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'''Museum of the Polish Army''' ({{lang-pl|Muzeum Wojska Polskiego}}) is a museum in [[Warsaw]] documenting the military aspects of the [[history of Poland]]. Created in 1920, it occupies a wing of the building of the [[Polish National Museum]] as well as several branches in Poland. It's Warsaw's second largest museum and the largest collection of military objects in Poland.<ref name="perelki">{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/perelki/index_en.php?mi_id=117&dz_id=13E |title = Museum of the Polish Army |work = eGuide / Treasures of Warsaw on-line |publisher = |pages = |page = |accessdate = 2008-07-04}}</ref> The collection illustrates a thousand years of Polish military history - from the 10th century to the Second World War.<ref name="perelki" />
'''Museum of the Polish Army''' ({{langx|pl|Muzeum Wojska Polskiego}}) is a museum in [[Warsaw]] documenting the [[History of the Polish Army|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. It is Warsaw's second largest museum and the largest collection of military objects in Poland.<ref name="perelki">{{cite web |url = http://www.um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/perelki/index_en.php?mi_id=117&dz_id=13E |title = Museum of the Polish Army |work = eGuide / Treasures of Warsaw on-line |access-date = 2008-07-04}}</ref> The collection illustrates a thousand years of [[History of the Polish Army|Polish military history]], from the 10th century to the Second World War.<ref name="perelki" />


==Establishment==
==Establishment==
[[File:Józef Piłsudski - Dekret o powołaniu do życia oraz Statut Muzeum Wojska - 701-001-058-263.pdf|thumb|left|Decree about creation of Army Museum led by [[Bronisław Gembarzewski]]]]
[[File:Józef Piłsudski - Dekret o powołaniu do życia oraz Statut Muzeum Wojska - 701-001-058-263.pdf|thumb|upright|left|Decree about creation of Army Museum led by [[Bronisław Gembarzewski]]]]
Opened in 1920, the museum expanded in 1993 with the Museum of Katyn and the [[Museum of Polish Military Technology]] opened in the 9th Czerniakowski Fort.<ref>{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/o_muzeum.php |title = Muzeum Wojska Polskiego |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |publisher = |pages = |page = |accessdate = 2008-07-04 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080621085629/http://www.muzeumwp.pl/o_muzeum.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-06-21|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.culture.pl/web/english/museums/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/sh2A/content/the-polish-military-museum | title = Museum of the Polish Army | work = www.culture.pl | accessdate = 2009-06-08}}</ref>
Opened in 1920, the museum expanded in 1993 with the '''[[Katyń Museum|Museum of Katyn]]''' and the '''[[Museum of Polish Military Technology]]''' opened in the 9th Czerniakowski Fort.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/o_muzeum.php |title = Muzeum Wojska Polskiego |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |access-date = 2008-07-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080621085629/http://www.muzeumwp.pl/o_muzeum.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-21|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.culture.pl/web/english/museums/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/sh2A/content/the-polish-military-museum | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130416085223/http://www.culture.pl/web/english/museums/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/sh2A/content/the-polish-military-museum | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-04-16 | title = Museum of the Polish Army | work = www.culture.pl | access-date = 2009-06-08 }}</ref>


==Collections==
==Collections==
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The forecourt of the museum houses several dozen armoured vehicles, artillery pieces and aircraft, an eclectic mix of Soviet, western and Polish equipment, mostly from the World War II era.
The forecourt of the museum houses several dozen armoured vehicles, artillery pieces and aircraft, an eclectic mix of Soviet, western and Polish equipment, mostly from the World War II era.


The indoor galleries concentrate on the military history of Poland since the 10th century, and are particularly strong on Poland's era of military greatness in the 17th century, through the decline into anarchy in the 18th century. Several rooms are devoted to Poland's part in the [[Napoleonic Wars]], and the national uprisings of 1830-31 and 1863.<ref name="przewodnik">{{cite book| author = Małgorzata Omilanowska|author2=Małgorzata Omilanowska |author3=Jerzy Majewski | title = Warszawa Przewodnik| year = 2000| publisher = Wiedza i Życie| location = Warsaw| isbn = 83-7184-861-7 |language=pl}}</ref> By far the largest part of exhibition space is devoted to the 20th century, especially World War II. Highlights of the Museum's collection include an extremely rare gilded helmet from the 10th century, which is said to have belonged to a Polish [[chieftain]] and the collection of hussars' armour.<ref>{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/najcenniejsze_zabytki.php |title = Najcenniejsze zabytki |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |publisher = |pages = |page = |accessdate = 2008-07-04 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080601110411/http://www.muzeumwp.pl/najcenniejsze_zabytki.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-06-01|language=pl}}</ref>
The indoor galleries concentrate on the military history of Poland since the 10th century, and are particularly strong on Poland's era of military greatness in the 17th century, through the decline into anarchy in the 18th century. Several rooms are devoted to Poland's part in the [[Napoleonic Wars]], and the national uprisings of 1830-31 and 1863.<ref name="przewodnik">{{cite book| author = Małgorzata Omilanowska|author2=Małgorzata Omilanowska |author3=Jerzy Majewski | title = Warszawa Przewodnik| year = 2000| publisher = Wiedza i Życie| location = Warsaw| isbn = 83-7184-861-7 |language=pl}}</ref> By far the largest part of exhibition space is devoted to the 20th century, especially World War II. Highlights of the museum's collection include an extremely rare gilded helmet from the 10th century, which is said to have belonged to a Polish [[chieftain]] and the collection of [[Polish hussars|hussars]]' armour.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/najcenniejsze_zabytki.php |title = Najcenniejsze zabytki |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |access-date = 2008-07-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080601110411/http://www.muzeumwp.pl/najcenniejsze_zabytki.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-01|language=pl}}</ref>


Additionally there is a permanent exhibition of oriental arms and armour from the museum's own extensive collection, which includes many world-class items from Ottoman Turkey, the Crimean Tatar Khanate, Mongolia and Japan.<ref name="przewodnik" /><ref>{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/wystawy.php?EID=15 |title = Sala broni wschodniej |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |publisher = |pages = |page = |accessdate = 2008-07-04|language=pl}}</ref> The heavy weaponry is on display in the adjacent park and at the Fort Czerniakowski (Museum of Polish Military Technology, closed at present while it is being repaired). The park surrounding the Museum is home to an open-air exhibition of heavy military equipment (tanks, artillery, aircraft and mine detection and diffusion). The Fort houses also the Museum of Katyń Victims, a subsidiary of the Polish Army Museum.<ref name="perelki" />
Additionally there is a permanent exhibition of oriental arms and armour from the museum's own extensive collection, which includes many world-class items from [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turkey]], the [[Crimean Khanate|Crimean Tatar Khanate]], Mongolia and Japan.<ref name="przewodnik" /><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/wystawy.php?EID=15 |title = Sala broni wschodniej |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |access-date = 2008-07-04|language=pl}}</ref> The heavy weaponry is on display in the adjacent park and at the Fort Czerniakowski ([[Museum of Polish Military Technology]], closed at present while it is being repaired). The park surrounding the museum is home to an open-air exhibition of heavy military equipment (tanks, artillery, aircraft and mine detection and diffusion). The Fort houses also the Museum of Katyń Victims, a subsidiary of the Polish Army Museum.<ref name="perelki" />


The museum was recently given the equipment from the soldiers lost in the Presidential [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|Smolensk aircraft crash]]. The equipment includes the ID Passes, portable radios, torches, holsters and much more all in their original state.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}
The museum was recently given the equipment from the soldiers lost in the presidential [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|Smolensk aircraft crash]]. The equipment includes the ID Passes, portable radios, torches, holsters and much more all in their original state.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}


===Permanent exhibitions===
===Permanent exhibitions===
* Polish Armed Forces in the Middle Ages
* Polish Armed Forces in the Middle Ages
* Polish Army at the Time of Renaissance
* Polish Army at the Time of Renaissance
* History of the Old Polish Military: 1576-1648
* History of the Old Polish Military: 1576–1648
* Polish Army in the Second Half of the 17th Century
* Polish Army in the Second Half of the 17th Century
* Polish Army in Saxon Times
* Polish Army in Saxon Times
* Polish Army at the Time of the Enlightenment and the Kosciuszko Rising
* Polish Army at the Time of the Enlightenment and the [[Kościuszko Uprising|Kosciuszko Rising]]
* Polish Legions in Italy and the Army of the Dukedom of Warsaw
*[[Polish Legions (Napoleonic period)|Polish Legions]] in Italy and the Army of the [[Duchy of Warsaw|Dukedom of Warsaw]]
* The Army of the Kingdom of Poland and the November 1831 Rising
* The Army of the [[Congress Poland|Kingdom of Poland]] and the [[November Uprising|November 1831 Rising]]
* The January 1863 Rising
* The [[January Uprising|January 1863 Rising]]
* Polish Paramilitary Organisations of the Early 20th Century
* Polish Paramilitary Organisations of the Early 20th Century
* The Roads to Independence: 1914-45
* The Roads to Independence: 1914–45
* The Polish Army: 1921-39
* The Polish Army: 1921–39
* Poland's Defence War of 1939
*[[Invasion of Poland|Poland's Defence War of 1939]]
* The Armed Struggle in the Occupied Country: 1939-47
*[[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|The Armed Struggle in the Occupied Country]]: 1939–47
* Polish Army in the East: 1943-45
*[[Polish Armed Forces in the East|Polish Army in the East:]] 1943–45
* UN Peace Missions of the Polish Army.<ref>{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/wystawy.php?group=STALE |title = Wystawy stałe |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |publisher = |pages = |page = |accessdate = 2008-07-04|language=pl}}</ref>
*[[United Nations peacekeeping|UN Peace Missions]] of the Polish Army.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.muzeumwp.pl/wystawy.php?group=STALE |title = Wystawy stałe |work = www.muzeumwp.pl |access-date = 2008-07-04|language=pl}}</ref>


The museum is run as a department of the Polish armed forces, an arrangement which brings advantages - such as limitless access to military surplus stock - but also disadvantages (not least the lack of a proper giftshop/bookshop, since, by law Polish military facilities cannot sell goods to the public on a commercial basis).
The museum is run as a department of the Polish armed forces, an arrangement which brings advantages - such as limitless access to military surplus stock - but also disadvantages (not least the lack of a proper giftshop/bookshop, since, by law Polish military facilities cannot sell goods to the public on a commercial basis).


==New Building==
==New Building==
On December 15, 2008, the Museum of the Polish Army announced that it will sponsor an international competition to choose an architectural design for its new premises and surrounding area. The building will be built in the historic [[Warsaw Citadel|Citadel]] located in Warsaw's [[Żoliborz]] district. The new museum is expected to be a modern multimedia institution similar in concept to the highly successful [[Warsaw Uprising Museum]]. The winner was expected to be selected in August 2009, construction of the museum was supposed to begin in 2009 or 2010 and completion due in 2013, however in early 2014, this still had not occurred. Once the new Polish Army Museum is built, its current building in the city center will be taken over by the [[National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum in Warsaw]].<ref name="Warsaw Business Journal">{{cite news|url=http://www.wbj.pl/realestatenews-43819-polish-army-museum-design-competition.html|title=Polish Military Museum design competition|date=2008-12-15|publisher=WBJ|accessdate=2009-01-09}}</ref>
On December 15, 2008, the Museum of the Polish Army announced that it will sponsor an international competition to choose an architectural design for its new premises and surrounding area. The building will be built in the historic [[Warsaw Citadel|Citadel]] located in Warsaw's [[Żoliborz]] district. The new museum is expected to be a modern multimedia institution similar in concept to the highly successful [[Warsaw Uprising Museum]]. The winner was expected to be selected in August 2009, construction of the museum was supposed to begin in 2009 or 2010 and completion due in 2013. However
the new Polish Army Museum was inaugurated 13 of August 2023. The old museum site has been returned to the [[National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum in Warsaw]].<ref name="Warsaw Business Journal">{{cite news|url=http://www.wbj.pl/realestatenews-43819-polish-army-museum-design-competition.html|title=Polish Military Museum design competition|date=2008-12-15|publisher=WBJ|access-date=2009-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222032225/http://www.wbj.pl/realestatenews-43819-polish-army-museum-design-competition.html|archive-date=2008-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
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# {{cite book| author = Małgorzata Omilanowska|author2=Małgorzata Omilanowska |author3=Jerzy Majewski | title = Warszawa Przewodnik| year = 2000| publisher = Wiedza i Życie| location = Warsaw| isbn = 83-7184-861-7 |language=pl}}
# {{cite book| author = Małgorzata Omilanowska|author2=Małgorzata Omilanowska |author3=Jerzy Majewski | title = Warszawa Przewodnik| year = 2000| publisher = Wiedza i Życie| location = Warsaw| isbn = 83-7184-861-7 |language=pl}}
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==Selected exhibition items==
==Selected exhibition items==
<gallery class="center" style="margin:2px auto; text-align:center">
<gallery class="center" style="margin:2px auto; text-align:center">
Image:Zbroja 1514.JPG|''Polish plate armour, circa 1514''
File:Zbroja 1514.JPG|''Polish plate armour, circa 1514''
Image:Battle of Grochów 1831.JPG|''[[Battle of Olszynka Grochowska|Battle of Grochów]], 1831''
File:Battle of Grochów 1831.JPG|''[[Battle of Olszynka Grochowska|Battle of Grochów]], 1831''
Image:Warsaw 280mm mortar 01.JPG|''French [[World War I]] Mortier de 280 modele 1914 Schneider''
File:Warsaw 280mm mortar 01.JPG|''French [[World War I]] Mortier de 280 modele 1914 Schneider''
Image:PZL I-22 Iryda.jpg|''[[PZL I-22 Iryda]] light attack jet trainer''
File:PZL I-22 Iryda.jpg|''[[PZL I-22 Iryda]] light attack jet trainer''
Image:Polisharmymuseum6 DSC1353.JPG|[[TKS|TKS Polish tankette]] during the [[Second World War]].
File:Polisharmymuseum6 DSC1353.JPG|[[TKS|TKS Polish tankette]] during the [[Second World War]].
Image:MWP Sokol 600.JPG|Polish [[Sokół motorcycles|Sokół 600 motorcycle]]
File:MWP Sokol 600.JPG|Polish [[Sokół motorcycles|Sokół 600 motorcycle]]
File:D-44 Polish Army Museum.jpg|[[85 mm divisional gun D-44|D-44]] Field gun
</gallery>
</gallery>


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Muzeum Wojska Polskiego}}
{{Commons category|Polish Army Museum}}
* {{pl icon}} [http://www.muzeumwp.pl/ Muzeum Wojska Polskiego]
* {{in lang|pl}} [http://www.muzeumwp.pl/ Muzeum Wojska Polskiego]


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Latest revision as of 14:58, 20 November 2024

Museum of the Polish Army
Former main building of the museum
Map
Established22 April 1920
LocationWarsaw, Poland
Websitewww.muzeumwp.pl

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. It is Warsaw's second largest museum and the largest collection of military objects in Poland.[1] The collection illustrates a thousand years of Polish military history, from the 10th century to the Second World War.[1]

Establishment

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Decree about creation of Army Museum led by Bronisław Gembarzewski

Opened in 1920, the museum expanded in 1993 with the Museum of Katyn and the Museum of Polish Military Technology opened in the 9th Czerniakowski Fort.[2][3]

Collections

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Polish helmet (szłom), 10th century
Karacena armour, 17th century
M-3 Halftrack in front of the museum

The forecourt of the museum houses several dozen armoured vehicles, artillery pieces and aircraft, an eclectic mix of Soviet, western and Polish equipment, mostly from the World War II era.

The indoor galleries concentrate on the military history of Poland since the 10th century, and are particularly strong on Poland's era of military greatness in the 17th century, through the decline into anarchy in the 18th century. Several rooms are devoted to Poland's part in the Napoleonic Wars, and the national uprisings of 1830-31 and 1863.[4] By far the largest part of exhibition space is devoted to the 20th century, especially World War II. Highlights of the museum's collection include an extremely rare gilded helmet from the 10th century, which is said to have belonged to a Polish chieftain and the collection of hussars' armour.[5]

Additionally there is a permanent exhibition of oriental arms and armour from the museum's own extensive collection, which includes many world-class items from Ottoman Turkey, the Crimean Tatar Khanate, Mongolia and Japan.[4][6] The heavy weaponry is on display in the adjacent park and at the Fort Czerniakowski (Museum of Polish Military Technology, closed at present while it is being repaired). The park surrounding the museum is home to an open-air exhibition of heavy military equipment (tanks, artillery, aircraft and mine detection and diffusion). The Fort houses also the Museum of Katyń Victims, a subsidiary of the Polish Army Museum.[1]

The museum was recently given the equipment from the soldiers lost in the presidential Smolensk aircraft crash. The equipment includes the ID Passes, portable radios, torches, holsters and much more all in their original state.[citation needed]

Permanent exhibitions

[edit]

The museum is run as a department of the Polish armed forces, an arrangement which brings advantages - such as limitless access to military surplus stock - but also disadvantages (not least the lack of a proper giftshop/bookshop, since, by law Polish military facilities cannot sell goods to the public on a commercial basis).

New Building

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On December 15, 2008, the Museum of the Polish Army announced that it will sponsor an international competition to choose an architectural design for its new premises and surrounding area. The building will be built in the historic Citadel located in Warsaw's Żoliborz district. The new museum is expected to be a modern multimedia institution similar in concept to the highly successful Warsaw Uprising Museum. The winner was expected to be selected in August 2009, construction of the museum was supposed to begin in 2009 or 2010 and completion due in 2013. However the new Polish Army Museum was inaugurated 13 of August 2023. The old museum site has been returned to the National Museum in Warsaw.[8]

References

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In-line:
  1. ^ a b c "Museum of the Polish Army". eGuide / Treasures of Warsaw on-line. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  2. ^ "Muzeum Wojska Polskiego". www.muzeumwp.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  3. ^ "Museum of the Polish Army". www.culture.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  4. ^ a b Małgorzata Omilanowska; Małgorzata Omilanowska; Jerzy Majewski (2000). Warszawa Przewodnik (in Polish). Warsaw: Wiedza i Życie. ISBN 83-7184-861-7.
  5. ^ "Najcenniejsze zabytki". www.muzeumwp.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  6. ^ "Sala broni wschodniej". www.muzeumwp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  7. ^ "Wystawy stałe". www.muzeumwp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  8. ^ "Polish Military Museum design competition". WBJ. 2008-12-15. Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
General:
  1. Małgorzata Omilanowska; Małgorzata Omilanowska; Jerzy Majewski (2000). Warszawa Przewodnik (in Polish). Warsaw: Wiedza i Życie. ISBN 83-7184-861-7.

Selected exhibition items

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