{"id":1094,"date":"2010-08-24T19:29:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T19:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2014-06-05T20:44:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T20:44:45","slug":"warsaw-uprising-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/warsaw-uprising-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw Uprising Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wladyslaw<\/a><\/p>\n

When my husband and I visited Poland in September 2004 \u2013 this museum had just opened. Every time we are in Poland we make it a point to visit Warsaw. And every time we try to do and see something new. During this visit we really wanted to see the new museum. We new it will be very interesting; at the same time very sad\u2026If you like European history, you should definitely put it on your list of places to see if you ever are in Warsaw.<\/p>\n

The Warsaw Uprising Museum<\/strong> (Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego<\/em>, officially translated into English as the Warsaw Rising Museum<\/em>), located in the district of Wola in Warsaw, Poland, is a museum dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising<\/a> of 1944.<\/p>\n

The institution of the Museum was established in 1983, but no construction work took place for many years, and the museum finally opened on July 31, 2004, marking the 60th anniversary of the Uprising.<\/p>\n

The Museum sponsors research into the history of the Uprising, and the history and possessions of the Polish Underground State<\/a>. It collects and maintains hundreds of artifacts, ranging from weapons used by the insurgents to love letters, in order 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 the still living Uprising participants.<\/p>\n

The Museum is a tribute of Warsaw\u2019s residents to those who fought and died for independent Poland and its free capital. The exhibition depicts fighting and everyday life during the Rising, keeping occupation terror in the background. Complexity of the international situation at the time of the Rising is portrayed, including the post-war years of the Communist regime and the fate of Insurgents in the People\u2019s Republic of Poland (PRL). With the total area of more than 3000 m2, 800 exhibition items, approximately 1500 photographs, films and sound recordings, history of the days preceding the Rising is told.\u00a0 Visitors are guided through the subsequent stages of the Rising until the time when the Insurgents left Warsaw.<\/p>\n

You walk through and everything seems so real that you shiver\u2026One of the highlights is a wall, separate from the main building, known as the heart of the museum and including sounds of battle and heart beats emanating from it.<\/p>\n

More things to see there:<\/p>\n