Temporary Exhibition: THE FOREST - Refuge of Victims. Hideout of Crime.
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. The exhibition explores the history of World War II from the perspective of forest complexes: their significance in the defensive war, as places of…
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. As of July 1st, 2024, the visitor count has reached another impressive milestone, confirming that over 3.2 million people have explored…
Stepping into History - A Damaged Camouflage Jacket from the Uprising Found in Hospital Ruins
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 Warsaw Uprising was one of the most significant events of the war period and had a…