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Our PERMANENT EXHIBITION Is Taking Shape!
The walls of the six galleries of the exhibition, which will tell the story of a thousand years of Polish history, are growing over an area of more than 7,000 square metres. Already visible is the Freedom Axis, which forms the spine of the exhibition and the main passageway between the individual galleries. The backbone of the reconstructed staircase of the Villa Regia palace has also been built, which will house extraordinary artefacts retrieved from the Vistula River. The finished exhibition will be on view in 2026.
Key themes of the exhibition
The narrative of the exhibition will focus on three themes essential to understanding the Polish historical experience. These are: freedom, identity and civilisational transformation. Freedom understood as independence, as a space for political and civic activity, and as personal freedom is a particularly important motif in Polish history. Thanks to its broad treatment, the theme of freedom will Focus on both the uniqueness of the system of the Old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the history of Polish struggles for independence in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The identity theme will shed some light on the formation of the Polish state, help tell the story of the phenomenon of the multinational and multireligious Commonwealth, show the process of the formation of a modern national identity in the period of the Partitions and the dramatic challenges to identity posed by the German occupation, changes in borders and social structure, and communism.
The story of civilisational change will make visitors aware of what daily life was like in past eras, how changes in technology affected the economy and society. The narrative of this strand will focus primarily on times of great socio-economic breakthroughs, when European civilisation underwent profound transformations.
On 26 September 2023, the Polish History Museum signed a contract with EBS Bud - the contractor for the permanent exhibition. This means that the construction of the exhibition, which will be open to the public in 2026, has begun. The Museum team carried out work related to the preparation of the exhibition content and the conservation and purchase of exhibits.
The identity theme will shed some light on the formation of the Polish state, help tell the story of the phenomenon of the multinational and multireligious Commonwealth, show the process of the formation of a modern national identity in the period of the Partitions and the dramatic challenges to identity posed by the German occupation, changes in borders and social structure, and communism.
The story of civilisational change will make visitors aware of what daily life was like in past eras, how changes in technology affected the economy and society. The narrative of this strand will focus primarily on times of great socio-economic breakthroughs, when European civilisation underwent profound transformations.
On 26 September 2023, the Polish History Museum signed a contract with EBS Bud - the contractor for the permanent exhibition. This means that the construction of the exhibition, which will be open to the public in 2026, has begun. The Museum team carried out work related to the preparation of the exhibition content and the conservation and purchase of exhibits.
