History museums in Poznań

The 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

The 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

The 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.

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 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

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

The 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

The 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

The 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

Muzeum Bambrów Poznańskich (the Bambr Poznańskie Museum) is a museum in Poznań that is dedicated to the history and culture of Bambrów Poznań.

The 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

The 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

Makiety 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