Museums

Applied Arts Museum

Please note that the museum is currently undergoing a renovation and will re-open in September 2012. Housed in what was formerly the Royal Castle of Poznań the route consists of three floors, the cellars being dedicated to temporary exhibits. Read_on (No Comments)

Archdiocese Museum

Arts and crafts, paintings, sculptures and antiques. The oldest exhibits date from the 12th century. See Ostrów Tumski. Read_on (No Comments)

Archeological Museum

Ever wanted to see the Egyptian mummy of a woman called Hat? Then step right in. Poznań’s Archaelogy Museum contains a collection of 42,000 rare and mystifying objects that chart life in Ancient Egypt and prehistoric Poland. Read_on (No Comments)

Atelier of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

Original manuscripts, over 200 rare first-editions and assorted writing equipment that once belonged to the author of Stara Baśń (Old Legend), a fanciful account of Polish prehistory. Read_on (No Comments)

Environment Museum

Displays of stuffed and mounted Polish animals with accounts of their living habits, and information on indigenous plants. Read_on (No Comments)

Ethnographic Museum

Once one of Europe's greatest Masonic lodges, this 19th century building used to house an impressive collection of Wielkopolska Read_on (No Comments)

Historical Museum of Poznań

The show-stealing Town Hall proves a fitting venue for a museum of this stature. The gothic cellars – originally the municipal prison - hold exhibits dating back to the earliest times of settlement in the 10th century. Read_on (No Comments)

June 1956 Poznań Uprising Museum

See 1956 Uprising. Read_on (No Comments)

Literary Museum of Henryk Sienkiewicz

Before reading further please note that this museum is closed until at least the autumn of 2012 for a major modernisation program. Read_on (No Comments)

Military Weapon Museum

Established in 1963 this is one of the biggest museums of its kind in the country, with a collection that numbers heavy machine guns, tanks, armoured personnel carriers, amphibious landing craft and other scary testaments to military might. Read_on (No Comments)

Motoring Museum

A supreme example of how not to run a museum. The old battleaxe sitting at the kasa ignored us, staring defiantly at paperwork in spite of our plaintive rattling on the window and a growing queue behind us. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Armaments

See Citadel Park. Read_on (No Comments)

Musical Instruments Museum

The only Polish museum of professional and folk instruments, with over 2000 items from Poland and around the world. The ground and first floors are given over to harmoniums and brass and wooden wind instruments. Read_on (No Comments)

National Museum

An excellent museum with a rich collection of modern Polish art (including interesting impressionistic works) in the new wing, and medieval art, impressive Italian, Dutch and Flemish paintings in the connected old building. Read_on (No Comments)

Pharmaceutical Museum

One of the smallest museums in Poznań, and certainly the trickiest to find – go through the courtyard, ring the doorbell then climb to the second floor. Read_on (No Comments)

Poznań Army Museum

See Citadel Park. Read_on (No Comments)

Poznan Bamber Museum

Learn everything you ever wished to about the Bamber people inside an interesting museum that includes a 19th century timber house once owned by a wealthy Bamber farmer. Read_on (No Comments)

Residence & Workshop of Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna

Though for the most part closed for renovations (visitors can request entrance, but there isn't much to see right now), the Read_on (No Comments)

Wielkopolska Martyrs Museum

Completed in 1880 to serve as a Prussian fortress, Fort VII gained notoriety when it was used as a Gestapo penal camp between 1939 and 1944. Read_on (No Comments)

Wielkopolska Military Museum

Situated inside a brutal post WWII pavilion the Military Museum documents the history of the Polish military from the 11th century onwards. Read_on (No Comments)

Wielkopolska Uprising Museum

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