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Warsaw Uprising Museum

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Short description of the exhibition

T he museum inaugurated on the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising’s outbreak. Situated in the former Warsaw tram power plant in the Wola district, at the edge of the Warsaw Business District.

The museum’s unique exhibition engages with visuals, light, and sound. Multimedia effects and the interior bring the uprising’s reality closer. The exhibition comprises large photographs, monitors, and computers. A marked path outlines the chronology of events, guiding through themed rooms. The museum’s core is a steel monument spanning all floors, engraved walls depict the uprising’s timeline, and a heartbeat sound symbolizes life in Warsaw in ’44. The ground floor depicts the uprising’s outbreak, and a separate room displays operational 1940s printing presses.

Second Level

Accessed by an elevator, the second level showcases insurgents’ armbands. The mezzanine portrays individual battles and daily life in insurgent Warsaw. The Palladium cinema displays three insurgent newsreels from the Home Army’s Information and Propaganda Office. A canal reconstruction, featuring scenography and sound effects, supports identification with insurgents. The canal and stairs lead to the first floor, illustrating the uprising’s suppression, subsequent world events, and a memorial with insurgents’ graves.

The Liberator Room

At the exhibition’s second part, the Liberator Room features a 1:1 scale replica of the aircraft Liberator B-24J, along with a section dedicated to allied air drops.

Freedom Park

The museum’s surrounding Freedom Park includes the Wall of Remembrance, engraved with names of nearly eleven thousand insurgents. The “Monter” bell, weighing over two hundred kilograms, dedicated to Brigadier General Antoni Chruściel, hangs in the middle.

Topic of the exhibition

Space and time, in the touristic area, contact (museum administration), how to get.

Opening hours

Last entrance, audioguide en, in-house museum guides, duration of private visit, language of the descriptions, payment methods, our tips in the vicinity.

Across from the museum, modern Warsaw is emerging with a variety of skyscrapers (Warsaw Business District) Taking a walk through this area with all its contrasts can be very interesting. This was the industrial district of Warsaw until 1990.

Guided tour with us

Here, only in-house museum guides can be booked. All details are available on the museum’s website.

Cost: 200 PLN

Entrance fees

Free of charge, audioguide (also english), warsaw pass, website of the museum.

www.1944.pl

The museum is located on the edge of the Warsaw Business District , the largest and most modern office district in Warsaw, for which we have created a separate overview.

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E-ticket on the website of the museum

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The museum is barrier free.

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The inside story

The Uprising Museum, dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising, traces day by day the bloody history of the Warsaw Uprising from 1 August to 2 October 1944. It was inaugurated on 31 July 2004, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the uprising and is the Warsaw residents' homage to those who fought for Poland during WWII.

The stated objectives of the museum include the creation of an archive of historical information about the uprising and the recording of the stories and memories of living participants. There are multi-story exhibits, featuring photographs, audio and video, interactive displays, artifacts, written stories and other evidence of what life was like during the German occupation of Warsaw, the uprising and its aftermath.

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