Military Museum of Wielkopolska — Attraction in Poznan

The Wielkopolska Military Museum was established on 9 May 1919 as a military institution appointed by the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the former Prussian Partition of General Józef Dowbor Muśnicki. The official opening was made by the Head of State Józef Piłsudski, on October 27, 1919, during the first, historical, visit to Poznań, the head of the rebirth of the Polish state.

The original seat of the museum was located at Al. Marcinkowskiego 7 in the place of the current new wing of the National Museum building. It was a building with little room for collections, reaching several thousand objects. The organizer and the first head of the museum was Lt. Col. Antoni Seyda from the Scientific Section of the Main Command of the Armed Forces of the former Prussian Partition.

Larger rooms were obtained in 1923, assigned by the Poznań District Corps Command No. VII. A two-story building of the former artillery depot at ul. Artyleryjskiej (now Powstańców Wielkopolskich), adapted to the exhibition needs and made available on April 22, 1923. The second, second in the history of the opening museum, made general div. Kazimierz Raszewski, commander of the Corps District No. VII and priest Cardinal Dalbor, Primate of Poland. The Wielkopolska Military Museum existed here until September 1939. It was the second military museum in Poland, along with the Museum of Military in Warsaw, opened in 1920. The first director was the later major reserve Antoni Liske, a Lviv, son of an excellent historian, Ksawery. In 1926 Władysław Marcinkowski, a renowned sculptor from Wielkopolska, took over the administration.

After the war, in which the collections of the Wielkopolska Military Museum were destroyed, due to political conditions there was no possibility of restoring the museum as a military institution. After the turn of October 1956, with the initiative to re-establish the military museum in Poznań, Art. mal. Stefan Pajączkowski. Expert and enthusiast of militaria, he gained the support of city authorities and historians from the Poznan University of Adam Mickiewicz and the Poznań Society of Friends of Sciences. However, the Ministry of National Defense rejected the suggestion that it would be a military institution and donate a pre-war building for the needs of the museum, and proposed to subordinate the National Museum in Poznań.

The Wielkopolska Military Museum has been the seat of the Poznań Branch of the Association of Friends of Former Arms and Colors since 1965 and since 1991 the nationwide Society of former Soldiers and Friends of the 15th Poznan Uhlans Regiment with editors published by the Historical Notebooks...

I have no words. The museum was so historical and so cool! The entrance price for it was ONLY 1zł! So cheap for such art! There was basically the whole history of Poland military. As I'm writing this, the museum opened a couple of weeks ago. There are currently 2 floors in the building and there is NO WAIT TIME, so its pretty convenient. It's located in the middle of the city and it's convenient for tourists, the city itself is popular for it's history. Sadly you can't purchase anything in there, because there isn't a shop in the building, but I would recommend going there in groups, because it's worth it! Love to the people working there! Special thanks to #GidasMarius for the...

To muzeum powinno służyć za przykład jak nie powinno wyglądać muzeum. Komunistyczna mentalność osoby zajmującej się ekspozycją i paniami pracująch na niej jest bardzo wyraźnie wyczuwalna. Niesmak powodują już panie, które w momencie, kiedy zwiedzający wchodzą do muzeum, zawzięcie plotkują i nie raczą odpowiedzieć na "dzień dobry" wchodzących. Podczas zwiedzania części parterowej miałam wrażenie, że przeszkadzam paniom obsługującym ekspozycję w rozmowie, która nie cichła nawet, kiedy oglądałam eksponaty znajdujące parę metrów od nich. Na ekspozycji znajduje się zdecydowanie zbyt dużo eksponatów. Rzeczy naćkane w gablotach dają wrażenie nieporządku i braku pomysłu na muzeum. Brak jakiejkolwiek narracji, śledząc przedmioty w gablotach (w których podpisy są tylko w języku polskim, a więc obcojęzyczni zwiedzający nie dowiedzą się niczego) nie sposób nauczyć się czegokolwiek o rozwoju broni czy myśli wojskowej. Szczytem jest wykorzystanie do ekspozycji pałeczek dołączonych do jedzenia w azjatyckich restauracjach. Można było je przynajmniej obrobić lub pomalować. Jeśli ktoś uważa, że PRL skończył się w 1989 roku, myli się - w Wielkopolskim Muzeum Wojskowym czas...