MILITARY MUSEUMS IN POLAND – BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE

• Authors: Chylińska Dagmara , Musiaka Łukasz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Museums are a constantly developing segment of cultural tourism. Poland is in line with current trends in museums, expanding its offer and adapting it to the requirements of the world of contemporary image culture and multisensory experiences, which is increasingly dominated by technology. The authors of the paper undertook to recognise the specificity of military museums, by conducting a survey of approximately a third of all such institutions in Poland. Due to the subject-matter of their exhibitions, military museums create a broad field of research both in terms of aesthetics and museum practice, as well as the issues of shaping and maintaining collective memory and the identity of the nation. They form a special mirror in which the country’s ideas and aspirations are reflected more often than any real characteristics. In reference to contemporary trends in museums, the article aims to place Polish military museums between locality and universality, education and entertainment, stability and dynamism, knowledge and experience. The obtained results allowed the authors to distinguish three groups of military museums in Poland, as well as indicate conditions conducive to the further development of such attractions in the country.

Keywords

EN

MILITARY MUSEUM; HERITAGE; POLAND

• Publisher: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, o.z.
• Journal: Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 5 – 39

Contributors

author

Chylińska Dagmara

• University of Wrocław, Institute of Geography and Regional Development, Poland

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Musiaka Łukasz

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Department of Political and Historical Geography and Regional Studies, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.46284/mkd.2020.8.3.1