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Museum of the Polish Army (Polish: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) is a museum in Warsaw documenting the military history of Poland.Established in 1920 under the Second Polish Republic, it formerly occupied a wing of the building of the Polish National Museum and now occupies a building of its own at the Warsaw Citadel, as well as several branches in Poland.
The museum is located in a former Russian fortress which is divided by Powsińska Street in two parts, the larger part being the museum and the smaller part being Szczubełka Park. In the 1990s, with the retirement of obsolete military equipment, the Polish Army Museum built a warehouse, which later opened as an outdoor exhibition branch of the ...
Pages in category "Military and war museums in Poland" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Monument to the Soldiers of the First Polish Army (Polish: Pomnik Żołnierzy 1 Armii Wojska Polskiego) is a granite statue in Warsaw, Poland, located at Andersa Street, within the Downtown district. It is dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the First Polish Army, that fought on the Eastern Front of the Second World War.
Muzeum Katyńskie w Warszawie is a museum in Warsaw, Poland. The museum was established in 1993. It is located in the Polish Army Museum. Objects, documents and personal effects from the site of the Katyn massacre can be seen in the museum. [1] In 2017 museum was nominated for European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture award.
Museum of Polish Military Technology; Museum of Caricature, Warsaw; Museum of Diving, Warsaw; Museum of Independence; Museum of Industry, Warsaw; Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Museum of Polish History; Museum of Praga; Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement; Museum of Warsaw
One of the recent phenomeons are also many new museums built in last years, e.g. the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, the Museum of Taduesz Kantor in Kraków (Ośrodek Dokumentacji Sztuki Tadeusza Kantora Cricoteka ), the Museum of the Solidarity and the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk as well as the concert halls, e.g ...
The Polish Home Army attempted to liberate Warsaw from the Germans before the arrival of the Red Army. [57] By July 1944, the Red Army was deep into Polish territory and pursuing the Nazis toward Warsaw. [58] The Polish government-in-exile in London gave orders to the underground Home Army (AK) to try to seize control of Warsaw before the Red ...