World Battlefield Museums Forum 2018 hosted by Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk in 2018 provided a perfect opportunity to engage in a dialogue about raising historical awareness and discussing ways to commemorate important world battlefields. During the Forum the general public was also informed about the projected development of a brand-new museum […]

On the eve of the anniversary of an outbreak of WWII in Europe we present the paper by Aileen Utterdyke, President of Pacific Historic Parks…

Today we present the paper by Jan Wrzosek, Head of the Team for Analysis and Research of Archeological Artefacts in the National Heritage Institute. The article discusses the origins and early development of battlefield archaeology and its incorporation into the field of archaeology of conflicts. The article is a part of an anthology published by […]

On August 25th, 2020 in the Jan Olszewski conference room at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, the development plans for Westerplatte and the War of 1939 Museum were unveiled.     The audience included experts from  the museum industry, military representatives, architects, scientists and journalists. The guests learned about the planned route of […]