
Spontaneous shrines
Alternative labels
Impromptu shrines
Makeshift memorials
Spontaneous memorials
Broader term
Shrines
Related terms
Accidents
Disasters
Monuments & memorials
Scope note
Temporary sites in public areas where assemblages of personal mementos, artifacts, and flowers are left in memory of victims of tragic events. These sites serve as places for prayer, mourning, and reflection, and develop in response to the event. They are often (but not always) in proximity to the event.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.