The European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk in Poland is a museum that is dedicated to the history of solidarity and opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe, including the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement. The museum commemorates the revolution of Solidarity and the fall of communism in Europe. It holds a collection of around 2,000 objects of which a few are exhibited in the permanent exhibition inside the building of the European Solidarity Centre. The exhibition includes archival objects, documents, manuscripts, photographs, video footage and interactive installations. (from their website)

A sobering experience, well worth the visit. It succeeds in putting you right into the shipyard during the strike that changed everything—you’ll see lockers of workers; be able to sit at the actual negotiating table between the workers and the state; jail cells, interrogation rooms, see underground printing presses; film clips and so much more