The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk faces the Motława River, near the historic Polish Post Office Building. The Kwadrat team from Gdynia won the 2010 architectural competition, and judges included Daniel Libeskind. Construction began in 2012, and the museum opened to the public on March 23, 2017. The article gives no completion date or style.
The building has about 23,000 square meters, and a leaning tower, 131 feet (40 m) tall, with a glass facade. The tower holds a library, reading and conference rooms, cafés and restaurants with city views. Exhibits include an Enigma machine and a Soviet T-34 tank.
It is a state cultural institution supervised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. A planned merger with the Museum of Westerplatte was halted temporarily. It had 601,000 visitors in 2024. The article gives no hours.
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