Aktualności
We invite you to the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk for the temporary exhibition ‘THE FOREST - Refuge of Victims. Hideout of Crime’, with the opening scheduled for August 30th, 2024.
In May and June 2024, 58,611 and 54,569 guests respectively visited the main exhibition of the Museum of the Second World War (MSWW) in Gdańsk. These numbers are record highs since the museum opened in March 2017.
Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. This was the largest battle in the history of Polish arms, involving not only soldiers of the uprising units but also civilians. On August 1st, a 63-day struggle for freedom began.
The concrete sculpture sign ‘Westerplatte’ is one of the symbols of this battlefield. Created in the late 1980s at the entrance to the peninsula, it was intended to serve as an introductory element—something that many believed was previously lacking.
Recently, we informed you about the 22nd edition of the Rally Along the Route of the 5th Vilnius Brigade of the Home Army led by Major Szendzielarz ‘Łupaszka’.
We are pleased to inform you that the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Hanna Wróblewska, by an order dated July 2nd, 2024, has completed the appointment of the members of the Museum Council at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk. The Council is composed of thefollowing persons:
The heart of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk is the main exhibition, covering over 6,000 square meters, making it one of the largest narrative exhibitions in the world.
This year's edition of the original project by the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk began with the unveiling of a mural promoting the third edition of the Festival.
On June 14th-15th, 2024, the latest edition of the European Days of Archaeology, coordinated by the National Institute of Heritage, took place at Westerplatte.
