The Szołayski house is a two-storey corner building situated near the Market Square. With its impressive façade overlooking Szczepański Square and partially Szczepańska Street, the house is adjacent to the edifices of the Stary Theatre and the Palace of Art.The oldest part of the building was erected in the 15th century, while its present shape was achieved as a result of renovations in the...

The 19th-century industrial structure of the former factory in Tczew holds the Polish largest museum dedicated to the history of Vistula River. The exhibition narrative refers to the history of the Polish State and its greatest river. The presented archaeological treasures document the former settlements and the Vistula River navigation, whereas the traditional tools, boats, ship models and...

This is a unique treasure of technology and one of the landmarks in the historic architecture of Gdańsk. Built in the 15th century, the port crane with a wooden structure embedded between two fortified towers is the only such object preserved in Europe. Currently, the renovation and modernisation works are conducted in the Crane, along with the installation of a new permanent exhibition. For...

KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here. The authentic Memorial consists of two parts of the former camp: Auschwitz and Birkenau. A visit with an educator allows better understanding of this unique place. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created by an act of the...

Kajetan Sosnowski (1913 Wilno – 1987 Warszawa), a leading avant-garde artist of the interwar period, created a concept and  initiated the Gallery 72 in Chełm. His sentiment to Chełm, a town 250 km away from Warsaw, was rooted in the fact that he spent his childhood and early youth there (1920-1934). The name of the gallery Sosnowski proposed originated from the year of its foundation....

The new wing of the Masovian Museum is a beautiful three-story tenement house at 6 Kolegialna Street. The ruined monument in the center of Płock regained its glory. The new wing of the Masovian Museum is a beautiful three-story tenement house at Kolegialna Street 6. Its renovation, adaptation and arrangement are the result of the funds received by the Masovian Museum in Płock – both EU...

The new building of the Battle of Grunwald Museum in Stębark was put into use on September 21, 2022. It has approximately 1,300 m 2 of exhibition space. Visitors can see the permanent exhibition entitled: "The Great War with the Teutonic Order in 1409 - 1411". Visiting the Museum is enriched by the screening of a fragment of A. Ford's film "Teutonic Knights" . This is a 23-minute film...

The unique treasure of naval engineering, the world’s only steam-powered coal and ore carrier preserved until today. It was the first prototype seagoing ship built in Poland after World War II. From the ship commissioning ceremony in 1949 until the end of service in 1981, ‘Sołdek’ made 1479 voyages, carrying over 3.5 million tons of coal and iron ore in total. This is a historic structure with...

Museum of Industry and Railway in Silesia in Jaworzyna Śląska is a large European scale railway museum established in 2005 in a historic depot of 1908 in Jaworzyna Śląska in Lower Silesia. The Museum is located in a railway site of over 2 hectares with preserved railway infrastructure, depot buildings and technical facilities. The collection covers over 120 rail vehicles from 1880 until the...

This is where you can learn about the history of coal, mining, and miners working in extremely dangerous conditions. The museum collections include mining equipment and its elements, relics related to the activity of Wałbrzych mines, as well as audio-visual materials and archives. The museum also has an archaeological and geological departments with extensive collections from the Wałbrzych area.