Culture museums in Warsaw

Chopin’s music and folk traditions - two sides of Warsaw’s cultural identity, housed in these institutions. A small category, but one with real character.

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Legia Warsaw Museum

ul. Łazienkowska 3, 00-449 Warszawa

Poland's first club sports museum - under the Zyleta stand at the Polish Army Stadium. Deyna memorabilia, Wronski's Olympic gold, a 1930s …

Closed since 30 November 2025. Reopening after renovation expected Q3 2026.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Culture Limited access

Warsaw Bread Museum

ul. Jadowska 2, 03-761 Warszawa

Private bakery museum behind a working bakery in Szmulowizna - challah molds, an 1867 salt receipt, WWII ration cards. Free entry, visits by …

By phone appointment. Saturdays 9:00-15:00 (expanding to daily hours).
Praga Północ
Culture Closed

Feliks Stamm Boxing Museum

plac Żelaznej Bramy 1, 00-136 Warszawa

Poland's first boxing museum in Hala Gwardii - Pietrzykowski's gloves from the Clay fight, Olympic medals. Closed since 2023, reopening …

Closed since June 2023. Reopening after Hala Gwardii renovation expected 2028-2029.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Culture Limited access

Salesian Missionary Museum

ul. Korowodu 20, 02-829 Warszawa

Poland's second-largest missionary museum - around 3,000 artifacts from Latin America, Africa and Asia across three halls in Ursynow. Visits …

By appointment only, office Mon-Fri 8:00-16:00.
Ursynów
Culture

Janusz Korczak Children's Museum

ul. Kredytowa 1, 00-056 Warszawa

Poland's first ethnographic museum for children - inside the Ethnographic Museum on Kredytowa. Interactive exhibits, workshops. 20 …

Tue 10:00-17:00, Wed 11:00-19:00, Thu-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat 10:00-18:00, Sun 10:00-17:00. Monday closed. 20 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Culture Closed

Private Museum of the Polish Devil "Przedpiekle"

ul. Bukowińska 26 m. 3, 00-562 Warszawa

Former private museum of ~2,000 Polish devil figurines in a Mokotow basement. Closed since 2023 after founder Wiktoryn Grabczewski's death.

Closed since January 2023.
Mokotów
Culture

Andrzej Strug Museum

al. Niepodleglosci 210 m. 10A, 00-608 Warszawa

Writer Andrzej Strug's apartment on al. Niepodleglosci - he lived here from 1929 until his death in 1937. Branch of the Museum of …

Tuesday 12:00-18:00, Wednesday-Thursday 10:00-16:00, Friday 9:00-15:00. Closed: Monday, Saturday, Sunday. 15 PLN · free Wed
Mokotów
Culture Limited access

St. Zygmunt Felinski Museum

ul. Zelazna 97, 01-017 Warszawa

Museum of the Archbishop of Warsaw in Boguslawski Palace, Wola - saint canonized in 2009, friend of poet Slowacki, Siberian exile. Free …

Visits by prior phone or email arrangement.
Wola
Culture

Children's Book Museum

ul. Koszykowa 26/28, 00-950 Warszawa

Nearly 100,000 volumes of children's literature from 1801 onwards. Special department of the Warsaw Public Library. Exhibitions, author …

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 13:00-19:00. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:00-15:00.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Culture Limited access

General Wladyslaw Sikorski Museum

ul. Turecka 3, 02-618 Warszawa

Small exhibition dedicated to General Sikorski on Turecka Street in Mokotow - memorabilia, documents and uniforms of the WWII Polish …

Visits by prior arrangement only. No fixed opening hours.
Mokotów
Culture Limited access

Maria Dabrowska Museum

ul. Progi 1 m. 13, 02-691 Warszawa

Maria Dabrowska's Mokotow apartment - the Nights and Days author lived here from 1944 to 1965. Branch of the Museum of Literature.

Monday-Friday 10:00-15:00. Visits by prior arrangement.
Mokotów
Culture Limited access

Maria Kownacka Memorial Room

ul. Slowackiego 5/13 m. 74, 01-592 Warszawa

Maria Kownacka's apartment in a Zoliborz cooperative block - beloved children's author lived here 1930-1982. Warsaw Public Library branch.

Tue-Thu 9:00-14:00, by prior arrangement only.
Żoliborz
Culture Closed

Sue Ryder Museum

pl. Unii Lubelskiej 2, 00-588 Warszawa

Sue Ryder Museum in the Mokotow Toll Gate at pl. Unii Lubelskiej - British philanthropist and her Polish mission. Temporarily closed.

Temporarily closed due to water damage and renovation. Check current status on the foundation website.
Mokotów
Culture Limited access

Wladyslaw Broniewski Museum

ul. Jaroslawa Dabrowskiego 51, 02-561 Warszawa

Poet Broniewski's Mokotow apartment - he lived and wrote here from 1945 until his death in 1962. Branch of the Museum of Literature.

Monday-Friday 10:00-15:00. Visits by prior arrangement.
Mokotów
Culture

Blacksmith Museum in Warsaw

ul. Przy Grobli 84, 02-749 Warszawa

Blacksmith Museum in Warsaw - a private museum near Dolinka Służewiecka with a working forge, blacksmith tools and live demonstrations. …

Mon-Fri: 10:00-17:00, Sat: 10:00-15:00, Sun: closed (visit by prior arrangement) 15 PLN
Mokotów
Culture

Porthos Millinery and Thimble Museum

al. gen. Antoniego Chruściela 103, Warszawa

Porthos Millinery and Thimble Museum in Warsaw - over 500 thimbles from around the world, historic hats and millinery tools. Visit by …

By prior telephone appointment only
Rembertów
Culture

Vodka Museum

ul. Wierzbowa 11, 00-094 Warszawa

Vodka Museum in Warsaw at Wierzbowa - 10,000 exhibits on Polish vodka history, historic bottles, labels and posters. Tickets, hours, …

Check current hours at muzeumwodki.pl
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Culture

Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw

ul. Wybrzeze Gdynskie 4, 01-531 Warszawa

Poland's only sports museum, inside the Olympic Center. Pope's kayak, Olympic medals, secret 1940 POW Olympics. Hours, tickets.

Tue, Thu-Fri: 9:00-17:00, Wed: 9:00-20:00, Sat-Sun: 10:00-17:00, Mon: closed 35 PLN · free Saturday
Żoliborz
Andrzej Wawrzyniak Asia and Pacific Museum Culture

Andrzej Wawrzyniak Asia and Pacific Museum

ul. Solec 24, 00-403 Warszawa

Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw - Poland's only museum of Asian and Oceanian cultures. 23,000 objects, playable instruments. Hours, …

Tue-Sun: 10:00-18:00, Mon: closed 20 PLN · free Thursday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Culture

Museum of Literature in Warsaw

Rynek Starego Miasta 20, 00-272 Warszawa

Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw's Old Town - manuscripts, Schulz art, Gothic murals. Hours, tickets, tips for visitors.

Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun: 10:00-17:00, Thu: 12:00-20:00, Mon: closed (free on Wed and Sun) 20 PLN · free Wednesday
Old Town (Stare Miasto)
State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw Culture

State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw

ul. Kredytowa 1, 00-056 Warszawa

State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw - Poland's oldest. 80,000 objects, folk costumes, African art. Tickets, hours, free Thursdays.

Tue-Fri: 10:00-18:00, Sat-Sun: 11:00-18:00, Mon: closed 19 PLN · free Thursday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Culture Closed

Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw

ul. Okolnik 1, 00-368 Warszawa

Chopin Museum in Warsaw - temporarily closed through 2026 (renovation). Reopening info, Chopin alternatives in Warsaw, opening hours and …

CLOSED through end of 2026 (renovation). Normal hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00, Mon closed 35 PLN · free Wednesday
City Centre (Śródmieście)