Science & technology museums in Poland

The Copernicus Science Centre (Centrum Nauki Kopernik) is a science museum near the Vistula River in Warsaw. The museum features over 450 interactive exhibits to do experiments and discover the laws of science. The exhibition is divided into six sections concerning various fields of knowledge, namel

The Polish Aviation Museum (Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego) is a large museum in Krakow that holds and exhibits its collection with historical and more recent aircraft and aircraft engines. The museum is located on the site of the former Krakow-Rakowice-Czyżyny airport. The collection of the Polish Avia

The 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

The Hydropolis is a water multimedia museum in Wrocław, also called the Centre for Ecological Education. The Hydropolis exhibition is housed in a historic, underground pure water tank from the 19th century that covers 4,000 square meter. It is a place where diverse multimedia technologies, interacti

The 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

The Museum of Technology and Transport in Szczecin is housed in an old tram depot that was built in 1912. The museum exhibits old vehicles, machines and documents related to the history of communication and transport, mainly in Poland. The Museum of Technology and Transport holds a collection of aro

The 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.

The 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

The 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

The Neon Museum (Muzeum Neonów) is a museum in Warsaw that documents and protects Polish light advertisements created after World War II. The Neon Museum in Warsaw is one of the few museums of neon signs in the world. The Neon Museum is located on the premises of Soho Factory. The museum holds an ex

Centrum 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.

The 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

The 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

The Museum of Polish Military Technology (Muzeum Polskiej Techniki Wojskowej) is located at the former Fort IX of the Warsaw Fortress in Sadyba in Warsaw's Mokotów district. Together with the Katyń Museum Warsaw, which is also housed here, it is a branch of the Museum of the Polish Army. The fortres

The Railway Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie) was housed in the former Warsaw Główna PKP railway terminus. The permanent collection consisted of historic rolling stock.

The 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

The 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

The 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

The Technological and Industrial Museum (Muzeum Techniki w Warszawie) is a museum in Warsaw that is housed in the Palace of Culture & Science. The museum holds and displays a collection of motorbikes, planes, 19th century musical boxes, and historic cars. The collection of the museum includes mainly

Sala 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.

The 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

Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw is the only museum institution in Poland dedicated entirely to the history of architecture and contemporary architecture. Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw carries out programs and events for architects, historians and the general public. It prepares exhibitions on

Manggha (Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha) is a museum in Krakow that opened in 1994 that holds and exhibits a collection that was donated in 1920 by critic, writer and collector of art, Feliks Jasieński, (nicknamed Manggha). The collection contained around 6,500 artworks connected with

The 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

The Earth Museum - Polish Academy of Sciences is a museum in Warsaw that is housed in two historical buildings where it exhibits its collection that contains more than 170,00 items related to all geological sciences. However, the museum specializes in Polish minerals, precious stones, meteorites and

The Brus - Tram Museum in Łódź is housed in a depot and features internal exhibitions that are located in the former administrative building and an external exhibition of tram cars and buses that were used in public transport in Łódź.

Geological Museum of the Polish Geological Institute (Muzeum Geologiczne Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego) is a museum in Warsaw that is housed in a historic building built in 1925-1930. The Geological Museum of the Polish Geological Institute has eight thematic permanent exhibitions: Earth's mat

The 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

The 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.