News
The big day has finally come! On 10th October 2016 the first stage of Archeological Mission on Westerplatte begun. The Mission is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and has received the patronage of Minister Jaroslaw Sellin, Ministry of National Defence, and Ministry of Maritime Economy.
Happy news for our growing exhibits collection! A wooden PWS-16bis aircraft propeller has arrived at the Museum. The propeller is yet another find in our campaign "Exhibits Come Back to Poland", the campaign especially designed to retrieve valuable, historical, Polish artifacts from the hands of foreign collectors.
The big day has finally come! On 10th October 2016 the first stage of Archeological Mission on Westerplatte begun. The Mission is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and has received the patronage of Minister Jaroslaw Sellin, Ministry of National Defence, and Ministry of Maritime Economy.
It is our pleasure to inform that the building of our Museum has won the trójmiasto.pl website’s Tri-city Wings (Skrzydła Trójmiasta) award in the category of the Best Tri-city Building. The project received 5,331 votes.
The partners cooperating on the next stage of the project carried out within the framework of Liberation Route Europe met in Gdańsk during 5–7 October 2016, with our Museum acting as the host.
At exactly 4:48 a.m, to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the German invasion of Poland, the Museum managment and staff placed flowers and lit candles on the symbolic graves at the Defenders Cemetary on Westerplatte. Short simple prayers were said and everyone present took a moment to reflect od the tragic events of September 1939.
We are pleased to present the completed part of the Museum’s permanent exhibition called ‘Time travel’ addressed at children below the age of 12
The screening of the documentary from digitalized celluloid film in local cultural centre CSW Łaźnia in Nowy Port with post-screening lecture and comments from the viewers (three screenings). Więcej here
We are pleased to inform that Muzeum Westerplatte has began co-operation with "Wizna 1939" foundation. The partnership documents were signed on the symbolic date of 1st September 2016, with a visit from the chairmen of "Wizna1939".