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Warsaw now has an ever more impressive selection of museums dotted around and even older ones are getting facelifts to bring the visitor experience into the 21st century. There are still instances of poor or no English language explanations but these are becoming less common. Without doubt the big three places on your list should be the Uprising Museum which charts the defining period in the history of modern Warsaw; the Copernicus Science Centre which is the city's most interactive and visitor friendly museum and the Chopin Museum which is both interesting and Warsaw's best example of a modern museum experience. Most museums listed present a cycle of temporary exhibitions, details of which can be found in our culture and events section.

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Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature

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. Read_on (No Comments)

Car Museum

Here’s one for the car enthusiast. Born in 1995 this out-of-town museum (take the train from Warszawa Śródmieście Read_on (No Comments)

Copernicus Science Centre

Copernicus Science Centre
A rare example of European Union funding being used in a genuinely visionary way, the CSC is many things, not least (in the words Read_on (1 Comment)

Ethnographic Museum

Tragically overlooked by far too many visitors to Warsaw (who can’t see past World War II and communism) this is a joy of a museum that showcases and highlights all that’s best about Poland’s cultural heritage. Read_on (1 Comment)

Firemen's Museum

The first organized fire brigade began operations in Warsaw in 1836, and this fabulous museum records its intriguing and often disturbing history. Read_on (1 Comment)

Fryderyk Chopin Museum

The most anticipated new museum opening in Poland since the 2004 launch of the Uprising Museum, the Fryderyk Chopin museum is a jaw-dropping venue if you’ve had previous experience of Polish museums. Read_on (No Comments)

Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture and the Decorative Arts

The east wing of the Royal Castle’s main floor is now home to a permanent exhibition of various works of art that had formerly been spread throughout the property, including two works by Rembrandt: The Girl in a Picture Frame and The Scholar at the Lectern. Read_on (No Comments)

Historical Museum of Warsaw

Historical Museum of Warsaw
One of our favourite museums, The Historical Museum of Warsaw has been offline for several issues now but is easing into a return after months of renovations. Read_on (1 Comment)

Królikarnia

Królikarnia
Królikarnia, which translates as “the rabbit house,” is a lavish palace in Mokotów named for its role as King Augustus II the Strong’s rabbit warren for hunting. Read_on (No Comments)

Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum

Born Maria Skłodowska on November 7, 1867, this Polish lass would go on to become a famed scientist better known to the world as Marie Curie. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Asia and Pacific

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. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Caricature

One of the only ones in the world. Has thousands of cartoons, caricatures, satirical drawings and other side-splitting stuff. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Erotic Art

Now here is something you wouldn’t expect to see in Warsaw. Though it translates as the Museum of Eroticism we feel that the owner has done himself a disservice by giving it such an emotive name. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Independence

Museum of Independence
Rather ironically, the museum that charts Poland’s struggle for freedom was home to the Lenin Museum during communist rule. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Polish People's Movement

Set in a neo-Renaissance villa designed by Italian-born Mary Lanci the Museum of the Polish People's Movement is Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Priest Jerzy Popiełuszko

You’d probably think a museum honouring a priest doesn’t sound like much fun, and indeed this place really isn’t. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Sports and Tourism

Museum of Sports and Tourism
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. Read_on (No Comments)

National Museum

National Museum
Located inside a huge and decidedly bizarre inter-war building, Warsaw’s National Museum has thankfully just reopened Read_on (No Comments)

Palmiry - The National Memorial Museum

Palmiry - The National Memorial Museum
This brand new and highly recommended museum in the forest outside Warsaw significantly ups the standard for how a small exhibit can pack a huge punch. Read_on (No Comments)

Police Museum

It’s a struggle to find this place, primarily thanks to a daft address that has you thinking it’s on Nowolipie. Well, Read_on (No Comments)

Polish Army Museum

Polish Army Museum
The chronological history of the Polish army is presented in a series of gloomy rooms. Suits of armour, crossbows, muskets, medals Read_on (No Comments)

Railway Museum

Two large rooms full of working and static models of classic and modern trains, large train sets, a display of uniforms and a huge collection of old engines in all possible conditions through the door in the room on the right. Read_on (No Comments)

The Armoury - Archeological Muzeum

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. Read_on (No Comments)

Ujazdowski Castle (Museum Of Modern Art/CSW)

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 Read_on (No Comments)

Wola Museum

Wola Museum
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. Read_on (No Comments)