Museo della Liberazione di Ancona

The Museo della Liberazione di Ancona (Ancona Liberation Museum) in Offagna presents the history of local resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45 in the form of period artifacts as well as a collection of more than 15 000 physical and digitized photographs. Originally a travelling photograph exhibit, a permanent museum for the collection was established in Offagna in 2006; this recognised the town’s wartime significance as the site of the Battle of Monte Crescia, crucial in the capture of Ancona and its port.

The museum displays include hundreds of photographs, documenting successive stages of the fighting in Offagna and Ancona and the subsequent liberation; these represent civilian, military, and partisan experiences. Visitors may access thousands of other photographs digitally, including more than 7000 photographs of the Polish II Corps in the fighting at Ancona.