Museums in Śródmieście

Śródmieście (City Centre) is Warsaw’s museum heartland - more than half of all museums are here. From the National Museum on Aleje Jerozolimskie to MSN on the Vistula riverbank.

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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 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)
History Limited access

Gen. Henryk Minkiewicz Tradition Room

plac marsz. J. Piłsudskiego 4, 00-909 Warszawa

Military tradition room at the Warsaw Garrison Command on Pilsudski Square. Weapons from the 1794 insurrection, uhlan cavalry gear, VIP …

Mon-Fri 10:00-15:00, guided tours only. Groups of 8+ by arrangement.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History Limited access

Military Ordinariate Museum

ul. Długa 13/15, 00-238 Warszawa

Poland's only military chaplaincy museum - in the crypt of the Field Cathedral on Dluga Street. Multimedia exhibition spanning from 966 AD …

Hours may have changed - call ahead (+48 22 498 02 43). 6 PLN · free czwartek
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Art

Academy of Fine Arts Museum

ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 5, 00-068 Warszawa

27,000 artworks in Czapski Palace - Chopin's last Warsaw home, Norwid studied here. Tue-Sun 12-19, free admission.

Tuesday-Sunday 12:00-19:00. Monday closed.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Art

Bolesław Biegas Museum

Al. Jerozolimskie 51, 00-697 Warszawa

Over 200 surrealist sculptures and paintings in Art Nouveau Hoser House - Spherism, War Vampires. Tue-Fri, free.

Tuesday 10:00-16:00, Wednesday-Friday 12:00-18:00. Saturday-Monday closed.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science Limited access

Historical Metrological Collections of the Central Office of Measures

ul. Elektoralna 2, 00-139 Warszawa

3,500 historic measuring instruments at GUM - from a 1677 Lithuanian weight to atomic clocks. Group visits by appointment or Night of …

Group visits by appointment (minimum 3 people). Individual access during Night of Museums and World Metrology Day (20 May).
City Centre (Śródmieście)
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)
Art Limited access

Jazz Museum

ul. Konopnickiej 6, pok. 107, 00-491 Warszawa

Jazz instruments, photos and posters at the YMCA where Tyrmand held Poland's first post-war jam session. By appointment.

Visits by prior arrangement only.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History Limited access

Old Medical Books Department of the Main Medical Library

ul. 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 …

Reading room: Mon-Fri 9:00-15:00, by permission of GBL Director only. Public visits: Night of Museums (May).
City Centre (Śródmieście)
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)
History

Europa Experience Warsaw

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 …

Monday-Friday 9:00-18:00, Saturday 9:00-15:00. Closed Sunday.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History

Palace of Culture and Science - Observation Deck

pl. Defilad 1, 00-901 Warszawa

Observation deck on the 30th floor of Stalin's skyscraper. 114 metres, 360-degree panorama, Gothic Hall, cafe. Daily 10:00-20:00.

Observation deck daily 10:00-20:00. 25 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History

University of Warsaw Museum

ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, 00-927 Warszawa

University of Warsaw Museum in the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace on Royal Route. Milosz's student book, 1917 silver eagle, antique plaster …

Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00 (last entry 15:30). Groups by prior reservation.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History

Warsaw Uprising Veterans Association

ul. Dluga 22, 00-238 Warszawa

Yearning for Freedom exhibition at the Warsaw Uprising Veterans Association, Dluga 22. Video testimonies, veteran memorabilia. Free entry.

November-April: Tuesday-Friday 10:00-16:00, Saturday-Sunday 12:00-16:00. May-October: Tuesday-Friday 10:00-18:00, Saturday-Sunday 12:00-18:00. Mondays closed.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Zacheta - National Gallery of Art Art

Zacheta - National Gallery of Art

pl. Stanislawa Malachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warszawa

Zacheta - National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. Neo-Renaissance palace from 1900, contemporary art, rotating exhibitions. Tickets, hours, …

Mon: closed, Tue: 12:00-20:00, Wed: 12:00-20:00, Thu: 12:00-20:00, Fri: 12:00-20:00, Sat: 12:00-20:00, Sun: 12:00-20:00 30 PLN · free Thursday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History Limited access

Museum of Cooperative History in Poland

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.

Monday-Friday 8:00-16:00. Visits by prior telephone arrangement. Open without reservation during Museum Night.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History Limited access

Warsaw University of Technology Museum

ul. Nowowiejska 21/25, 00-665 Warszawa

Warsaw University of Technology Museum - 200 years of engineering heritage, vintage instruments, ANOPS-105 computer. Free entry.

Monday-Friday 8:30-15:30. Exhibition halls closed due to relocation (since Oct 2025). Guided walks of the Main Building available by registration.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History Limited access

Museum of the Polish Bar Association

ul. Swietojerska 16, 00-202 Warszawa

Museum of the Polish Bar in Warsaw - advocacy history from the 18th century, legal robes, landmark trial documents. Free, by appointment.

Monday-Friday 9:00-16:00, by prior phone appointment. Note: physical museum under renovation - check current status.
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science

Museum of Water Supply and Sewage

ul. Koszykowa 81, 00-349 Warszawa

Museum of Water Supply and Sewage at Warsaw's Filter Station - 17th-century wooden pipes, historic pressure tower and Lindley's engineering …

Open only during Open Days (July-August) and Museum Night 15 PLN · free Museum Night
City Centre (Śródmieście)
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)
History

Cells of the Security Service in Warsaw

Al. 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.

Mon, Wed-Sun: 10:00-18:00, Thu: 10:00-20:00, Tue: closed 10 PLN · free Monday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Art

Melt Museum

Plac Powstańców Warszawy 2A, 00-030 Warszawa

Melt Museum Warsaw - Poland's first permanent immersive digital art centre. 14 AI-themed installations. Tickets, hours, directions.

Mon: closed, Tue-Fri: 12:00-21:00, Sat-Sun: 10:00-21:00 69 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science Limited access

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa

Museum of Zoology Warsaw - 8 million specimens, 207 years of history, visits by arrangement only. Poland's largest zoological collection.

Mon-Fri: 8:00-16:00 (research institute - visits by prior arrangement) 8 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science

Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship

ul. Szwoleżerów 9, 00-464 Warszawa

Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship in Lazienki Park - Polish hunting traditions, taxidermy, carriages, royal weaving. Tickets, hours.

Tue-Wed: 9:00-16:00, Thu-Sat: 10:00-18:00, Sun: 10:00-16:00, Mon: closed (winter season) 30 PLN · free Friday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History

Museum of Scouting in Warsaw

ul. 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.

Mon-Fri: 9:00-17:00, Sat-Sun: closed
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science

Museum of the Earth, Polish Academy of Sciences

al. Na Skarpie 20/26 and 27, 00-488 Warszawa

Museum of the Earth in Warsaw - world-class amber, minerals, meteorites, Ice Age skeletons. Poland's largest mineral collection. Hours, …

Mon-Fri: 9:00-16:00, Sat-Sun: 10:00-16:00 16 PLN · free Tuesday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science

Pontiseum - Bridge Construction Museum

Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 43, 00-347 Warszawa

Pontiseum in Warsaw - open-air display of steel fragments from 3 historic bridges pulled from the Vistula. Free entry, 24/7.

24/7 (open-air public installation)
City Centre (Śródmieście)
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)
Kolejkowo Warsaw - Miniature World Science

Kolejkowo Warsaw - Miniature World

Warsaw Towers, ul. Sienna 39, 00-121 Warszawa

Kolejkowo Warsaw in Warsaw Towers - miniature world at 1:25 scale with trains, day/night cycle and 5,000+ figurines. Tickets, hours, …

Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:00, Sat-Sun: 10:00-19:00 41 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science

Museum of Evolution, Institute of Paleobiology PAS

pl. Defilad 1, 00-110 Warszawa

Museum of Evolution in Warsaw - Gobi Desert dinosaurs, Polish-Mongolian expedition fossils, paleontology inside the Palace of Culture. …

Mon: closed, Tue-Sat: 08:00-16:00, Sun: 09:00-15:00 20 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History

Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw

ul. Tłomackie 3/5, 00-090 Warszawa

Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw - Ringelblum Archive, original milk cans from the Warsaw Ghetto, permanent exhibition. Tickets, hours, …

Mon 9:00-18:00, Tue-Thu 9:00-18:00, Fri 9:00-16:00, Sat closed, Sun 10:00-18:00 15 PLN · free Monday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature in Warsaw Art

Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature in Warsaw

ul. Kozia 11, 00-070 Warszawa

Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature - 25,000 works of satirical art from the 18th century to today. Tickets, hours, directions. Free …

Tue-Wed 10:00-18:00, Thu 12:00-20:00, Fri-Sun 10:00-18:00, Mon closed 15 PLN · free Tuesday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History

Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom in Warsaw

al. Jana Chrystiana Szucha 25, 00-580 Warszawa

Former Gestapo HQ on Szucha Avenue. Original cells, prisoner inscriptions, multimedia. Hours, tickets, how to visit.

Tue: 10:00-17:00, Wed: 11:00-19:00, Thu-Sun: 10:00-17:00, Mon: closed 20 PLN · free Thursday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Art

Theatre Museum in Warsaw

plac Teatralny 1, 00-950 Warszawa

Theatre Museum at the Grand Theatre Warsaw - Poland's only theatre museum. 200,000 objects, free entry. Hours, directions.

Tue-Fri: 10:00-14:00, Sat-Sun-Mon: closed
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Science

Warsaw Fotoplastikon

Al. Jerozolimskie 51, 00-697 Warszawa

Warsaw Fotoplastikon - the last working Kaiserpanorama in Europe. Stereoscopic photos, hours, tickets, directions.

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

Museum of Independence in Warsaw

al. Solidarnosci 62, 00-240 Warszawa

Museum of Independence in Warsaw - Polish independence history in a Baroque palace. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there.

Tue-Sun: 10:00-17:00, Mon: closed 20 PLN · free Thursday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Museum of Life under Communism in Warsaw History

Museum of Life under Communism in Warsaw

ul. Piekna 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, …

Mon-Thu: 10:00-18:00, Fri: 12:00-20:00, Sat-Sun: 10:00-18:00 32 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
History

NBP Money Centre in Warsaw

ul. Swietokrzyska 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.

Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun: 10:00-18:00, Thu: 10:00-20:00, Mon: closed
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Neon Museum in Warsaw Art

Neon Museum in Warsaw

Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, 4th floor, 00-901 Warszawa

Neon Museum in Warsaw - Europe's only museum of Cold War-era neon signs. Opening hours, tickets, how to get to the Palace of Culture.

Mon-Thu, Sun: 11:00-18:00, Fri-Sat: 11:00-19:00 25 PLN
City Centre (Śródmieście)
State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw Science

State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw

ul. Dluga 52, 00-241 Warszawa

State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw - prehistory of Polish lands in the historic Royal Arsenal. Opening hours, tickets, exhibitions, …

Mon: closed, Tue-Wed: 9:00-16:00, Thu: 10:00-18:00, Fri: 9:00-16:00, Sat: 10:30-18:00, Sun: 11:30-19:00
City Centre (Śródmieście)
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)
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Art

Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

ul. Marszalkowska 103, 00-110 Warszawa

Museum of Modern Art Warsaw (MSN) - the new building on Plac Defilad. Opening hours, tickets, exhibitions, how to get there, practical tips.

Mon: closed, Tue-Sun: 12:00-20:00 (Thu may be free - check artmuseum.pl) 40 PLN · free Thursday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
National Museum in Warsaw Art

National Museum in Warsaw

Al. Jerozolimskie 3, 00-495 Warszawa

National Museum in Warsaw - Poland's largest art museum. Matejko, Botticelli, unique Faras frescoes. Opening hours, tickets, how to get …

Mon: closed, Tue: 10:00-18:00 (free permanent galleries), Wed: 10:00-18:00, Thu: 10:00-18:00, Fri: 10:00-20:00, Sat: 10:00-18:00, Sun: 10:00-18:00 50 PLN · free Tuesday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
Royal Lazienki Museum Art

Royal Lazienki Museum

ul. Agrykola 1, 00-460 Warszawa

Royal Lazienki Museum in Warsaw - a royal palace and park complex. Opening hours, tickets, free Fridays, getting there. The largest park in …

Park: daily 6:00-21:00, buildings: Tue-Sun (hours vary) 50 PLN · free Friday
City Centre (Śródmieście)
The Royal Castle in Warsaw History

The Royal Castle in Warsaw

plac 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 …

Mon: closed, Tue-Sat: 10:00-18:00, Sun: 10:00-16:00 30 PLN · free Wednesday
City Centre (Śródmieście)