Permanent Exposure

Permanent exhibition at the Regional Memorial Education Centre
The permanent museum exhibition in the Regional Memorial Education Centre is devoted to aspects of World War II that are important, especially for Tarnów and the region. It recalls the history, tradition and combat efforts of two ‘Tarnów’ regiments: 16th Infantry Regiment and 5th Horse Rifle Regiment. It shows the atrocities of September 1939 and the subsequent German occupation of Tarnów and the region. It portrays the living conditions and also shows the heroic attitudes of the inhabitants facing the enemy. It refers to the existing structures and the forms of conspiratorial activities carried out. It recalls the biographies of important figures and events taking place in the area at that time, such as the first mass transport of Poles to Auschwitz, Operation III Most, as a result of which elements of Hitler's secret weapon - the V2 rocket - were delivered to the West, or the battle in Jamna, the largest in this part of Poland during the Operation Tempest. The presented content is supplemented with numerous objects from the collections of the History and Art Departments of the Tarnów Museum, including: examples of uniforms, weaponry, photographs, documents and other, often unique, memorabilia from the Second World War.