Childhood in the shadows of war in museum exhibitions
Journal: Museologica Brunensia
Year: 2024

This article focuses on the presentation of the complexity of war-affected childhood in museum exhibitions and learning environments. The paper addresses contemporary museological practice and its educational dimension in the Bundeswehr Museum of Military History, the Second World War Museum in Gdansk and the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina. The study reveals that museum exhibitions often depict war-affected childhood through a variety of media, including images, artefac