Deputy Prime Minister and Culture Minister Piotr Gliński said last week that the nearly PLN 50 million (EUR 10.5 million, USD 10.2 million) museum in Stębark in the north of the country would be an educational institution "that carries the past into the future."
"This museum asks important questions about sovereignty, national identity and a sense of community," Gliński told those at the opening, as quoted by his Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
He also said that the new facility was part of the government's "politics of memory" and "one of about 300 museums and memorial sites" launched nationwide by the country's ruling conservatives in recent years.
The facility offers almost 4,000 square metres of space, including exhibition halls, a large conference room, and a service area with offices and retail outlets, state news agency PAP has reported.
In mid-July, history enthusiasts from across Europe and beyond flocked to the site in northern Poland for an annual reenactment of the 1410 Battle of Grunwald, one of the biggest battles of medieval Europe.
Hundreds of reenactors wearing historical costumes at the time staged the famous battle in the Fields of Grunwald for the 25th time, broadcaster Radio Olsztyn reported.
This year marks 612 years since allied Polish and Lithuanian forces crushed the Knights of the Teutonic Order in what is considered to be one of the most glorious and significant military victories in Polish history.
Fought on July 15, 1410, the Battle of Grunwald saw Polish King Władysław Jagiełło and his army of allied forces defeat the war machine of the Teutonic Knights, which had previously been regarded as invincible.
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Source: PAP