Museums in Poland

Beautiful portraits of the artist's children and his amazing stained glass windows in the Art Nouveau style.

This bombed church was given a new life as a contemporary art gallery.

This 16th-century pole was once used in brutal public executions.

This museum houses and extensive collection of technology contributed by the Polish people.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

This museum in the tower of the oldest church in Gdańsk, is home to centuries-old time-keeping devices and the world's first pulsar clock.

The site of one of the largest prison escapes of World War II.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

This extensive collection covers thousands of years of Polish military history.

An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.