Muzeum Ziemi Sochaczewskiej i Pola Bitwy nad Bzurą

About the museum

The museum is housed in the Classicist town hall building in Sochaczew, dating from the 1830s. In September 1939 the town hall housed the command post for the defence of the town. The collecting of exhibits began in the early 1970s on the initiative of the Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Ziemi Sochaczewskiej (Association of Friends of the Sochaczew Land), and the town hall has been the seat of the museum since 1977, when the institution received the status of a state museum. Today it is a local-government cultural institution of the town.

The main exhibition is “Pole bitwy 1939–1945” (The Battlefield), presenting weapons, equipment, uniforms, photographs and documents of soldiers of the Polish Army who fought in the Battle of the Bzura. It is one of the richest collections of its kind in the country, and the museum describes itself as the most magnificent museum of a single battle in Poland. It is preceded by the exhibition “Nad Bzurą bez zzmian” (On the Bzura, Without Changes) on the positional fighting on the Bzura and Rawka rivers in 1915.

Three rooms on the ground floor are devoted to the history of Sochaczew and the surrounding area, and in the courtyard there is an outdoor exhibition of combat equipment, including a T-34/85 tank and a MiG-21 R aircraft. The museum also carries out research, runs temporary exhibitions and has a small bookshop.

Highlights

• “Pole bitwy 1939–1945” exhibition on the Battle of the Bzura
• The only permanent exhibition in Poland on positional fighting in the First World War in Masovia
• Outdoor exhibition of combat equipment with a T-34/85 tank and a MiG-21 R aircraft
• Memorabilia of the generals Kutrzeba, Władza and Grzmot-Skotnicki
• Historic town hall from the 1830s

Permanent exhibitions

• Pole bitwy 1939–1945 – Weapons, equipment, uniforms, photographs and documents of soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Bzura, and memorabilia from the whole of the Second World War.
• Nad Bzurą bez zmian – The only permanent exhibition in Poland on positional fighting in the First World War in Masovia, on the Bzura and Rawka rivers in 1914–1915.
• Wystawa plenerowa sprzętu bojowego – In the courtyard stand, among other things, a T-34/85 tank, an anti-aircraft gun, a howitzer and a MiG-21 R aircraft.

Founded

1977

Operated by

Miasto Sochaczew (samorządowa instytucja kultury)

Director

Radosław Jarosiński

Admission & discounts

Standard ticket PLN 15, reduced ticket PLN 10. Visiting only the outdoor equipment display in the courtyard or the temporary exhibitions costs PLN 5.

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The museum has a small bookshop with books and its own publications.

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