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In connection with the inclusion of Gdańsk in the so-called COVID-19 red zone and numerous questions concerning the opening of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk from 16 October this year, we inform that our facility will be open to visitors.
On 2 October 2020, the Undersecretary of Culture and National Heritage Jarosław Sellin appointed
Dr. Karol Nawrocki as the director of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk for another term of office (2020-2027).
A total of 110 applications have been submitted to the competition for urban and architectural concept design of the Military Cemetery of the Polish Soldiers at Westerplatte
The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk is first in the world to launch a project that merges VR and AR technologies for digitally recreated historical events and sites.
A dedicated WBMF website and a mobile devices app have been merged to provide an exciting user experience. Extensive educational content is accessed by means of VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) technologies.
Address of the President of The Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda delivered at Westerplatte, during the celebrations of the 81th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II:
In Autumn 2019 archeologists from Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk discovered the remains of 9 Westerplatte defenders.
On August 25, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in Jan Olszewski’s Conference Hall a presentation of architectural project outlines to construct Westerplatte and the War of 1939 Museum will be held.This is to meet the expectations of the public who deserve to be better informed regarding the planned Westerplatte museum construction project.
From 15 July 2020 the exhibition “The Image of Treblinka in the Eyes of Samuel Willenberg” will be available to visitors of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk. The exhibition will feature sculptures showing the tragic fate suffered by the prisoners of the German extermination camp in Treblinka. Free admission.
