Museums in Poland

Discover 21 unusual museums in Poland.

Galleria EL

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

Poznań, Poland

Medieval Execution Pole

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

National Museum of Technology in Warsaw

National Museum of Technology in Warsaw

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

Kraków Pinball Museum

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

The end results of the museum's workshop.

The Living Obwarzanek Museum (Żywe Muzeum Obwarzanka)

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

The Tower Clock Museum is the only one of it's kind.

Gdańsk, Poland

Tower Clock 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.

Harry tunnel at Stalag Luft III.

Żagań, Poland

Stalag Luft III Prisoner Camp Museum

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

Interactive shipwreck exploration.

Wrocław, Poland

Hydropolis

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

Polish Army Museum.

Polish Army Museum

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

One of several churches.

Museum of Folk Architecture

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

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Museum

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Museum

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

Czar PRL: Life Under Communism Museum.

Czar PRL: Life Under Communism Museum

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

Szafarnia, Poland

The Chopin Centre in Szafarnia

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

The museum is really an interactive bakery.

Poznań, Poland

St. Martin’s Croissant Museum

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

In addition to posters, the museum features multimedia displays

Warsaw Poster Museum

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

Most of the route visitors take is through eerie, dimly lit underground corridors.

Bydgoszcz, Poland

The Exploseum

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.