Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego | |
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| Established | February 10, 1983 (opened July 31, 2004) |
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| Location | Wola, Warsaw, Poland |
| Visitors | 416,000 (2007)[1] |
| Director | Jan Ołdakowski |
| Public transit access |  Rondo Daszynskiego |
| Website | Official website |
The Warsaw Rising Museum (Polish: Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego),[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] in the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland, is dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The institution of the museum was established in 1983, but no construction work took place for many years. It opened on July 31, 2004, marking the 60th anniversary of the uprising.
The museum sponsors research into the history of the uprising, and the history and possessions of the Polish Underground State. It collects and maintains hundreds of artifacts – ranging from weapons used by the insurgents to love letters – to present a full picture of the people involved. The museum's stated goals include the creation of an archive of historical information on the uprising and the recording of the stories and memories of living participants. Its director is Jan Ołdakowski, with historian Dariusz Gawin from the Polish Academy of Sciences as his deputy.[9]
The museum is a member organisation of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience.[10]
- ^ Warsaw Rising Museum website
- ^ Ołdakowski, Jan (2004). "Word from the Museum Director". Warsaw Rising Museum website (original). Warsaw Rising Museum. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Exhibition". Warsaw Rising Museum website. Warsaw Rising Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Warsaw Rising Museum (Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego)". Official Tourist Website of Warsaw. Warsaw Tourist Office. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Warsaw Rising Museum". Warsaw Life. Lifeboat Limited. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ Spolar, Christine (2008-04-09). "Polish museum wages battle for wartime letters". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ "Warsaw Rising Museum reveals groundbreaking 3D film [Watch]". WBJ Online. Warsaw Business Journal. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Warsaw Rising Museum in Warsaw, Poland". Lonely Planet. BBC Worldwide. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Rozmowa dnia. Z Dariuszem Gawinem rozmawia Paweł Luty". Archived 2014-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. =Stowarzyszenie Dziennikarzy Polskich.
- ^ "Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty". Platform of European Memory and Conscience. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.