Free museums on Thursday - Warsaw
Thursday is the richest day for free museum visits in Warsaw - the city’s biggest museums are open at no charge. POLIN, Wilanów Palace, the Warsaw Uprising Museum, the Museum of Warsaw, and the Polish Army Museum - all free, all in one day.
Museums with free admission on Thursday
Museum of Warsaw
Museum of Warsaw on the Old Town Market Square - 7,000 objects in 11 historic townhouses. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there, practical tips.
Regular: 25 PLN | Reduced: 18 PLN
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
POLIN Museum in Warsaw - 1,000 years of Polish Jewish history at one of Europe's best museums. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there, practical tips.
Regular: 45 PLN | Reduced: 35 PLN
The Polish Army Museum in Warsaw
Free admission Thursdays: hussar armour, tanks and MiGs at the Warsaw Citadel. Polish Army Museum - hours, tickets, visiting tips.
Regular: 40 PLN | Reduced: 30 PLN
Warsaw Uprising Museum - Free Entry Thursdays
Free entry every Thursday. One of Poland's most-visited museums - opening hours, tickets, directions.
Regular: 35 PLN | Reduced: 30 PLN
Wilanów Palace, Warsaw - Tickets, Hours & Gardens
Wilanów Palace: Baroque residence of King Jan III Sobieski. Palace tickets 70 PLN (~€16), gardens 15 PLN, free entry Thursdays. Hours, directions, tips.
Regular: 70 PLN | Reduced: 35 PLN
Zachęta - National Gallery of Art
Zachęta has no permanent collection - exhibitions rotate every 2-3 months. Neo-Renaissance palace from 1900, free Thursdays. Tickets, hours, directions.
Regular: 30 PLN | Reduced: 20 PLN
Andrzej Wawrzyniak Asia and Pacific Museum
Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw - Poland's only museum of Asian and Oceanian cultures. 23,000 objects, playable instruments. Hours, tickets.
Regular: 20 PLN | Reduced: 12 PLN
Antonina Leśniewska Museum of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Museum in Warsaw Old Town - historic apothecary, antique equipment, and the story of Poland's first female pharmacist. Hours, tickets, directions.
Regular: 12 PLN | Reduced: 8 PLN
Cells of the Security Service in Warsaw
Communist secret police cells beneath Warsaw's Ministry of Justice. Original prisoner markings, bread chess pieces. Hours, tickets.
Regular: 10 PLN | Reduced: 8 PLN
Geological Museum (PIG) in Warsaw
Geological Museum PIG in Warsaw - meteorites, minerals, prehistoric skeletons and a flashlight cave. Tickets, hours, how to get there.
Regular: 10 PLN | Reduced: 5 PLN
Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom in Warsaw
Former Gestapo HQ on Szucha Avenue. Original cells, prisoner inscriptions, multimedia. Hours, tickets, how to visit.
Regular: 20 PLN | Reduced: 10 PLN
Museum of Independence in Warsaw
Museum of Independence in Warsaw - Polish independence history in a Baroque palace. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there.
Regular: 20 PLN | Reduced: 10 PLN
Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński (Mt 5,14)
Mt 5,14 Museum in Warsaw's Temple of Divine Providence - exhibition on John Paul II and Cardinal Wyszyński, 26m above ground. Tickets.
Regular: 35 PLN | Reduced: 28 PLN
Museum of Printing in Warsaw
Warsaw's Printing Museum on Ząbkowska Street. Working 18th-century press, hands-on workshops, Praga district gem. Hours, tickets.
Regular: 5 PLN | Reduced: 3 PLN
Museum of the Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel
Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel - authentic 19th-century political prison. Piłsudski's cell, Sochaczewski paintings, Execution Gate.
Regular: 20 PLN | Reduced: 10 PLN
Praga Museum of Warsaw
Praga Museum of Warsaw - pre-war Warsaw on the right bank. Jewish prayer room murals, oral histories, observation deck. Hours, tickets.
Regular: 15 PLN | Reduced: 10 PLN
State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw
State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw - Poland's oldest. 80,000 objects, folk costumes, African art. Tickets, hours, free Thursdays.
Regular: 21 PLN | Reduced: 16 PLN
Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
CSW Ujazdowski Castle: contemporary art centre in a reconstructed Baroque castle. Exhibitions, cinema, sculpture park. Night of Museums 2026.
Regular: 30 PLN | Reduced: 20 PLN
Warsaw Fotoplastikon
Warsaw Fotoplastikon - the last working Kaiserpanorama in Europe. Stereoscopic photos, hours, tickets, directions.
Regular: 10 PLN | Reduced: 6 PLN
Military Ordinariate Museum
Poland's only military chaplaincy museum - in the crypt of the Field Cathedral on Długa Street. Multimedia exhibition spanning from 966 AD to today. 6 PLN.
Regular: 6 PLN | Reduced: 4 PLN
Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement
Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement in Warsaw - 62,000 artefacts, Witos letters, folk art, partisan equipment. In a historic 1852 neo-Renaissance inn.
Regular: 4 PLN | Reduced: 2 PLN
Practical tips for Thursday
- Start at the Warsaw Uprising Museum (opens at 8:00). On Thursdays it stays open until 20:00 - crowded in the morning, quieter in the evening.
- POLIN and the Museum of Warsaw - 15 minutes by tram from the Warsaw Uprising Museum. Both permanent exhibitions are free on Thursday.
- Wilanów needs more time - palace plus gardens plus travel. Best treated as its own half-day plan.
- Free tickets are limited (notably at POLIN and Wilanów). Check the museum’s website or reserve online.
- Audio guides and temporary exhibitions are usually paid separately even on Thursdays.
See also
- Wednesday museums - the Royal Castle and Chopin.
- Always-free museums - useful add-ons to your Thursday plan.
- All days of the week hub.