Solomon Kampala visits Poland's post-war freedom fighter museum

The tour of the museum takes at least two hours. Visitors are given audio guides to clamp to their ears as they wander through the seven halls examining Poland's postwar fight for freedom.

The exhibition includes the Gdańsk shipyard strikes of the 1970s, the round-table negotiations of the late 1980s and more. The displays integrate state-of-the-art multimedia with real artefacts.

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The Centre has been open for nine years but its 21st-century architecture is also another reminder of how awful that period was. The architecture is designed from rusty steel plates which simulate ships under construction.

Kampala was travelling in the company of his father Robert Kyagulanyi who was in the city to meet a group of politicians including Raila Odinga and Kizza Besigye.

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"Today we met with opposition leaders and freedom fighters from all over the world in Gdansk Poland for a round table discussion under the theme 'Rolling Back Authoritarianism'." Kyagulanyi tweeted.

The politicians met under The Brenhurst Foundation among other organisations to discuss African power struggles.

The European Solidarity Centre

Solomon Kampala visits Poland's post-war freedom fighter museum/Courtesy Pulse

Meanwhile, Kampala was wandering around the Centre with some of the attendees of the event.

The seven halls of the museum are each lettered running chronologically from A to G.

Hall A takes you to the 1970s shipyard, with yellow docker helmets lining the ceiling and a battered electric truck. Film footage in the exhibition includes the negotiations between dockers and the communist regime and the signing of the 1980 agreements.

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Hall B is all communist-era interiors, a fascinating retro experience that takes you to a prison cell, interrogation room and typical family living room.

Solidarity and martial law are the themes of halls C and D, while hall E is a mock-up of the famous round table complete with TV cameras and name badges.

An interesting section on the various revolutions across Eastern Europe follows in Hall F, while Hall G is a spartan affair dedicated to Pope John Paul II.

The special hall opposite the ticket desk hosts Polish-themed exhibitions, which are usually free.