Warsaw survived more than most European capitals. These museums tell that story - from medieval times through the communist era. Major collections, memorials, and personal stories of a city that refused to disappear.
Showing 63 of 63 museums
ul. Stanisława Matarewicza 188, Ossów
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Museum in Ossów - the Polish Army Museum's new branch on the actual battlefield. Hours, 25 PLN tickets, free …
ul. Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw
UKSW University Museum in a historic chapel on the Dewajtis campus: rector portraits, Karol Wojtyła's 1955 habilitation protocol. Free, by …
ul. Marszałkowska 107, 00-110 Warsaw
Central History Stop - IPN's free history education center on Marszałkowska 107: gaming capsules, VR stations, hologram display and a …
ul. Droga Palmirska 1, 05-152 Czosnów
Palmiry Memorial Site Museum - a Museum of Warsaw branch in the Kampinos Forest, 30 km from the city. WWII execution site, …
ul. Marszałkowska 83/23, 00-683 Warsaw
QueerMuseum Warsaw - a grassroots LGBTQ+ history museum run by Lambda Warszawa at Marszałkowska 83. Free admission, open Tue/Thu/Sun.
ul. Myśliwiecka 6, Warsaw
School museum of Warsaw's legendary Stefan Batory High School at Myśliwiecka 6 - wartime scouting relics, secret-classes notebooks. Visits …
ul. Strzelecka 8, 03-416 Warsaw
Strzelecka 8 Memorial Chamber - former NKVD and communist secret police detention site in Praga. Original prisoner inscriptions, free entry, …
ul. Złota 62, 00-821 Warsaw
MI POLIN Mezuzah Center - the world's first mezuzah-trace museum, next to the Warsaw Ghetto Wall on Złota Street. 205 traces documented, …
Historyul. Karowa 20, 00-324 Warszawa
History Meeting House (Dom Spotkań z Historią) at Karowa 20: 6,600+ oral history recordings and photo exhibits. Tue-Fri 10-20, Sat-Sun …
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Limited accessul. Ratuszowa 1/3, 03-461 Warszawa
Żabiński Villa at Warsaw Zoo: the house where Jan and Antonina Żabiński sheltered hundreds from the ghetto. Guided tours only, 10 PLN plus …
Historyul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 11, Warszawa
Dom Bez Kantów Gallery, Śródmieście: Pilecki Institute exhibitions on 20th-century history and totalitarian memory. Krakowskie Przedmieście …
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Limited accessul. Wolska 168, 01-258 Warszawa
Branch of the Museum of Warsaw at the largest Warsaw Uprising Cemetery. Exhibition commemorating civilian victims of the 1944 Uprising. …
plac marsz. J. Piłsudskiego 4, 00-909 Warszawa
Military tradition room at Warsaw Garrison Command, Piłsudski Square. Weapons from the 1794 insurrection, uhlan gear, guest books signed by …
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Limited accessul. Długa 13/15, 00-238 Warszawa
Poland's only military chaplaincy museum - in the crypt of the Field Cathedral on Długa Street. Multimedia exhibition spanning from 966 AD …
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Limited accessul. Jazdów 1A, 00-467 Warszawa
65,000 exhibits in a surviving 1890s surgical pavilion of Ujazdowski Hospital - Copernicus originals, Curie's desk, 17th-century anatomical …
ul. Żytnia 3/9, 01-014 Warszawa
Small museum in the convent basement on Żytnia Street - where St. Faustina Kowalska knocked on the gate in 1925. Relics, habit, multimedia.
ul. Jasna 14/16a, 00-041 Warszawa
Free multimedia exhibition by the European Parliament. 360-degree cinema, interactive stations in 24 languages, MEP role-play game. Central …
ul. Brzozowa 11/13, 00-258 Warszawa
Museum of Warsaw branch on the Vistula escarpment. Teaches how to read a city's architecture - lectures, workshops, exhibitions on heritage. …
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Limited accessul. Jaktorowska 6, 01-202 Warszawa
Korczakianum in the historic Orphans' Home where Korczak lived - archive, permanent exhibition, digital repository. Branch of Museum of …
pl. Defilad 1, 00-901 Warszawa
360-degree Warsaw views from the 30th floor, 114 metres up. Tickets 25 PLN (20 PLN reduced), valid 12 months. Gothic Hall, cafe. Open daily …
Historyul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 32, Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, 00-927 Warszawa
University of Warsaw Museum, Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace on Royal Route. 1917 silver eagle, cork model of Arch of Constantine, Sienkiewicz …
ul. Barwna 8, 02-780 Warszawa
Ursynów Museum, Barwna 8: Niemcewicz's 19th-century study and a communist-era flat straight from Alternatywy 4. Closed until further notice.
Historyul. Nowomiejska 15/17, 00-271 Warszawa
Renaissance fortification from 1540 between Old and New Town. Summer exhibition on city walls, artists' market. Seasonal May-August.
Historyul. Długa 22, 00-238 Warszawa
Yearning for Freedom exhibition at the Warsaw Uprising Veterans Association, Długa 22. Video testimonies, veteran memorabilia. Free entry.
Historyul. Srebrna 12, 00-810 Warszawa
Wola Museum in the neo-Renaissance Sikorski Palace - branch of Museum of Warsaw. Wola Massacre, district history in 15 threads. Thursdays 1 …
ul. Jasna 1, 4th floor, 00-013 Warszawa
Museum of Cooperative History in Warsaw - 25,000 artefacts in the historic House Under the Eagles. From Stefczyk to Spolem. Free entry.
Historyal. Wilanowska 204, 02-730 Warszawa
Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement in Warsaw - 62,000 artefacts, Witos letters, folk art, partisan equipment. In a historic 1852 …
ul. Żelazna 59, 7th floor, 00-848 Warszawa
Nursing History Museum in Warsaw - gallery of 103 Florence Nightingale Medal recipients, medical instruments. Visits by appointment.
ul. Nowoursynowska 161, Building 48, entrance C, 1st floor, 02-787 Warszawa
SGGW Museum in Warsaw - 200 years of Poland's oldest agricultural university, from Marymont to Ursynów. VR exhibits. Free entry.
ul. Nowowiejska 21/25, 00-665 Warszawa
Warsaw University of Technology Museum - 200 years of engineering heritage, vintage instruments, ANOPS-105 computer. Free entry.
Historyul. Grzybowska 88, 00-840 Warszawa
Warsaw Diving Museum - Poland's only diving museum with 900 artefacts from 1895 onward, helmets, suits and underwater gear. Free entry, …
Historyul. Wąski Dunaj 10, 00-256 Warszawa
Leather Guild Museum in Warsaw Old Town - 19th-century shoemaker workshop, Kiliński memorabilia, leather craft heritage since 1386. Free …
ul. Komitetu Obrony Robotników 43, 02-148 Warszawa
LOT Polish Airlines History Hall at the airline's HQ near Chopin Airport - memorabilia from 95 years of Polish commercial aviation. Visits …
ul. Żwirki i Wigury 63, 02-091 Warszawa
WUM Medical History Museum in Warsaw - surgical instruments, 17th-century medical books, 3D-mapped Anatomical Theatre. Free entry, weekdays.
ul. Świętojerska 16, 00-202 Warszawa
Museum of the Polish Bar in Warsaw: advocacy history since the 18th century, legal robes, landmark trial documents. HQ under renovation, …
ul. Traktorzystów 14, 02-495 Warszawa (Izba Tożsamości Ursusa)
Ursus Tractor Factory Museum history - 400 exhibits, vintage tractors and a 1936 Sokół motorcycle. Hall 270 demolished 2022. Collection at …
ul. Marcinkowskiego 2, 03-722 Warszawa
Warsaw Fire Brigade Centre in Praga-Północ - 1000 m² of exhibits, vintage fire engines, an 1878 tower and a spherical cinema. Group visits …
Historyul. J.P. Woronicza 27, 02-625 Warszawa
Warsaw Tram Heritage Room at the Mokotów depot - vintage tram models, uniforms, ticket punches and the history of Warsaw's rail transport. …
HistoryAl. Ujazdowskie 11 (entrance from ul. św. Teresy), 00-950 Warszawa
Communist secret police cells beneath Warsaw's Ministry of Justice. Original prisoner markings, bread chess pieces. Hours, tickets.
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Limited accessul. Rakowiecka 37, 02-521 Warszawa
Museum of Cursed Soldiers at Rakowiecka 37 - Warsaw's communist-era political prison. Free entry, guided tours only. Pavilion X cells, …
Historyul. Kardynała Stanisława Hozjusza 2, 01-565 Warszawa
Museum of Fr. Popiełuszko - Solidarity chaplain murdered by secret police in 1984. Original artifacts, 9 rooms, grave. Hours, tickets.
ul. Prymasa Augusta Hlonda 1, 02-972 Warszawa
Mt 5,14 Museum in Warsaw's Temple of Divine Providence - exhibition on John Paul II and Cardinal Wyszyński, 26m above ground. Tickets.
Historyul. Powsińska 13, 02-920 Warszawa
Museum of Polish Military Technology at Fort IX - tanks, MiGs, Katyusha launchers, Meduza bathyscaphe. Hours, tickets, free Tuesdays, …
Historyul. Marii Konopnickiej 6, 00-491 Warszawa
Poland's only scouting museum in a 1930s YMCA building. Gray Ranks WWII archives, scout banners, free admission. Hours, directions.
Historyul. Skazańców 25, 01-532 Warszawa
Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel - authentic 19th-century political prison. Piłsudski's cell, Sochaczewski paintings, Execution Gate.
ul. Sienna 60 / ul. Śliska 51, 00-820 Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto Museum - under construction, opening autumn 2027. Sienna 60, former Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital. Info, walking …
Historyul. Jezuicka 1/3, 00-281 Warszawa
Cold War Museum in Warsaw Old Town - interactive exhibits in a former militia basement. Soviet maps, VR, Kukliński spy story. Hours, …
ul. Tłomackie 3/5, 00-090 Warszawa
Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw - Ringelblum Archive, original milk cans from the Warsaw Ghetto, permanent exhibition. Tickets, hours, …
al. Jana Chrystiana Szucha 25, 00-580 Warszawa
Former Gestapo HQ on Szucha Avenue. Original cells, prisoner inscriptions, multimedia. Hours, tickets, how to visit.
Historyul. Jana Jeziorańskiego 4 (Cytadela Warszawska), 01-521 Warszawa
Katyń Museum in Warsaw - the only museum in the world dedicated entirely to the Katyń massacre. Free admission, opening hours, how to get …
Historyal. Solidarności 62, 00-240 Warszawa
Museum of Independence in Warsaw - Polish independence history in a Baroque palace. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there.
Historyul. Piękna 28/34, 00-547 Warszawa
Museum of Life under Communism in Warsaw - a journey into the everyday realities of communist Poland. Opening hours, tickets, what to see, …
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Closedul. Dzielna 24/26, 00-162 Warszawa
Pawiak Prison Museum in Warsaw - temporarily closed until autumn 2026. Exhibition info, tickets, reopening details, and nearby alternatives.
Historyul. Świętokrzyska 11/21, 00-919 Warszawa
NBP Money Centre in Warsaw - free interactive museum at the National Bank of Poland. 10,000 exhibits, 16 rooms, gold bar. Hours, directions.
Historyul. Gwardii 1, 01-538 Warszawa
Polish History Museum at the Warsaw Citadel, Prix Versailles 2024 winner. Hours, tickets, free Fridays, temporary exhibitions, how to get …
ul. Targowa 50/52, 03-733 Warszawa
Praga Museum of Warsaw - pre-war Warsaw on the right bank. Jewish prayer room murals, oral histories, observation deck. Hours, tickets.
HistoryPlac Gwardii Pieszej Koronnej (Pawilon Południowy), 01-519 Warszawa
Free admission Thursdays: hussar armour, tanks and MiGs at the Warsaw Citadel. Polish Army Museum - hours, tickets, visiting tips.
Historyul. Freta 16, 00-227 Warszawa
Marie Curie Museum in Warsaw - the world's only museum of the Nobel laureate, in her birthplace on Freta Street. Hours, tickets, tips.
HistoryRynek Starego Miasta 28-42, 00-272 Warszawa
Museum of Warsaw on the Old Town Market Square - 7,000 objects in 11 historic townhouses. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there, …
Historyul. Mordechaja Anielewicza 6, 00-157 Warszawa
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, …
Historyul. Stanisława Kostki Potockiego 10/16, 02-958 Warszawa
Wilanów Palace: Baroque residence of King Jan III Sobieski. Palace tickets 70 PLN (~€16), gardens 15 PLN, free entry Thursdays. Hours, …
Historyplac Zamkowy 4, 00-277 Warszawa
The Royal Castle in Warsaw - one of the most important landmarks of the Polish capital. Practical info, opening hours, tickets, getting …
Historyul. Grzybowska 79, 00-844 Warszawa
Free entry every Thursday. One of Poland's most-visited museums - opening hours, tickets, directions.