Critics fear that the Ministry of Culture's desire to build a new Museum of Freedom is more about propaganda than history. The planned museum would showcase Poland's historic struggle for sovereignty. However, some believe that the government is taking a narrow view of Polish history that excludes many of its complexities and controversies.

Critics cite the capital's Museum of the Warsaw Uprising, built under the tenure of then-Mayor Lech Kaczyński, as a prime example of the problem. They point out that the Uprising Museum does not feature anything that displays the controversial nature of the revolt, which critics say divided Poles; some believe that the Uprising was a senseless waste of life, and was not justifiable under any prudent political or military grounds. Critics are afraid that this tendency for a selective reading of history, which they believe borders on propaganda, might be copied in the case of the new Museum of Freedom. They point to examples in recent Polish history, such as the purge of Jews in the town of Jedwabno, which presumably show that Poles have not been purely victims of aggressions, but have also been the aggressors. They are calling for a "critical patriotism" that takes into account the wrongs committed by Poles and seeks answers as to their source. The government, for its part, insists