Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum

Museum in Minsk, Belarus

53°54′58″N 27°32′17″E / 53.9161493°N 27.5380439°E / 53.9161493; 27.5380439TypeWar museumCollection sizeapprox. 143 thousand objectsVisitorsapprox. 234,900 (2012)^[1]Public transit accessNyamiha, Minsk MetroWebsitewarmuseum.by

The Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum (Belarusian: Беларускі дзяржаўны музей гісторыі Вялікай Айчыннай вайны, romanized: Belaruski dzi͡arz͡haŭny muzeĭ historyi Vi͡alikaĭ Aĭchynnaĭ vaĭny, Russian: Белорусский государственный музей истории Великой Отечественной войны) is a museum in Minsk, Belarus.

The conception of a museum commemorating the Great Patriotic War after the end of Nazi occupation sprung up even before the close of the war. The museum first opened shortly after the liberation of Minsk from the Nazi invaders, on 25 October 1944, making it the first World War II museum to open during the course of the war.^[2] It moved to its current location in 2014.

The museum has 24 exhibition halls. As of 2012 there were 142,676 items in the museum's collection.^[3]

The museum staff also engages in historical research: particular areas include Belarusians in the Red Army, local anti-fascist and partisan activity, and the history of the Auschwitz death camp.^[4]

Gallery

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko attending the inauguration of a new building in the museum in 2014.

References

^ "Top 7 museums of Belarus". Nasha Niva. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
^ "История музея" Archived April 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine ("The Museum's History"). Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum. Retrieved 5 July 2009. (in Russian)
^ "Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History". war.museum.by.
^ "Научно-исследовательская работа" Archived April 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine ("Research/Investigative Work"). Retrieved 5 July 2009. (in Russian)