Collection documenting the battle for independence and borders and for setting a sovereign state (19th and 20th century, 1914 -1921)

Collection documenting the battle for independence and borders and for setting a sovereign state (19th and 20th century, 1914 -1921)

The Museum has a rich collection of symbolic and patriotic items: print outs, bricks, medals, medallions, nameplates, orders, coins, stamps and souvenirs from 1914 - 1920. Interesting are also patriotic post cards decorated with emblem cartouche, eagle images and demonstrating allegories of famous figures. A very important collection is also the one presenting Polish patriotic posters from the Interwar period.
A special collection concerns relics connected with Józef Piłsudski, Polish Legions and the Polish Military Organisation and other elements referring to regaining independence in 1918. These are documents and nameplates, medals, carvings, relieves, lithographs and oil portraits of the Marshall. Worth seeing is also the collection of notices, orders, responses given by the High Command of the Polish Army in Warsaw. The Museum as also several art works and a rich photograph documentation dedicated to the Polish Legions and a few series of post cards mainly demonstrating scenes from military life. A wide collection concerns the Corpus of the Protection of the Borderland.
Since few years the Museum collects relics connected with the national movement. In 2006 the Museum received a brown bust mould of Roman Dmowski and a flag of the National Party of Łomżyński district manufactured in 1926.