Warsaw Uprising Museum

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The Warsaw Uprising Museum, located in Warsaw, Poland, is a museum dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising. It opened on July 31, 2004.

The Museum sponsors research into the history of the Warsaw revolt of 1944, and the history and possessions of the Polish Underground State. It collects and maintains artefacts from the Uprising; and has many interesting exhibits.

Exhibits range from weapons used by the insurgents to love letters, to present a full picture of the people involved. The Museum's stated goals are the creation of an archive of historical information on the Uprising, and the recording of the stories and memories of revolt participants before they die.

Contents 1 Exhibitions 2 Highlights 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Exhibitions

The museum is dedicated to all facets of the Warsaw Uprising. Exhibits are full of photographs, written accounts and other testimonies of how life was during 1944. Some sections include:

• Children's section; insurgent uniforms, activities, models
• Hanger; B-24 Liberator, Warsaw airdrops, information videos
• Nazi section; German-occupied Poland, sewers
• Communist section; Communist-occupied Poland, puppet government
• Multi-cultural opposition and 'Western Betrayal'; accounts of many ethnicities fighting the Nazis and words of protest from George Orwell over British and American idling.

[edit] Highlights

• A replica of B-24 Liberator;
• Contemporary themed cantina;
• A wall, separate from the building structure and called the heart of the museum, with sounds of battle and heart beats emanating from it;
• Interactive displays with footage and video, adding to the high level of immersion;
• Palladium Cinema, playing footage taken by the Polish insurgents' own cameramen, originally shown at the original Palladium Cinema in Warsaw during the uprising.
• A scale model of the Warsaw sewer system
• The memorial wall with all casualties of the Uprising
• The Kubuś armoured car

Considered the best museum in all of Poland, the Museum has strong support of the Warsaw public. The director of the Museum is Jan Ołdakowski.

[edit] References

• The Civilian Population and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, ISBN 0521531195

[edit] External links

• www.1944.pl Polish version
• [1] English version
• www.warsawuprising.com