Main exhibition

About the exibition
Permanent exhibition About the exibition
  • Bilet: Regular: 23 zł, Reduced: 16 zł
  • Lokalizacja: Level -3
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 3 hours
The heart of the Museum is the permanent exhibition of 5,000 m2, which makes it one of the largest historical museum exhibitions on the world.…
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The road to war
The road to war
  • Bilet: Regular: 23 zł, Reduced: 16 zł
  • Lokalizacja: Level -3
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 3 hours
The first narrative bloc, entitled: The road to war, is devoted to the origins of the conflict. It focuses on depicting the powers that sought to…
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The horrors of war
The horrors of war
  • Bilet: Regular: 23 zł, Reduced: 16 zł
  • Lokalizacja: Level -3
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 3 hours
The dominant theme of the narrative bloc The horros of war  are the daily lives of ordinary people.  War viewed through the prism of the fates of…
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The war's long shadow
The war's long shadow
  • Bilet: Regular: 23 zł, Reduced: 16 zł
  • Lokalizacja: Level -3
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 3 hours
The third bloc of the exhibition is called The war’s long shadow. The third bloc of the exhibition links the story of the end of the war – the fall…
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Exhibition for children ‘Time travel’
Exhibition for children ‘Time travel’
  • Bilet: Children: 8 zł, Adult: 13 zł
  • Lokalizacja: Level -3
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 3 hours
The ‘Time travel’ is a part of the Museum’s permanent exhibition addressed at children below the age of 12. It is a reconstruction of a flat of a…
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Wystawa plenerowa na Westerplatte
Exhibition on westerplatte
  • Bilet: Admission free
  • Lokalizacja: Westerplatte
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 3 hours
The outdoor exhibition "Westerplatte:  A spa – a bastion – a symbol", which had been curated by the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk was…
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Westerplatte educational path
Westerplatte educational path
  • Bilet: Admission free
  • Lokalizacja: Westerplatte
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 3 hours
Educational path on Westerplatte was opened in June 2011 r. The educational trail on Westerplatte complements the "Westerplatte: A spa – a bastion –…
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Temporary exhibition

Exhibition “Poles in the Free City of Gdańsk”
Exhibition “Poles in the Free City of Gdańsk”
The exhibition “Poles in the Free City of Gdańsk” presents the fates of the Polish minority, which has served Poland since the beginning of WMG’s […
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WYSTAWA „THE AIRMEN” OD 6 GRUDNIA NA PLACU PRZED MUZEUM II WOJNY ŚWIATOWEJ
EXHIBITION „THE AIRMEN” FROM 6 DECEMBER IN THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
EXHIBITION „THE AIRMEN” FROM 6 DECEMBER IN THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR The exhibition will showcase in an innovative…
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Temporary exhibition “Fighting and Suffering. Polish citizens during World War II”
Temporary exhibition “Fighting and Suffering. Polish citizens during World War II”
  • Bilet: 5 zł
  • Lokalizacja: level -3 | Temporary exhibition hall
  • Czas zwiedzania: 1 h
  • Data: 2019 - 2021
The exhibition is designed as an interdisciplinary project based on a variety of forms, media and scenographic solutions. They are woven into a…
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EXHIBITION ARCHIVE

Temporary exhibition “The Image of Treblinka in the Eyes of Samuel Willenberg” at the Museum of the Second World War
Temporary exhibition “The Image of Treblinka in the Eyes of Samuel Willenberg” at the Museum of the Second World War
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…
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“Lost heritage” – temporary exhibition
“Lost heritage” – temporary exhibition
Why do we need a cultural heritage? It becomes more and more considered to be a strategical resource in the 21st century. Cities develop various…
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Official opening of the temporary exhibition "Boxers in the hell of the camps"
Official opening of the temporary exhibition "Boxers in the hell of the camps"
25th of May there was a ceremonial opening of the temporary exhibition entitled "Boxers in the hell of the camps." The exhibition commemorates the…
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The international exhibition "Armoured Wings"
The international exhibition "Armoured Wings"
White-and-red flags, banners with slogans “Leve de Bevrijders!” (Long live the liberators!), “Long live Poland”, flowers – in this way the Flemish…
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Zachować pamięć. Praca przymusowa i niewolnicza obywateli polskich na rzecz III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945
Preserve the memory. Unfree labour and slave labour of Polish citizens for the Nazi Germany from 1939 until 1945
  • Lokalizacja: poziom - 2
  • Czas zwiedzania: około 1 godziny
  • Data: 23.11.2017 - 31.12.2017
Preserve the memory. Unfree labour and slave labour of Polish citizens for the Nazi Germany from 1939 until 1945. The exhibition presents the fate…
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Polish Army as seen through the lens of HenrykPoddębski
Polish Army as seen through the lens of HenrykPoddębski
  • Bilet: Bilety: 1 zł
  • Lokalizacja: Poziom -3 / Sala wystaw czasowych
  • Czas zwiedzania: około 1 godziny
  • Data: 22.09.2017 - 15.03.2018
Among the archives of the Museum of the Second World War, there is a collection of over 260 unique photographs, taken by the pre-war Warsaw…
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Seven looks at Westerplatte
Seven looks at Westerplatte
  • Bilet: Bilety: 1 zł
  • Lokalizacja: Poziom -3 / Sala wystaw czasowych
  • Czas zwiedzania: około 1 godziny
  • Data: 01.09.2017 - 15.03.2018
The exhibition Seven looks at Westerplatte – presentation of the findings of the first stage of the archaeological research on Westerplatte showcases…
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Koniec Wojny '45
End of war
  • Lokalizacja: Europejskie Centrum Solidarności
  • Czas zwiedzania: min. 1 h
  • Data: 06.05.2016 - 30.09.2016
The end of the war brought different consequences for the different European nations. For the Germans, it represented a disaster and the collapse of…
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