It was established in the Lower Silesia Voivodship, on the initiative of the originator and the founder of the first such branch in Poland - Stanisław Gabrysia. It is the result of hard work of private people and hard and long-term efforts of a visionary and a passionate militaria from Świdnica.

The museum is the only institution of this type operating on the basis of the Regulations of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, under the patronage of the Ministry of National Defense, which constantly and dynamically cooperates with the institution, providing visitors with ever new gems, while enlarging the collection of over 2,000 exhibits. It should be noted here that often the copies shown in the exhibition are unique in the scale of the Country, Europe or World, which, of course, only adds value to the collection.

Among the copies donated by the army we can admire, among others: T-72 tank, airplanes: MIG-21, SU 22, Iskra, self-propelled gun, so-called. "Carnation". The exhibition is complemented by private collections, including Weapon: short and long-range shooters, rifles, automatic, anti-tank weapons, several transporters, light and armored, and more than 20 cannons, as well as radio stations, launchers, cars, motorcycles and many, many more.

One can not forget about the things donated by the guests of the Museum, on which the passion of the founder and its effect in the form of an impressive collection made a great impression. Thanks to this type of gestures, we can admire also white weapons, decorations and orders, uniforms and a large collection of models of the most famous battle machines