History Museums

As museums house things created in the past, nearly every museum can be said to be a “history museum.” This category here thus contains information on museums that cannot be more specifically categorized with other terms used on this site (such as museum reserves, ethnography museums, military museums, etc.) or which have significant displays devoted to political history.

The Warsaw Uprising: Museums, Monuments, and Cultural Memory in Warsaw Today

Many of our students are profoundly moved by how vividly the Warsaw Uprising is remembered in Poland. Those who fought are revered with the respect of founding fathers. Thier symbols and history are preserved and highlighted across the city in museums, monuments, and graffitti. The narrative is popular in modern film (such as the recent […]

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