Always-free museums - Warsaw
A few Warsaw museums are free every day of the week - no need to time your visit to a specific day. These are typically publicly funded institutions whose mission treats open access as part of the education remit.
Museums with free admission every day
Katy艅 Museum
Katy艅 Museum in Warsaw - the only museum in the world dedicated entirely to the Katy艅 massacre. Free admission, opening hours, how to get there, practical tips.
State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw
State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw - prehistory of Polish lands in the historic Royal Arsenal. Opening hours, tickets, exhibitions, directions.
History Meeting House
History Meeting House (Dom Spotka艅 z Histori膮) at Karowa 20: 6,600+ oral history recordings and photo exhibits. Tue-Fri 10-20, Sat-Sun 12-20.
Museum of Cursed Soldiers, Warsaw
Museum of Cursed Soldiers at Rakowiecka 37 - Warsaw's communist-era political prison. Free entry, guided tours only. Pavilion X cells, execution site.
Museum of Scouting in Warsaw
Poland's only scouting museum in a 1930s YMCA building. Gray Ranks WWII archives, scout banners, free admission. Hours, directions.
NBP Money Centre in Warsaw
NBP Money Centre in Warsaw - free interactive museum at the National Bank of Poland. 10,000 exhibits, 16 rooms, gold bar. Hours, directions.
Pontiseum - Bridge Construction Museum
Pontiseum in Warsaw - open-air display of steel fragments from 3 historic bridges pulled from the Vistula. Free entry, 24/7.
Theatre Museum in Warsaw
Theatre Museum at the Grand Theatre Warsaw - Poland's only theatre museum. 200,000 objects, free entry. Hours, directions.
Academy of Fine Arts Museum
27,000 artworks in Czapski Palace - Chopin's last Warsaw home, Norwid studied here. Tue-Sun 12-19, free admission.
Apteka Sztuki Gallery
Apteka Sztuki Gallery at al. Wyzwolenia 3/5: contemporary art gallery run by a social enterprise. Mon-Fri 10-17, Sat 12-17. Free admission.
Children's Art Museum
5,000 artworks created by children since 1965 - paintings, sculptures, tapestries, ceramics. 呕oliborz workshops, by appointment.
Children's Book Museum
Nearly 100,000 volumes of children's literature from 1801 onwards. Special department of the Warsaw Public Library. Exhibitions, author meetings. Free entry.
Diving Museum
Warsaw Diving Museum - Poland's only diving museum with 900 artefacts from 1895 onward, helmets, suits and underwater gear. Free entry, Tuesdays 11-17.
Dom Bez Kant贸w Gallery
Dom Bez Kant贸w Gallery, 艢r贸dmie艣cie: Pilecki Institute exhibitions on 20th-century history and totalitarian memory. Krakowskie Przedmie艣cie 11. Free.
Europa Experience Warsaw
Free multimedia exhibition by the European Parliament. 360-degree cinema, interactive stations in 24 languages, MEP role-play game. Central Warsaw.
Fort Institute of Photography
Fort Institute of Photography at Fort Mokot贸w: gallery and reading room with 2,500 photo books. Szpilmana 6. Wed-Fri 14:00-19:00, Sat-Sun 12:00-19:00. Free.
Gen. Henryk Minkiewicz Tradition Room
Military tradition room at Warsaw Garrison Command, Pi艂sudski Square. Weapons from the 1794 insurrection, uhlan gear, guest books signed by heads of state.
General W艂adys艂aw Sikorski Museum
Small exhibition dedicated to General Sikorski on Turecka Street in Mokot贸w - memorabilia, documents and uniforms of the WWII Polish PM-in-exile.
Heritage Interpretation Centre
Museum of Warsaw branch on the Vistula escarpment. Teaches how to read a city's architecture - lectures, workshops, exhibitions on heritage. Free entry.
Historical Metrological Collections, Warsaw
3,500 historic measuring instruments at GUM - from a 1677 Lithuanian weight to atomic clocks. Group visits by appointment or Night of Museums.
Icon Museum
500 Russian, Greek and Balkan icons in a converted boiler room - Orthodox chapel, Nowosielski reproductions. Free entry, call ahead to arrange a visit.
Jan Kili艅ski Leather Craft Guild Museum
Leather Guild Museum in Warsaw Old Town - 19th-century shoemaker workshop, Kili艅ski memorabilia, leather craft heritage since 1386. Free entry.
Jazz Museum
Jazz instruments, photos and posters at the YMCA where Tyrmand held Poland's first post-war jam session. By appointment.
Konopacki Palace
Konopacki Palace, Praga-P贸艂noc: 19th-century mansion run by Dom Kultury Praga, Strzelecka 11/13. Exhibitions, concerts, workshops. Mon-Fri 09:00-20:00.
Korczakianum Documentation and Research Centre
Korczakianum in the historic Orphans' Home where Korczak lived - archive, permanent exhibition, digital repository. Branch of Museum of Warsaw.
LOT Polish Airlines Museum
LOT Polish Airlines History Hall at the airline's HQ near Chopin Airport - memorabilia from 95 years of Polish commercial aviation. Visits by arrangement.
Magdalena Kobierecka Gallery
Magdalena Kobierecka Gallery in Bielany (Schroegera st): glass painting and graphics. Fri 16-20, Sat-Sun 12-18, Tue-Thu by appointment. Free.
Maria Kownacka Memorial Room
Maria Kownacka's apartment in a 呕oliborz cooperative block - beloved children's author lived here 1930-1982. Warsaw Public Library branch.
Medical History Museum of Warsaw Medical University
WUM Medical History Museum in Warsaw - surgical instruments, 17th-century medical books, 3D-mapped Anatomical Theatre. Free entry, weekdays.
Memorial Chamber at the Warsaw Uprising Cemetery
Branch of the Museum of Warsaw at the largest Warsaw Uprising Cemetery. Exhibition commemorating civilian victims of the 1944 Uprising. Night of Museums 2026.
Museum of Cooperative History in Poland
Museum of Cooperative History in Warsaw - 25,000 artefacts in the historic House Under the Eagles. From Stefczyk to Spolem. Free entry.
Museum of Decorative and Precision Crafts
Museum of Decorative and Precision Crafts, Piekarska 20, Old Town: Goldsmiths, Watchmakers, Opticians, Bronzeworkers guild. First Saturday only, 12-18. Free.
Museum of Geodesy
Museum of Geodesy at WPG in Warsaw - theodolites, levelling instruments and surveying tools from the 19th-20th century. Poland's first geodesy museum.
Museum of the Polish Bar Association
Museum of the Polish Bar in Warsaw: advocacy history since the 18th century, legal robes, landmark trial documents. HQ under renovation, access unconfirmed.
Museum of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
Small museum in the convent basement on 呕ytnia Street - where St. Faustina Kowalska knocked on the gate in 1925. Relics, habit, multimedia.
Nursing History Museum
Nursing History Museum in Warsaw - gallery of 103 Florence Nightingale Medal recipients, medical instruments. Visits by appointment.
Old Medical Books Department, Warsaw
65,000 exhibits in a surviving 1890s surgical pavilion of Ujazdowski Hospital - Copernicus originals, Curie's desk, 17th-century anatomical atlases.
Pod Okiem Gallery
Pod Okiem Gallery, Ochota: contemporary art gallery run by Ochota Cultural Centre, Gr贸jecka 79. Open since 2014. Hours vary - call 22 822 48 70.
S.J. Thugutt Geological Museum
University geological museum with Apollo mission lunar dust, 233 Pultusk meteorite specimens and 4,000 mineral displays. Free entry, by appointment only.
St. Zygmunt Feli艅ski Museum
Museum of the Archbishop of Warsaw in Bogus艂awski Palace, Wola - saint canonized in 2009, friend of poet S艂owacki, Siberian exile. Free entry.
University of Warsaw Museum
University of Warsaw Museum, Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace on Royal Route. 1917 silver eagle, cork model of Arch of Constantine, Sienkiewicz portrait. Free.
Ursus Tractor Factory Museum
Ursus Tractor Factory Museum history - 400 exhibits, vintage tractors and a 1936 Sok贸艂 motorcycle. Hall 270 demolished 2022. Collection at NMT and Izba.
Warsaw Bread Museum
Private bakery museum behind a working bakery in Szmulowizna - challah molds, an 1867 salt receipt, WWII ration cards. Free entry, visits by appointment.
Warsaw Fire Brigade Education and History Centre
Warsaw Fire Brigade Centre in Praga-P贸艂noc - 1000 m虏 of exhibits, vintage fire engines, an 1878 tower and a spherical cinema. Group visits by reservation.
Warsaw Musical Society Library, Museum and Archive
Chopin and Moniuszko manuscripts in Poland's oldest musical society archive. 47,500 objects on Zakroczymska. Visits by appointment.
Warsaw Orthodox Metropolis Museum
Orthodox sacred art at the Centre of Orthodox Culture, Praga: icons, 5th-6th century crosses, liturgical vestments. Free, visit by phone booking.
Warsaw Tram Heritage Room
Warsaw Tram Heritage Room at the Mokot贸w depot - vintage tram models, uniforms, ticket punches and the history of Warsaw's rail transport. Free admission.
Warsaw University of Life Sciences Museum
SGGW Museum in Warsaw - 200 years of Poland's oldest agricultural university, from Marymont to Ursyn贸w. VR exhibits. Free entry.
Warsaw University of Technology Museum
Warsaw University of Technology Museum - 200 years of engineering heritage, vintage instruments, ANOPS-105 computer. Free entry.
Warsaw Uprising Veterans Association
Yearning for Freedom exhibition at the Warsaw Uprising Veterans Association, D艂uga 22. Video testimonies, veteran memorabilia. Free entry.
W艂adys艂aw Broniewski Museum
Poet Broniewski's Mokot贸w apartment - he lived and wrote here from 1945 until his death in 1962. Branch of the Museum of Literature.
See also
- Thursday museums - the widest choice of the week.
- All days hub.