Warsaw Uprising Museum

What to expect

The Warsaw Uprising Museum is one of the most important and most visited museums in Poland, dedicated to the memory of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The exhibition spans over 3,000 square metres and takes visitors through the 63 days of Warsaw’s fight for freedom.

The visit follows a chronological path through the stages of the uprising - from the decision to fight, through street battles, civilian life in the besieged city, to the capitulation and destruction of Warsaw. The exhibition combines authentic memorabilia, documents, photographs, multimedia installations, and eyewitness accounts. Particularly moving is the scale model of destroyed Warsaw and the 3D film “City of Ruins.”

Allow at least 2-3 hours for the visit. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions and educational events.

Tips

• Free Thursdays - free admission every Thursday (complimentary tickets issued at the box office on the day of your visit). Queues can be long, so arrive early.
• Audio guide costs 13 PLN (device rental, photo ID required) or 10 PLN (audio track on your own phone) and is highly recommended - it provides a full commentary through the exhibition.
• 3D film “City of Ruins” is included in the ticket price. The screening lasts about 5 minutes and is deeply impressive.
• The museum is emotionally intense - it may be too difficult for children under 10.
• Wheelchair rentals are available on site.
• There is a cafe inside the museum with a view over Freedom Park.

Getting there

Public transport: Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego stop (bus 106, trams 1, 7, 9, 22, 24, 25). Metro: Rondo Daszyńskiego station (M2 line), about 10 min walk. The entrance is from ul. Przyokopowa.

By car: The museum has no car park of its own. The nearest private paid car parks are at ul. Jaktorowska 1 (entry from ul. Karolkowa), ul. Przyokopowa 26 and Warsaw Spire, plac Europejski 1 (entry from ul. Grzybowska).

By bike: Veturilo bike station on ul. Grzybowska, 2 min from the entrance.

In the neighbourhood

• Diving Museum - ul. Grzybowska 88, about 100 m. The only diving museum in Poland: about 900 objects, from a diving helmet of 1895 to modern gear, in the basement of the pre-war “Asmidar” laboratory. It is not open every day, so check its opening days before you plan both places for one day.
• Norblin Factory Museum - ul. Żelazna 51/53, about 700 m. An open-type museum in ten historic buildings of a former factory; some exhibits can be seen from the walkways of the complex, the full visit is paid. A good change of subject: the industrial history of the same district.
• Wola Museum - ul. Srebrna 12, about 750 m. A branch of the Museum of Warsaw in the neo-Renaissance Sikorski Palace. The “Gabinet Wolski” exhibition tells the district’s history in fifteen threads, and the last of them is the Wola Massacre of August 1944: the fate of civilians in the district where the Warsaw Rising Museum stands.