The diploma thesis presents the complex creation of an exhibition entitled "In difficult times: Fighting for borders 1918-1919" and the following implementation in the Technical Museum in Brno. The introductory part of the diploma thesis is devoted to museum exhibitions and to current trends in this specific field of museum activities, followed by the approach to the main theme of the exhibition – the historical context of the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia, the creation of the Czechoslovak army and the development of the war events during the formation of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918-1919. The aim of the diploma thesis is to document the complex process of the exhibition making, from its beginnings, through the realization to the end and to explain historical events of the war conflict, which is almost forgotten today.