Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Poland? These are the ones:
1Lazienki Park
WarsawThe Royal Łazienki Park, known in Polish as Park Łazienki Królewskie, is the largest public park in Warsaw, Poland. It covers an expansive area of about 80 hectares, providing ample space for visitors to explore and enjoy. The park is a significant part of Warsaw's landscape, offering a blend of nature and architecture that is unique to the city. 2Wawel Royal Castle
KrakówThe Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection is a significant part of the historic Wawel Castle in Kraków. This residence museum houses a vast collection of art, providing visitors with a glimpse into the rich history and culture of the region. The collection was officially inaugurated in 1930 and has been known by its current name since 1994. 3Oskar Schindler's Factory
KrakówOskar Schindler's Factory (Fabryka Schindlera) is a museum dedicated to Krakow during the Nazi occupation between 1939 and 1945. It is one of the locations of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow. The museum is named after Oskar Schindler, who owned the factory during the Second World War. Sc 4Kosciuszko Mound
KrakówKościuszko Mound, located in Kraków, Poland, is an artificial mound built in honor of the Polish national leader, Tadeusz Kościuszko. This monument is a testament to the national pride and respect for the leader who played a significant role in Poland's history. Visitors can learn about the historical significance of this site and the person it commemorates. 5Warsaw Uprising Museum
WarsawThe Warsaw Uprising Museum (Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego) is a historical museum in Warsaw that illustrates the events of the Warsaw Uprising, which lasted from 1 August to 2 October 1944. On the one hand, the permanent exhibition shows the insurgents' commitment to a free Poland and, on the other 6Rynek Underground
KrakówThe Rynek Underground (The underground square central museum) is a museum in Krakow that is a branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow. The museum is located below the market square and covers an area of over 6,000. m². The main exhibition in the Rynek Underground are holograms construc- 7
Lost Souls Alley
Kraków 8European Solidarity Centre
GdańskThe European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk in Poland is a museum that is dedicated to the history of solidarity and opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe, including the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement. The museum commemorates the revolution of Solidarity and the fall of com 9POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
WarsawThe POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum in Warsaw that is dedicated to the history of Judaism in Poland. The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw ghetto, opposite the memorial commemorating the 1943 uprising in the ghetto. The exhibition covers consists of eight gall 10Jagiellonian University Museum
KrakówThe Collegium Maius in Krakow is the Jagiellonian University's oldest building, that dates back to the 14th century. The Collegium Maius houses the Jagiellonian University Museum. The Collegium Maius was rebuilt in the late 15th century as a late-Gothic structure, where professors lived and worked a 11Stained Glass Museum
KrakówThe Stained Glass Museum is a musuem in Krakow that is dedicated to stained glass. The museum also includes a stained-glass workshop and is located in a historic tenement house. The Stained Glass Museum in Krakow's exhibition room is intertwined with the still functioning stained-glass workshop, mak 12Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice
KrakówThe Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art at Sukiennice (Galeria Sztuki Polskiej XIX wieku w Sukiennicach), is a gallery that is housed on the upper floor of the Renaissance Sukiennice Cloth Hall in Kraków. In four large rooms, the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice holds and displays 13Galicia Jewish Museum
KrakówThe Galicia Jewish Museum (Żydowskie Muzeum Galicja) is a museum with a photo exhibition in Krakow that documents the remnants of Jewish culture and life in Polish Galicia. The main exhibition of the Galicia Jewish Museum commemorates the 800-year Jewish history through photographs of synagogues, ce 14Museum of the Second World War
GdańskThe Museum of the Second World War is a military museum in Gdańsk and is - as its name implies - dedicated to the Second World War. The museum is housed in a symbolic architectural space and exhibits more than 2,000 items divided in segments spread over three narrative blocks, namely: The Road to Wa 15Fryderyk Chopin Museum
WarsawThe Fryderyk Chopin Museum (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie) is a museum in the Polish capital Warsaw, dedicated to the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849). The museum is housed in the 17th-century city palace designed by Tielman van Gameren that 16Polish Army Museum
WarsawThe Polish Army Museum (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego) traces Poland's military history and is mostly housed in a wing of the Polish National Museum in Warsaw. The museum is the largest military museum in Poland and the second largest museum in Warsaw with over 250,000 exhibits. The objects relate to the 17Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom
WarsawThe Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom (Mauzoleum Walki i Męczeństwa) in Warsaw is located in the basement of the former headquarters of the Gestapo during the occupation of Warsaw by German troops during World War II. In the former prison today the then detained, tortured and murdered are commemor 18Apteka pod Orlem - Ghetto Eagle Pharmacy Museum
KrakówApteka Pod Orłem (Pharmacy Under the Eagle) was the only pharmacy in the Krakow ghetto. The pharmacy was established in 1910 by Jozef Pankiewicz. During the Second World War the owner was his son Tadeusz Pankiewicz, the only Pole who lived within the boundaries of the ghetto, from the beginning to t 19National Museum in Warsaw
WarsawThe National Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, MNW) is a national museum in Warsaw. It is one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest in Warsaw. The National Museum holds a collection of 11,000 pieces of ancient art (Egyptian, Greek and Roman), a gallery of Polish painting sinc 20Old Synagogue, Kraków
KrakówThe Old Synagogue is an orthodox Jewish synagogue in Krakow. It is the oldest existing synagogue in Poland. Various sources mention 1407 and 1492 as the date of construction of the synagogue. The Old Synagogue was rebuilt, expanded and strengthened in 1570. The synagogue was ruined in the Second Wor 21Warsaw Zoo
WarsawThe Warsaw Zoo (Ogród Zoologiczny Warszawski) is the zoo of the Polish capital Warsaw, which was founded in 1928. The zoo is home to around 3000 animals, relating to around 500 species. The zoo is intersected from north to south by a wide walking path. On the side of the Weichsel the Warsaw Zoo has 22Warsaw Fotoplastikon
WarsawThe Fotoplastikon in Warsaw is the oldest Kaiserpanorama (a form of stereoscopic entertainment medium) in the world that is still located at its original place since its installation. The building itself was built around 1900 in the neo-Baroque style. During the German occupation from 1939 to mid-Ja 23Amber Museum
GdańskThe Amber Museum in Gdańsk is the first museum in Poland solely devoted to amber. The museum holds a collection of exhibits related to amber that show amber in its natural state, methods of extraction, history of the trade routes, uses of amber in medicine, uses as a magical stone and as an artistic 24Pawiak Prison Museum
WarsawPawiak was a prison in Warsaw that was built in 1835. During the January 1863 Uprising, it served as a transfer camp for Polish people sentenced by Imperial Russia to deportation to Siberia. During the World War II, the Pawiak Prison became part of the Nazi concentration-death camp apparatus. In 194 25Pharmacy Museum in Kraków
KrakówThe Pharmacy Museum in Kraków (Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego) is a museum in Kraków that specializes in the history of pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology that was established in 1946. The museum is located on all five floors of the building, including the basemen 26Museum of Life under Communism
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Krakow Pinball Museum
KrakówThe Krakow Pinball Museum is a museum in Krakow that holds and displays a alrge collection of flippers and video games dating back to the 1950s. Over 80 different games on around 300m2. The ticket price includes unlimited games on all machines. 28Museum of Soap
BydgoszczThe Museum of Soap (and History of Dirt) is a museum devoted to soap in Bydgoszcz. The museum offers visitors a journey through the history of cleanliness, dirt and soap making. Production of the Persil and Cypisek laundry soap originated in the city. A visit to the Museum of Soap begins with the wa 29Etnographical Museum in Kraków
KrakówThe Ethnographic Museum of Kraków (Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow) is a museum in Kraków that was established in 1902. Currently, the museum has a collection of 8,000 items related to Polish and European history. 30Pomorska street Gestapo prison
KrakówThe Pomorska street in Krakow contained the headquarters of the Nazi Gestapo police during World War II (including the Gestapo prison). The Pomorska street Gestapo prison is now a museum that exhibits documents, archive material, photographs and various items related to a recent past of Poland and t 31National Maritime Museum
GdańskThe National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk is a maritime museum devoted to maritime history of Poland and its economy through the ages. The museum holds a collection of artifacts and documents related to boatbuilding, shipbuilding, river and sea navigation, fishery, sailing, military science and maritim 32Museum of the University of Wrocław
WrocławThe Museum of the University of Wrocław is a history museum in Wrocław. The museum is mostly dedicated to the history of the University - from the 15th century to the present and is housed in the main Baroque building of the University. The oldest objects in its collection date back to the old times 33Central Museum of the Textile Industry
ŁódźThe Central Museum of the Textile Industry (Central Museum of Textiles) is a museum on industry, art, design, fashion, history of the region, cultural anthropology, that holds a varied collection and is housed in the Ludwik Geyer's White Factory in Łódź. The collection consists of over 20,000 object 34Polish Post Office Museum
GdańskThe Polish Post Office Museum is housed in the building that was not only the home of the postal service but also the building that acted as the centre of the Polish government's intelligence. The building got badly damaged, but was reconstructed after the war between 1949 and 1951. The building is 35Archdiocesan Museum
KrakówThe Archdiocesan Museum in Krakow is located in the former residence of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, who later became Pope John Paul II. The museum is situated in houses number 19 to 21 at Kanonicza Street. This location is not only significant for its historical value but also for its connection to one of the most influential figures in the Catholic Church. 36Radegast Station - Independence Traditions Museum
ŁódźThe Radegast train station is a small historic train station in Łódź that was built between 1926 and 1937 and during World War 2 was situated just beyond the boundary of the Łódź Ghetto. The Radegast was the main link of the Ghetto to the world outside and primarily used for the Holocaust transports 37Centrum Hewelianum
GdańskCentrum Hewelianum (The Hewelianum Center) in Gdańsk is located on the site of the former Gradowa Mountain Fort. Centrum Hewelianum combines the idea of a modern science center, an institution that promotes science and technology with attention to cultural heritage and historical legacy. 38Museum of the City of Lodz
ŁódźThe Museum of the City of Lodz is a history and art museum in Łódź that is housed in the former Palace of Poznansky, built by local industrial family. The museum holds collections of antique items from many fields of social life, history, culture and art of the city and a library with a collection o 39Museum of Municipal Engineering in Kraków
KrakówThe Museum of Municipal Engineering in Kraków (Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej w Krakowie) is a municipal museum that documents and popularizes the history of Kraków engineering, transport and technological progress. The museum features several buildings in which early trams, buses and motorcycles are e 40Home Army Museum
KrakówThe Home Army Museum (Muzeum Armii Krajowej) is a museum in Krakow that commemorate the struggle for independence by the underground Polish Secret State and its military arm Armia Krajowa, which is called The Home Army. This "army" was the largest resistance movement in occupied Europe during the se 41Gdansk National Museum
GdańskThe National Museum in Gdańsk is one of the major museums in Gdańsk in Poland and is housed in a old late-Gothic Franciscan monastery constructed in the 15th and early 16th century with with vaulted ceilings and a large staircase. The museum includes permanent exhibitions themed as follows: Painting 42Gdansk History Museum
Gdańsk 43Museum of Cinematography
ŁódźThe Museum of Cinematograph (Kino Muzeum) is a museum in Łódź that shows technical secrets of film making from the cinema early years to modern times. The museum follows the development of cinema through displaying rare historical equipment, posters and costume designs. The collection of the Museum 44National Museum in Wrocław
WrocławThe National Museum in Wrocław is a museum in Poland that holds the largest collection of contemporary art in the country. Furthermore, the museum features floors and rooms that focus on a particular theme, namely: Silesian stone sculpture from 12th - 16th century, Silesian art from the 14th -16th c 45Poznan Archaeological Museum
PoznańThe Poznan Archaeological Museum is housed in Renaissance palace which was the city residence of the Gorki family that dates from the first half of the 16th century. The museum illustrates and holds collections on the prehistory of the region, from the Stone Age to the early medieval period. Further 46Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
BydgoszczThe Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is a museum in Bydgoszcz that is housed in the Bydgoszcz's Secondary School N°3. The museum celebrates the waterway that connects the city to Berlin. The museum exhibits include old photographs, paintings, sailors' uniforms and other canal-related items, as well as an exhi 47Wroclaw Military Museum
WrocławThe Wroclaw Military Museum is housed in the Wrocław City Arsenal (Arsenał Mikołajski) that dates back to the 15th century. The Wroclaw Military Museum holds a collection with Polish and foreign military artefacts, including melee weapons (17th - 20th century), firearms (19th - 20th century), helmet 48Museum of Musical instruments
PoznańThe Museum of Musical instruments is the only Polish museum of professional and folk instruments. The museum holds over 2,000 pieces related to music, history and ethnography. The museum features three floors of exhibits, with a room of music boxes and gramophones, a room of pianos and organs, horns 49Old Toy Gallery
GdańskThe Old Toy Gallery is a private museum in Gdańsk. The museum holds a collection with historical Polish toys from between 1920 and 1989. The collection includes dolls and stuffed animals, tin toys (including vehicles, dollhouse equipment and piggy banks), wooden toys (including blocks), plastic toys 50Museum of the History of Poznań
PoznańThe Museum of the History of Poznań is housed in the City Hall in Poznań. In the museum, the exhibits that are located in the ground floor halls and on the first and second floors, illustrate the story of Poznań and its City Hall from when it all started in 1253 until the 1950s. 51Exploseum
BydgoszczExploseum is a museum in Bydgoszcz on on military technology, located close to the Bydgoszcz Industrial and Technological Park, Zachem Chemical Factory and the Bydgoszcz Forest. It was a place known for inhuman forced labour involving over 40,000 workers of the former DAG Fabrik Bromberg. Out of sev 52Genius Loci Archeological Park
PoznańThe Genius Loci Archeological Park (Archaeological Reserve) features a display of the Poznań settlement’s defensive embankments, which is engineering and technological design from the 10th century. In the Genius Loci Archeological Park in Poznań, visitors can get a different view on Poznań’s medieva 53Field Cathedral of the Polish Army
Warsaw 54Szczecin's National Museum
SzczecinSzczecin's National Museum is housed in one of the most renown and distinctive buildings of Szczecin, designed by by Wilhelm Meyer-Schwartau. One of Poland's greatest collections of relics of non-European cultures are on display in this museum. 55The Bishop Erazm Ciolek Palace - National Museum in Krakow
KrakówThe Bishop Erazm Ciolek Palace is a museum in Krakow and is a branch of the Krakow National Museum. The palace was built in 1505 from two connected houses for the Bishop of Płock, Erasmus Ciołek (1474-1522). The palace exhibits Polish works of art from the 12th to the 18th century. Valuable works in 56Katyn Museum
WarsawThe Katyn Museum (Muzeum Katyńskie) in Warsaw houses an exhibition on the prehistory, the development and the consequences of the Katyn massacre, in which around 4,000 Polish officers were murdered in 1940 by the Soviet secret service NKVD. The museum was established in 1993 and is located in the Po 57Archaeological Museum in Kraków
KrakówThe Archaeological Museum in Kraków is a historic museum that was established in 1850. The Archaeological Museum is divided into five major permanent exhibitions, namely: Gods of the Ancient Egypt, Prehistoric Pottery, The Garden of Ceramics, The Prehistory and Early Middle Ages of Lesser Poland, an 58Museum of the Factory
ŁódźThe Museum of the Factory (Muzeum Fabryki) is a museum in Łódź that is housed in the Manufaktura complex that was built on the 30-hectare site of the industrialist Izrael Poznański, a master weaver. The Museum of the Factory illustrates the history of the industrial fortune of him and shows how the 59Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum
BydgoszczThe Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz holds rich archaeological and historical collections. The musuem is named after Leon Wyczółkowski, one of the leading painters of the Young Poland movement, as well as the principal representative of Polish Realism in art of the Interbellum. 60The Historical Museum - Wrocław Palace
WrocławThe Historical Museum is a history museum in Wrocław, housed in the Royal Palace, the former residence of Prussian kings. The Historical Museum - Wrocław Palace features four permanent exhibitions, namely: the Royal Apartments, the original Beyersdorf room and temporary exhibitions. 61Muzeum Wojsk Lądowych
BydgoszczThe Muzeum Wojsk Lądowych is a military museum in Bydgoszcz, and is the only museum in Poland dedicated to land forces (the army). The museum hold a collection of obejects and vehicles related to the army of Poland. 62The Archdiocesan Museum
KrakówThe Archdiocesan Museum of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla in Krakow is a museum in Krakow that is housed in tenement houses 19-21 at Kanonicza Street. Tenement house number 19 is called St. Stanisława, and the house at 21 is called Dean's House. The collection of the Archdiocesan Museum contains sacred art 63Szczecin History Museum - National Museum in Szczecin
SzczecinThe Szczecin History Museum - National Museum in Szczecin is housed in a Gothic old town hall, which dates back to middle 13th century and still features some impressive interiors. The museum organises exhibitions of history and culture of Szczecin of times ranging from the oldest ages with archaeol 64Jan Matejko House - Krakow National Museum
KrakówThe Jan Matejko House in Krakow is a museum dedicated to the painter Jan Matejko (1838-1893), who was born there and spent his whole life there. The house was built in the 16th century and was rebuilt several times after that. In 1872, Jan Matejko designed a new facade with the architect Tomasz Pryl 65Jewish Historical Institute
WarsawThe Jewish Historical Institute (Żydowski Instytut Historyczny, ŻIH) in Warsaw houses one of the most significant collections on Jewish history in Poland, including the Ringelblum Archive (the Warsaw Ghetto, also called Oneg Shabbat) that contains about 6000 documents, and is an important research f 66Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
WarsawThe Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum (Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) is a museum in Warsaw that is dedicated to the life and work of Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity Marie Skłodowska Curie. Marie Skłodowska Curie was the first woma 67The Hipolit House
KrakówThe Hipolit House is one of the branches of the Historical Museum of Krakow, located at the Mariacki Square in a two-story building. The museum houses a permanent exhibition called "A Bourgeois House" that shows how Cracovians lived from the 17th to the 19th century, with changing characteristics of 68Jozef Mehoffer House - National Museum in Krakow
KrakówThe Józef Mehoffer House ( Dom Józefa Mehoffera) is a museum in Krakow that is a branch of the Krakow National Museum. The museum is dedicated to the painter Józef Mehoffer (1869-1946). Stanisław Wyspiański was born in the house in 1869. The Mehoffer family also lived in the house in the post-war pe 69Armored Weaponry Museum
PoznańThe Armored Weaponry Museum (Armoured Warfare Museum) in Poznań is a musuem that holds the largest collection of armoured fighting vehicles in Poland. The museum exhibits around 40 vehicles from the First World War, interwar, Second World War and Cold War periods. The museum features Tanks, Self-pro 70Museum of Praga
WarsawThe Museum of Praga (Muzeum Warszawskiej Pragi) is a museum in Warsaw that is housed in historic buildings, one of which is the oldest brick built house in Praga, that dates back to the 18th century. The museum is dedicated to the history of the Warsaw city district Praga. The museum features vario 71Sala BHP
GdańskSala BHP (BHP room) is a historic building in Gdańsk which used to be a part of Gdansk Shipyard. It is the place where the August agreements were signed in 1980. It now serves as an exhibition and convention centre and hosts various events. 72Wielkopolska Military Museum
PoznańThe Wielkopolska Military Museum is a military museum in Poznań that is housed in a communist-era pavilion. The museum holds collections that are related to the military history of Poland, from the 11th century onwards. Highlights in the museum are a 16th-century rapier-sword with a hilt that was fo 73Historic Free Zone Museum
Gdańsk 74Museum of Pavilion X
WarsawThe Xth Pavilion of the Citadel Warsaw (X Pawilon Cytadeli Warszawskiej) is a former prison on the grounds of the Warsaw Citadel. Today it is host to one of the most important museums on martyrdom in Poland. Three permanent exhibitions are shown in the museum. The first exhibition traces the struggl 75Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
ŁódźThe Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography (Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne) is a history museum in Łódź. The museum holds a collection of over 260,000 objects, divided over the four main collections: archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic and the puppet theatre. The collection includes sword 76Museum of Independence Traditions
ŁódźThe Museum of Independence Traditions is a museum in Łódź with several branches. The museum hols collections of all kinds of memorabilia related to independence traditions, primarily from the Łódź region. The museum is specialized in the history of the German occupation of 1939-1945 in Łódź and the 77City of Wroclaw Museum
Wrocław 78Wincenty Pol Manor House
LublinWincenty Pol’s manor house is a biographical museum with the character of a historical house. Its mission is, on one hand, to maintain and promote the memory of the once famous and deserved bard and scholar – about his fate, various forms of initiatives and creative activity, and on the other – upda 79Pharmacy Museum
LublinThe Pharmacy Museum in Lublin occupies two rooms. The first exhibits old pharmaceutical furniture with a collection of historical pharmaceutical glass (bottles and jars) and pharmacy related tools. In the second room (laboratory and warehouse) a collection of documents (prescriptions and labels) and 80Fort VII Museum of the Wielkopolska Martyrs
PoznańThe Museum of the Wielkopolska Martyrs in Poznań, is located on the site of the old Fort VII at Aleja Polska. It is a branch of the Wielkopolska Museum of Independence. During the Second World War, he served as a Nazi death camp for Poles. The museum illustrates the martyrdom of Poles during the Ger 81The Feliks Jasieński Szołayski House
KrakówThe Szołayski house is a two-storey building in Krakow that houses a permanent exhibition devoted to Stanisław Wyspiański (a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer) and Feliks "Manggha" Jasieński (a Polish critic and art collector). The oldest part of the Szo 82Cricoteka
KrakówThe Cricoteka (Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor) is a cultural institution founded in 1981 in Krakow, housed in a former power plant. It is dedicated to the Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director Tadeusz Kantor. After his death, t 83National Archaeological Museum
WarsawThe National Archaeological Museum of Poland (Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne w Warszawie) is a museum in Warsaw that is located in the old Warsaw Arsenal. The museum focuses on displaying excavation objects from former and present Polish areas. The exhibited artifacts range from pieces from the Neo 84Leon Wyczolkowski House
BydgoszczThe Leon Wyczolkowski House was constructed in 1899-1902 as a residence for members of the management of the Rother’s Mills. The building is an example of Neoromanticism. In 1994 the house became part of the Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz. The museum exhibits artworks made by Leon Wy 85Krzysztofory Palace - Historical Museum of Kraków
KrakówThe Krzysztofory Palace is a small, baroque palace located on the main square of Kraków and is part of the Historical Museum of Krakow. In the 17th century, the Crown Court Marshal Adam Kazanowski commissioned the construction of the Krzysztofory Palace. It was named after St. Krzysztof, the patron 86Museum of the Greater Poland Uprising 1918 - 1919
PoznańThe Museum of the Greater Poland Uprising 1918 - 1919 is a military museum in Poznań. The museum illustrates the outbreak and course of the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918-1919. Furthermore, the museum presents the history of the independence movement of Wielkopolska from the first half of the 19th 87Museum of Warsaw
WarsawThe Museum of Warsaw (Muzeum Warszawy) is a museum in the Polish Capital Warsaw that was established in 1936 and is located in the Old Town Market Place. The museum holds and exhibits collections in the field of archeology, painting, graphics, iconography, sculpture, decorative arts, numismatics and 88Ethnographic Museum in Wrocław
WrocławThe Ethnographic Museum in Wrocław is part of the the National Museum in Wrocław and is housed in the 18th-century Neo-Baroque summer palace of Wrocław's bishops. The museum aims to illustrate the culture of former Eastern frontiers of Poland, the culture of the Lemko people and Byzantine Catholic c 89Archdiocesan Archives Poznan
PoznańThe Archdiocesan Archives Poznan is the main archive for Poznań Archdiocese. It was founded in 1925 and is divided into 3 parts: the Old Records Archive (with documents from before the 19th century, including parchment and papyrus documents, register books from bishops, chapters’ as well as consisto 90Museum of diplomacy and Polish refugees
BydgoszczThe Museum of Polish Diplomacy and Refugee in Bydgoszcz holds a collection concerning the Polish foreign service, the history of the Polish Government in Exile, as well as materials that depict the life and activities of Polish people living in various parts of the world. 91Europeum Center of European Culture - National Museum in Krakow
KrakówThe Europeum Center of European Culture is a center in Krakow and a branch of the Krakow National Museum, located on two floors in a restored 17th century granary. The Europeum houses a permanent exhibition of European art, with more than 100 paintings and sculptures from 7 centuries of history of E 92Muzeum Bambrów Poznańskich
PoznańMuzeum Bambrów Poznańskich (the Bambr Poznańskie Museum) is a museum in Poznań that is dedicated to the history and culture of Bambrów Poznań. 93Museum of Sport and Tourism
WarsawThe Museum of Sport and Tourism is a museum in Warsaw that was established in 1952, making it one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. The Museum of Sport and Tourism's main exhibition is titled “The history of Polish Sport and Olympic Movement” and covers the history of sport from Ancient Greece u 94Abbey Granary - Department of Ethnography
GdańskThe Abbey Granary of the Department of Ethnography is situated inside Oliwa Park. It is an 18th century Abbatial Granary with three floors. The museum is devoted to the history and culture of the Pomerania region and showcases folk-related artefacts from Eastern Pomerania. The collection includes a 95Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature
WarsawThe Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature is a museum in Warsaw that is named after the Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, professor of Slavic literature, and political activist Adam Mickiewicz. The musuem holds and displays a collection of manuscripts and historical artefacts t 96Postal and Communications Museum
WrocławThe Postal and Communications Museum in Wrocław is housed in the former Central Post Office from 1929. The museum is devoted to the history of the postal service of Poland and the development of communications technology from the 16th century to the present day. The museum holds a collection that in 97Henryk Sienkiewicz Literary Museum
PoznańThe Henryk Sienkiewicz Literary Museum is housed in a 16th-century townhouse in the Old Market Square in Poznań. The museum illustrates the atmosphere of the time in which Henryk Sienkiewicz lived and created his literary works. Collection held by the museum include surviving period furniture, works 98Piwnica pod Fortuną
LublinPiwnica pod Fortuną (basement under Fortuna in Lublin) is a museum in Lublin. The main building is located in the cellars of the Lubomelski tenement house. It is a complex of Renaissance cellars, called the 'Winiarnia under Fortuna'. The rooms from the 1670s have preserved polychromes - one of the f 99Maritime Culture Centre
GdańskThe Maritime Culture Centre in Gdańsk is part of the National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk. The museum consists of an exhibitions on 3 floors where visitors can learn things about ships, boats and the sea in interactive exhibits. 100Wroclaw Archdiocese Museum
WrocławThe Wroclaw Archdiocese Museum is a museum with artistic and historical works of (religious) art. The collection of the museum includes sculpture, painting, textile art (14th - 19th century) and ancient relics such as mummies, wedge alphabet plates, olive lamps. Highlight in the museum is a set of a 101Etnography Museum
PoznańThe Ethnographic Museum in Poznań is part of the National Museum of Poznań. The museum is housed in the historic building of an old freemason lodge, surrounded by a historic baroque-style park. The museum is one of Poland's oldest museums dedicated to illustrating the richness of folk culture. The m 102Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography
KrakówThe Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków is a photography museum in Kraków that aims to collect and popularize historical photographs. Besides its photograph exhibits and international symposiums, the Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography holds a collection o 103Central Prisoner of War Museum
ŁambinowiceThe Łambinowice seat of the Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War is located within the oldest part of the Lamsdorf military range, referred to as Camp I (Lager I) in the past. Even prior to that it was known as the camp of foot artillery (Fusslager). Until the end of World War 2, there were Prussian a 104The Barbican
KrakówThe Barbican is a Barbican (fortified outpost) that is located in the Planty city park in Krakow. It is one of the few remaining parts of the Krakow defenses and gave access to the Florian's Gate. It was built in Gothic style in 1498 and 1499, when John I Albert reigned. The round building has a cou 105City Defence Walls
Kraków 106Celestat
KrakówThe Celestat is a musuem in Krakow that is dedicated to the history of the Cracovian Fowler Brotherhood of hunters and marksmen. The museum holds and displays a collection that includes oil paintings, guns, teapots, photographs and other relics related to its history. 107Zwierzyniec House
KrakówThe Zwierzyniec House is a branch of the Krakow Historical Museum. The museum houses an exhibition that illustrates the history of creativity of artists from Zvezhynets. Furthermore, the museum illustrates the changes that have taken place in the former suburbs of Krakow since their incorporation in 108Cross House
KrakówThe Cross House (Dom pod Krzyżem) is a historic-architectural building in Krakow that houses the Stanislav Wyspianski Theater Museum, which is a branch of the Krakow Historical Museum. In 2008, a permanent exhibition was closed due to the necessary renovation of the building, conservation of exhibit 109The Museum of Cemetery Art
Wrocław 110The Archaeological Museum of Wrocław
WrocławThe Archaeological Museum of Wrocław is one of the seven branches of the City Museum of Wroclaw that holds archaeological pieces from Silesia, from the older Stone Age to the 19th century. The Archaeological Museum of Wrocław is one of the oldest museums of this type in Europe and is housed in the h 111The Museum of Burgeois Art - Town Hall
WrocławThe Museum of Bourgeois Art is part of the City Museum of Wrocław and is housed in the Old Town Hall of Wrocław. The museum exhibits the interiors of the building and holds collections of works of art and handicrafts related to Wrocław. Its collection includes paintings, drawings and graphics from t 112Museum of the Theater Henryk Tomaszewski
WrocławThe Museum of the Theater Henryk Tomaszewski in Wrocław is part of the Wrocław City Museum. The museum illustrates the story of a pantomime and the theatre life of Wrocław. The Museum contains a reproduction of rooms from Henryk Tomaszewski’s apartment with papers, photographs, books and dolls, toys 113Museum of Regional Traditions - National Museum in Szczecin
Szczecin 114Dialogue Centre Upheavals - National Museum in Szczecin
Szczecin 115Radogoszcz prison - Museum of Independence Traditions
ŁódźThis branch of the Museum of Independence Traditions is situated inside the Radogoszcz prison, a German Order Police and Gestapo prison in Łódź. The museum commemorates its wartime victims and offers its visitors a chronological journey on the Roads to Independence experienced in Łódź, covering the- 116
Executioner Museum
Kraków 117Museum of Independence
WarsawThe Museum of Independence (Muzeum Niepodległości) is a museum in Warsaw that is located in the former Przebendowski Palace. Besides this location, the Museum of Independence has the following branches: the X Pavilion Museum at the Warsaw Citadel, the Museum of Pawiak Prison and the Mausoleum of Str- 118
Park Miniatur
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Makiety Dawnego Poznania
PoznańMakiety Dawnego Poznania (Mockup of Old Poznań) is a multimedia historical exhibition in Poznań, located in the basement of the Conventual Franciscans church. The museum features 3 different models: a mock-up of the Gates of the First Piasts at Ostrów Tumski, a mock-up of Old Poznań according to Bra - 120
Museum of Ancient Art - National Museum in Krakow
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Romanesque Cellar - Gdansk Archeological Museum
GdańskThe Romanesque Cellar of the Gdansk Archeological Museum is an antique remnant of a 13th century Dominican Monastery which, in the past, served as a dining hall and kitchen. The highlight is the refectory (dining hall). The exhibition features a film on the history of where the former Dominican mona - 122
Theatre Museum
WarsawThe Theater Museum in Warsaw is a museum that holds and displays collections related to the history of Polish theater and foreign theaters. The Theatre Museum's collection includes sculpture, painting, drawing and graphics, souvenirs (related to important theater people), stage designs, costumes, ph - 123
European Money Center
BydgoszczThe European Money Center is housed in a tenement house from the turn of the 18th and 19th century with features of classicistic, late Baroque. Until 1996 it served as a dwelling house for employees of the mills administration. In 1945, it became the property of the State Treasury, and in the 1990s - 124
The Podgórze Museum
KrakówThe Podgórze Museum is a museum in Krakow that illustrates the history of the Podgórze district. The museum presents a permanent exhibition "A Brief History of the City of Podgórze", which includes exhibits such as the 19th-century desk of the mayors of Podgórze and the insignia of the City Council - 125
Muzeum Tortur Kraków
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Norblin Factory Museum
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