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    Wrocław isn't particularly known for its museums, the majority of which are underfunded and outdated. However the opening of the main branch of the
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Wroclaw | Sightseeing | Museums

Archaeology Museum
Like all the best museums in Poland, Wrocław's Archaeological Museum is located inside a building that's a museum in itself. In this instance the city's former 15th-century Arsenal plays host to the usual suspects found lurking in most museums of its type. Annoyingly, everything is labelled only in Polish making navigation awkward, but many of the exhibits, such as the gargoyles, ancient musical instruments carved out of tiny twigs and the reconstructed thatched house all fascinate without the need to know more. Of particular interest is an excellent model of Ostrów Tumski as it was in the 12th century. [...]



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ul. Cieszyńskiego 9

tel. (+48) 71 347 16 96

Open 11:00-17:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue Closed,
Sun 10:00-18:00.
Archdiocese Museum
This is a do-it-yourself museum: It throws rooms full of religious art at you and you're left to decide for yourself what to make of it. Much of the art is recent, the work of local religious orders, but the largest room is filled with invaluable medieval works from around Poland. Diehard art histo [...]



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Pl. Katedralny 16

tel. (+48) 71 327 11 78

Open 09:00-15:00,
Mon Closed.
Architecture Museum
A unique and thoroughly recommended permanent exhibition inside the gorgeous 16th-century former Bernadine monastery, the city's architecture museum is more of a record of all that was lost in the city during WWII than a true museum of architecture. Permanent displays include beautiful examples of stained glass from the 12th century through to some spectacular Art Nouveau pieces, a breathtaking collection of tiled ceramic stoves, intricate door handles, Turkish floor tiles and a selection of truly ghastly gargoyles. There's a large model of the city as it was in 1740, which clearly shows its status as a fortress surrounded by water, and the occasional temporary to keep the eyes peeled for.
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ul. Bernardyńska 5

tel. (+48) 71 344 82 78

Open 11:00-17:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue 11:00-17:00,
Wed 10:00-16:00,
Thu 12:00-19:00.
Ethnographic Museum
The best part of the Ethnographic Museum is on the top floor. Life-size dolls are arranged in quaint scenes of life in Silesia before 1945. It won't take you long to see it, but the national costumes and farm equipment offer a glimpse of life you won't find in urban Wrocław. And the museum's strange fondness for the definite article in the English labels is worth a giggle. Admission free with a ticket to the Racławice Panorama.
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ul. Traugutta 111/113

tel. (+48) 71 344 33 13

Open 10:00-16:00,
Mon Closed,
Thu 09:00-16:00.
Geology Museum
You can see rooms full of rocks and fossils anywhere in the world. You can also see them here. You won't learn much about Wrocław and, with everything in Polish, you won't learn much about rocks. [...]



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ul. Wojciecha Cybulskiego 30

tel. (+48) 71 375 93 27

Open 09:00-17:00,
Wed 09:00-15:00,
Fri 09:00-15:00,
Sat 10:00-15:00,
Sun Closed.Guided tours 2 days in advance.
Military Museum
The other half of the 15th-century arsenal that houses the Archaeology Museum is, appropriately, the Military Museum. Not surprisingly, the Medieval halls are filled with arms and weapons of all sorts, many of them dating to the 18th century. There is also a collection of medals - a lot more interesting than it sounds - and military flags, some of which have the battle scars of live action.
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ul. Cieszyńskiego 9

tel. (+48) 71 347 16 96

Open 11:00-17:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue Closed,
Sun 10:00-18:00.
Mineralogy Museum
This large didactic museum belonging to the University of Wrocław has rocks a'plenty but is a bit of a snoozer with one collection called 'Minerals of the World According to Classification and Chemical Structure' and another strictly devoted to demestic Polish minerals. In other words, it's about as interesting as a box of rocks. If you're really crazy for cleavage (the way minerals split in preferred directions to create smooth planes, what you never studied geology?) we recommend visiting the Lilliputian branch of the Mineralogy Museum closer to the market square (B-3, ul. Kuźnicza 22;
open 10:00-15:30, closed Sat), which features more exotic gems, meteorites and ornamental stones, as well as a shop where you can purchase them. Rock on.
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ul. Cybulskiego 30

tel. (+48) 71 375 92 06

Open 10:00-15:30,
Sat Closed,
Sun Closed.
National Museum
Wrocław's National Museum houses one of the largest collections of Polish art. Before the 18th century this means almost exclusively religous art: altarpieces, urns for relics, busts of saints and the like. Later parts of the collection also include applied arts and quite a few pieces on n [...]



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Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 5

tel. (+48) 71 343 88 39

Open 10:00-16:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue Closed,
Thu 09:00-16:00,
Sat 11:00-19:00,
Sun 11:00-17:00.
Natural History Museum
Halls full of massive skeletons, stuffed animal corpses posed on fake landscapes, butterflies pinned to boards - all natural history museums are gloomy places and this is no exception. The collection was founded as part of the University of Wroclaw in 1811 and moved to its own building in 1906. The [...]



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ul. Sienkiewicza 21

tel. (+48) 71 322 50 44

Open 09:00-15:00,
Mon Closed,
Sat 10:00-16:00,
Sun 10:00-16:00.
Post & Communications Museum
Housed inside the 1929, bullet-knarled former Central Post Office, this magnificent building was one of the first high-rises in Wrocław and is easily recognisable from the Old Town thanks to the crown of satellite dishes on its roof. Today it houses one of the city's more interesting museums, tracing the history of Polish communications from the beginnings of its postal service in 1558 through to the present day. The museum houses some fascinating displays featuring everything from old postmen's uniforms to stamps to a bizarre collection of post boxes of the world. With thoughtful explanations in good English its possible to spend hours in here. Locked away downstairs from the main exhibition rooms are a number of mail coaches and a small exhibition dedicated to Polish television. If you're a nut for this kind of thing then be sure to ask somebody to unlock the door and let you in. [...]



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ul. Krasińskiego 1

tel. (+48) 71 343 67 65

Open 10:00-15:00,
Tue Closed,
Wed 10:00-17:00,
Sun 11:00-16:00.
The Royal Palace
Wrocław isn't particularly known for its museums, the majority of which are underfunded and outdated. However the opening of the main branch of the Wrocław City Museum inside the recently renovated Baroque Royal Palace changes all that. Purchased by Frederick the Great of Prussia [...]



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ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 35

tel. (+48) 71 391 69 40

Open 10:00-17:00,
Mon Closed,
Sat 10:00-18:00,
Sun 10:00-18:00.
Town Hall, Museum of City Art
Town Hall, Museum of City Art
The first thing you'll probably notice about the Town Hall (Ratusz) is that it seems to be patched together from bits and pieces of a dozen different buildings. In a way it was. Construction began in the end of the 13th century and continued - through all the changing political and artistic forces [...]



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ul. Sukiennice 14/15

tel. (+48) 71 347 16 93

Open 11:00-17:00,
Mon Closed,
Tue Closed,
Sun 10:00-18:00.