Wednesday is one of the best days for museum visits in Warsaw. Nearly all institutions are open, and several offer free admission on this day. Below you’ll find the complete list with hours and prices.
95 museums open
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 …
ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa
University geological museum with Apollo mission lunar dust, 233 Pultusk meteorite specimens and 4,000 mineral displays. Free entry, by …
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.
Al. Jerozolimskie 51, 00-697 Warszawa
Over 200 surrealist sculptures and paintings in Art Nouveau Hoser House - Spherism, War Vampires. Tue-Fri, free.
ul. Lelechowska 5, 02-351 Warszawa
500 Russian, Greek and Balkan icons in a converted boiler room - Orthodox chapel, Nowosielski reproductions. Tue-Sat, free.
ul. Kredytowa 1, 00-056 Warszawa
Poland's first ethnographic museum for children - inside the Ethnographic Museum on Kredytowa. Interactive exhibits, workshops. 20 …
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 …
ul. Zakroczymska 2, 00-225 Warszawa
Chopin and Moniuszko manuscripts in Poland's oldest musical society archive. 47,500 objects on Zakroczymska. Visits by appointment.
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 …
ul. Dziekania 1, 00-279 Warszawa
Over 20,000 exhibits in the Dean's Palace by St. John's Cathedral - sacred art, Beksinski, Durer woodcuts. Tue-Sun, from 25 PLN.
ul. Swietych Cyryla i Metodego 4, 03-403 Warszawa
Orthodox sacred art in the Centre of Orthodox Culture in Praga - icons, crosses from the 5th-6th century, liturgical vestments. Free entry.
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 …
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. …
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.
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.
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 …
ul. Barwna 8, 02-780 Warszawa
Ursynow Museum at Barwna 8 - Niemcewicz's 19th-century study and a communist-era apartment straight from Alternatywy 4. Free entry.
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-September.
ul. Dluga 22, 00-238 Warszawa
Yearning for Freedom exhibition at the Warsaw Uprising Veterans Association, Dluga 22. Video testimonies, veteran memorabilia. Free entry.
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.
ul. 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 …
Artpl. Stanislawa Malachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warszawa
Zacheta - National Gallery of Art in Warsaw. Neo-Renaissance palace from 1900, contemporary art, rotating exhibitions. Tickets, hours, …
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.
al. 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 Ursynow. 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.
ul. Waski Dunaj 10, 00-256 Warszawa
Leather Guild Museum in Warsaw Old Town - 19th-century shoemaker workshop, Kilinski 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. Zwirki 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. 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.
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. …
ul. Biograficzna 2, 01-991 Warszawa
Museum of Geodesy at WPG in Warsaw - theodolites, levelling instruments and surveying tools from the 19th-20th century. Poland's first …
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 …
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 …
ul. Wawelska 15, 02-034 Warszawa
Radium Institute Museum at Wawelska - in the building Marie Curie opened in 1932. Historical room, films, tree declared natural monument. …
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. 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, …
ul. Marcinkowskiego 2, 03-722 Warszawa
Warsaw Fire Brigade Centre in Praga Polnoc - 1000 m² of exhibits, vintage fire engines, an 1878 tower and a spherical cinema. Group visits …
ul. Kasprzaka 25, 01-224 Warszawa
Warsaw Gas Works Museum in Wola - history of gas industry in heritage buildings of a 19th-century gasworks. Tickets, opening hours, …
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. …
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.
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.
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.
ul. 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. Szwoleżerów 9, 00-464 Warszawa
Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship in Lazienki Park - Polish hunting traditions, taxidermy, carriages, royal weaving. Tickets, hours.
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 Wyszynski, 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 Thursdays, …
ul. Zabkowska 23/25, 03-736 Warszawa
Warsaw's Printing Museum on Zabkowska Street. Working 18th-century press, hands-on workshops, Praga district gem. Hours, tickets.
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.
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.
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, …
ul. Skazańców 25, 01-532 Warszawa
Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel - authentic 19th-century political prison. Pilsudski's cell, Sochaczewski paintings, Execution Gate.
Rynek Starego Miasta 21 (1st floor), 00-273 Warszawa
Museum World of Illusion in Warsaw's Old Town. 60+ optical illusions across 350 sqm. Tickets, hours, directions, visitor tips.
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.
Cultureul. 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, …
Historyul. Jezuicka 1/3, 00-281 Warszawa
Cold War Museum in Warsaw Old Town - interactive exhibits in a former militia basement. Soviet maps, VR, Kuklinski spy story. Hours, …
ul. Rakowiecka 4, 00-975 Warszawa
Geological Museum PIG in Warsaw - meteorites, minerals, prehistoric skeletons and a flashlight cave. Tickets, hours, how to get there.
ScienceWarsaw 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, …
pl. Defilad 1, 00-110 Warszawa
Museum of Evolution in Warsaw - Gobi Desert dinosaurs, Polish-Mongolian expedition fossils, paleontology inside the Palace of Culture. …
ul. Piwna 31/33, 00-265 Warszawa
Pharmacy Museum in Warsaw Old Town - historic apothecary, antique equipment, and the story of Poland's first female pharmacist. Hours, …
al. Emila Wedla 5, 03-822 Warszawa
E. Wedel Chocolate Factory Museum - 8,000 sqm chocolate journey in a revitalized 1960s cocoa silo in Warsaw. Tickets, hours, tastings.
ul. Tłomackie 3/5, 00-090 Warszawa
Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw - Ringelblum Archive, original milk cans from the Warsaw Ghetto, permanent exhibition. Tickets, hours, …
Artul. 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 …
al. Jana Chrystiana Szucha 25, 00-580 Warszawa
Former Gestapo HQ on Szucha Avenue. Original cells, prisoner inscriptions, multimedia. Hours, tickets, how to visit.
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.
ul. Żelazna 51/53, 00-841 Warszawa
Norblin Factory Museum - 200 years of industrial history, open-air. Hydraulic accumulator twin to Tower Bridge. Free admission.
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.
Al. Jerozolimskie 51, 00-697 Warszawa
Warsaw Fotoplastikon - the last working Kaiserpanorama in Europe. Stereoscopic photos, hours, tickets, directions.
Historyul. Jana Jezioranskiego 4 (Cytadela Warszawska), 01-521 Warszawa
Katyn Museum in Warsaw - the only museum in the world dedicated entirely to the Katyn massacre. Free admission, opening hours, how to get …
Artul. Pulawska 113a, 02-707 Warszawa
Krolikarnia Sculpture Museum in Warsaw - Palladian palace with Poland's largest sculpture collection. Free Sculpture Park, Dunikowski. …
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.
Historyul. 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, …
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.
ArtPalace 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.
Historyul. Gwardii 1, 01-538 Warszawa
Polish History Museum at Warsaw Citadel - Prix Versailles 2024 winner. Opening hours, tickets, free Fridays, temporary exhibitions, how to …
Centrum Praskie Koneser, pl. Konesera 1, 03-736 Warszawa
Polish Vodka Museum in Warsaw - 500 years of vodka history in a 19th-century distillery at the Koneser Praga Centre. Tickets, opening hours, …
ul. Stanislawa Kostki Potockiego 10/16, 02-958 Warszawa
Poster Museum at Wilanow in Warsaw - the world's first poster museum. 63,000 works, Polish School of Poster. Opening hours, tickets, how to …
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.
Scienceul. Dluga 52, 00-241 Warszawa
State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw - prehistory of Polish lands in the historic Royal Arsenal. Opening hours, tickets, exhibitions, …
Cultureul. Kredytowa 1, 00-056 Warszawa
State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw - Poland's oldest. 80,000 objects, folk costumes, African art. Tickets, hours, free Thursdays.
Scienceul. Towarowa 3, 00-811 Warszawa
Warsaw Railway Museum (Stacja Muzeum) - 50+ historic locomotives, EU07 simulator, interactive exhibits. Tickets, hours, how to visit.
HistoryPlac Gwardii Pieszej Koronnej (Pawilon Poludniowy), 01-519 Warszawa
The Polish Army Museum at the Warsaw Citadel - 1,000 years of Polish military history, hussar armour, tanks, MiGs. Opening hours, tickets, …
Scienceul. Wybrzeze Kosciuszkowskie 20, 00-390 Warszawa
Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw - 450+ interactive exhibits, planetarium, live science shows. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there.
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.
Artul. 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.
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, …
ArtAl. 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 …
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. Stanislawa Kostki Potockiego 10/16, 02-958 Warszawa
Wilanow Palace in Warsaw - the Baroque royal residence of King Jan III Sobieski. Opening hours, tickets, directions and visitor tips.
Artul. 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 …
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
Warsaw Uprising Museum - one of the most visited museums in Poland. Opening hours, tickets, free Mondays, getting there.
Artul. Podwale 15, 00-252 Warszawa
Museum of Dollhouses, Games and Toys in Warsaw's Old Town. Over 80 miniature dollhouses, sacred toys, and a PRL-era exhibition. Hours, …