The Heritage Interpretation Centre is a place of meetings and talks about Warsaw, especially about the reconstruction of the Old Town, which is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. However, our activity is not focused only on the issues of destruction and post-war reconstruction. We support and organize a number of events related to world heritage and its mission. We create educational activities related to world heritage, prepared using methods of interpretation of local and world heritage. Lectures, book promotions as well as classes and workshops for children and youth also take place here.
Name
An interpretation centre is an institution whose goal is the dissemination of knowledge of natural or cultural heritage. To aid and stimulate the discovery process and the visitor’s intellectual and emotional connection to heritage, the main presentation strategy tends to be user-friendly and interactive, and often use scenographic exhibitions and multimedia programs.
Place
The concept of establishing the Heritage Interpretation Center was born in 2005, as one of the elements of a large project Renovation and adaptation for cultural purposes of Warsaw’s Old Town cellars in the area of the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Before the start of the renovation and adaptation works, there was an archaeological study lead by the archeologist Maciej Czarnecki. Its effect was the unveiling of the fourteenth-century foundations of the city walls, absorbed around the sixteenth century by the expanding urban buildings. After the works were completed, it was decided to leave the walls exposed so that they could be viewed by visitors.
While modernizing the rooms, the architects made sure that elements of historical architecture were visible in the renovated interiors. The author of the architectural design and composition of the permanent exhibition of the Heritage Interpretation Center is the Warsaw architectural studio Archistudio Anna and Wojciech Kleinrok.
ciz.muzeumwarszawy.pl| Day of the week | Opening hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 18:00 | |
| Thursday |  |
09:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 17:00 | |
| Saturday | 11:00 - 19:00 | |
| Sunday | 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Holidays | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| 2024.12.25 (Wednesday) | x |
| 2024.12.26 (Thursday) | x |
| Tickets | ||
|---|---|---|
| normal | 15.00 PLN | |
| reduced | 10.00 PLN | |
| family | 30.00 PLN | maksymalnie 2 dorosłych + o 1 do 6 dzieci |
| when? | name | where? | about what? | for free | for children | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2024.05.09-2024.12.15 |
EUFORIA. O warszawskiej scenie klubowej po 1989 roku Temporary exhibition
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The Wola Museum of Warsaw ul. Srebrna 12 00-810 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
yes | ||
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2024.06.20-2024.12.29 |
Bat zamiast słońca Temporary exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
city, graphics and drawing, installations, modern art, movie, photography | yes | |
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2024.07.30-2024.12.29 |
Sylwester „Kris” Braun. Fotograf od powstania Temporary exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
city, documents, martyrology, photography | yes | |
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2024.05.18-2024.12.31 |
Rzeczy, ludzie, duchy Temporary exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
installations | yes | |
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2024.09.19-2025.02.23 |
Praga 44 Temporary exhibition
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The Praga Museum of Warsaw ul. Targowa 50 / 52 03-733 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
city, martyrology, The Second World War | yes | |
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2024.10.17-2025.04.17 |
Na miejscu i na wynos. Kuchnia warszawska Temporary exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
city, industrial design, interiors and everyday life, utility items | yes | |
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Core Exhibition Permanent exhibition
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The Praga Museum of Warsaw ul. Targowa 50 / 52 03-733 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
art crafts, city, documents, painting, utility items | yes | ||
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Destruction and Reconstruction of the Old Town Permanent exhibition
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The Heritage Interpretation Centre ul. Brzozowa 11 / 13 00-278 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
architecture, city, documents, interiors and everyday life | yes | ||
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Permanent exhibition Permanent exhibition
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Palmiry Museum - Memorial Site Czosnów 05-152 Czosnów Mazowieckie |
documents, martyrology, utility items | |||
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Printing House Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Printing ul. Ząbkowska 23 / 25 03-736 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
printmaking | yes | ||
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Res pharmaceuticae Permanent exhibition
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The Antonina Leśniewska Museum of Pharmacy ul. Piwna 31/33 00-265 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
industrial design, interiors and everyday life, pharmacy | yes | ||
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The Things of Warsaw Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
archeology, architecture, art crafts, city, documents, graphics and drawing, medals and badges, painting, photography, sculpture, utility items | yes | ||
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Wolski Room Permanent exhibition
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The Wola Museum of Warsaw ul. Srebrna 12 00-810 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
city, martyrology | yes | ||
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Dzieje kamienic Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
architecture, city | yes | ||
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Gabinet Świadectwa z getta warszawskiego Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
city, documents, martyrology, The Second World War | yes | ||
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Dane warszawskie Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warsaw ul. Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42 00-272 Warszawa Mazowieckie |
city | yes |
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