It might seem strange to find a large archaeological exhibit on the Sudan in the heart of Gdansk, faux tribal huts and all, but go with it. The next floors cover the history of the area, complete with exhumed skeletons, an ancient canoe and plenty of interesting jewellery that has been liberated from the ground. More interesting than the Ice Age weaponry, Stone Age drawings and amber displays are the models of the city in the past and the detritus collected after Gdansk was shattered in World War II. With the opening of more and more modern and visitor-friendly museums in recent years this is both an academic way to spend an hour of your afternoon and a chance to see what all Polish museums were once like.

The permanent exhibitions are as follows:

POLISH: Pradzieje Pomorza Gdańskiego	ENGLISH: Prehistory of Gdańsk Pomerania
Z bursztynem przez tysiąclecia	With Amber for Millennia
Schorzenia ludności prahistorycznej na ziemiach polskich	Diseases of Prehistoric Population in Poland
1000 lat Gdańska w świetle wykopalisk	1000 years of Gdańsk in the Light of Excavations
Tajemnice Doliny Nilu. Sudan. Archeologia i Etnografia	Secrets of the Nile Valley. Sudan. Archaeology and Ethnography