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Warsaw | Sightseeing | Museums

Find out about the smart Alec who inspired Romanticism in Poland. As well as having a number of manuscripts and historical artefacts connected with Mickiewicz, the museum also has exhibits connected with other leading Polish writers. [...]



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Rynek Starego Miasta 20

Open 10:00-16:00,
Wed 11:00-18:00,
Thu 11:00-18:00,
Sat Closed,
Sun 11:00-17:00.
Here’s one for the car enthusiast. Born in 1995 this out-of-town museum (take the train from Warszawa Śródmieście [...]



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ul. Warszawska 21, Otrębusy

Open 09:00-17:00,
Sun 10:00-17:00.
The first organized fire brigade began operations in Warsaw in 1836, and this fabulous museum records its intriguing and often disturbing history. [...]



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ul. Chłodna 3

Open 10:00-14:00,
Mon Closed,
Sat Closed,
Sun Closed.
ul. Polna 40/31

Open 10:00-15:00,
Tue 12:00-17:00,
Thu 12:00-17:00,
Sat Closed,
Sun 12:00-17:00.
Born Maria Skłodowska on November 7, 1867, and better known to the world as Marie Curie, this small museum inside the building she was born in contains a charming homage to the life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. [...]



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ul. Freta 16

ul. Waliców 11/18

Open 10:00-15:00,
Sat Closed,
Sun Closed.
Not the sort of museum you'd expect to find in the middle of Poland. Nevertheless it's a fascinating place full of art, swords and religious artefacts. [...]



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ul. Freta 5

Open 10:00-20:00,
Mon 12:00-20:00,
Fri 12:00-20:00,
Sat 12:00-20:00,
Sun 12:00-18:00.
One of the only ones in the world. Has thousands of cartoons, caricatures, satirical drawings and other side-splitting stuff. [...]



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ul. Kozia 11

Rather ironically, the museum that charts Poland’s struggle for freedom was home to the Lenin Museum during communist rule. Celebrating [...]



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Al. Solidarności 62

Open 10:00-17:00,
Mon Closed,
Sat 10:00-16:00,
Sun 10:00-16:00.
Pl. Bankowy 1

Open 10:00-16:00,
Mon Closed.
Set in a neo-Renaissance villa designed by Italian-born Mary Lanci the Museum of the Polish People's Movement is an absolute must for museum diehards – just try to find any other English-speaker whose been here. [...]



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Al. Wilanowska 204 (Mokotów)

Open 08:30-15:30,
Sat Closed,
Sun Closed.
You’d probably think a museum honouring a priest doesn’t sound like much fun, and indeed this place really isn’t. [...]



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ul. Kardynała Stanisława Hozjusza 2 (Żoliborz)

Open 10:00-16:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue Closed,
Sat 10:00-17:00,
Sun 10:00-17:00.
Not long back museums in Poland were largely dusty affairs with stupid hours and hawk like curators ensuring fingers and noses were kept well away from the glass. [...]



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ul. Wybrzeże Gdyńskie 4 (Żoliborz)

Open 09:00-17:00,
Mon Closed,
Sat 10:00-17:00,
Sun 10:00-17:00.
National Museum
Located inside a huge and decidedly bizarre inter-war building, Warsaw’s National Museum is a must for anyone visiting the city. [...]



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Al. Jerozolimskie 3

Open 10:00-16:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue 10:00-17:00,
Fri 12:00-21:00,
Sat 12:00-18:00,
Sun 12:00-18:00.
It’s a struggle to find this place, primarily thanks to a daft address that has you thinking it’s on Nowolipie. Well, technically [...]



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ul. Nowolipie 2

Open 10:00-14:00,
Mon Closed,
Wed Closed,
Fri Closed,
Sat Closed,
Sun Closed.
The chronological history of the Polish army is presented in a series of gloomy rooms. Suits of armour, crossbows, muskets, medals and paintings pack this museum, though the absence of English-language explanations mean you’ll learn next to nothing. [...]



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Al. Jerozolimskie 3

Open 10:00-16:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue Closed,
Wed 10:00-17:00.
Two large rooms full of working and static models of classic and modern trains, large train sets, a display case full of guards’ [...]



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ul. Towarowa 1

Open 10:00-17:00,
Mon 10:00-14:00.
Housed inside the city’s former Royal Arsenal, this somewhat infuriating museum was opened in 1923 and looks like it hasn’t been touched since. [...]



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ul. Długa 52

Open 09:00-16:00,
Fri Closed,
Sun 10:00-16:00.
Ujazdowski Castle (Museum Of Modern Art/CSW)
Completed in a baroque style in 1730, Ujazdowski was gutted by fire during WWII. Though the original walls and foundations remained [...]



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ul. Jazdów 2

Open 12:00-19:00,
Mon Closed,
Fri 12:00-21:00.
ul. J. Dąbrowskiego 51

Open 10:00-15:00,
Mon Closed,
Thu 12:00-18:00,
Sat Closed,
Sun Closed.
Home to nearly 150,000 people Wola is that great big district to the west of the centre, and this museum is here to document Wola’s history from 1374 till the present. [...]



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ul. Srebrna 12

Open 11:00-18:00,
Mon Closed,
Wed 10:00-15:30,
Fri 10:00-15:30,
Sat 10:00-16:00,
Sun 10:00-16:00.