The trustees sought donations from the general public to fund the museum and for the general public to come forward with artifacts to be displayed artifacts from the war, including personal belongings, weapons and human remains, as well as creating an archive of documents and personal histories related to the war.
The galleries begin with coverage of the early history of Bangladesh and the Indian independence movement against British Raj in Bengal.
The coverage of the liberation war includes the training and operations of the Mukti Bahini, the guerrilla army built by the Awami League to resist Pakistani forces.
Also displayed are remains of human skulls and bones retrieved from mass graves of civilians killed by Pakistani forces.
[4] These include programs working with schools to educate the youth about the Liberation War as well as regular conferences and seminars within the museum premises.
[citation needed] In 2006, the museum was fitted with modern audiovisual and exhibition equipment as a donation from the Japanese government to help preserve the culture and heritage of Bangladesh's independence movement.