We invite you to the place where Polish museology was born! The Czartoryski Museum in Puławy continues the traditions of the first Polish museum - the Temple of the Sibyl, founded in this city by Princess Izabela Czartoryska née Fleming in 1801. The most beautiful interiors of the Princes Czartoryski Palace present unique, diverse exhibits collected from the end of the 18th century to...

Using multimedia and the film path the visitor can be transferred to the reality of Silesia from the beginning of the 20thcentury. The scenography of rooms is related to the places of utmost historical importance. For those who are more inquisitive the organizers prepared multimedia posts where they can easily broaden their knowledge. Such a way of presenting history is modern, complex and...

Grzybowo is one of the largest strongholds which came into existence in the period of the formation of the Piast state. It was constructed 6 km to the north-east of Września. The stronghold, well-visible in the field, takes up an area of 4.7 ha. Its shape is close to a rectangle with rounded corners. The stronghold is surrounded by a rampart, whose remains are up to 9 metres high. From the...

Giecz, one of the main strongholds of the Piast monarchy, alongside Poznań, Gniezno, Ostrów Lednicki and Łekno, was constructed in the second half of the 9th c. to the south of the mentioned fortresses. The enlargement of the centre took place in the second half of the 10th c. The invasion of the Czech Duke Břetislav and resettling of inhabitants of the stronghold to Bohemia in 1039 impeded...

The three-masted sailing ship built in 1909, served in the Polish Merchant Navy from the 1930s to the 1980s as a training ship for the students at the Maritime School in Gdynia (now: Gdynia Maritime University). At present, the museum-ship, mooring at the Pomorskie Quay in Gdynia, is one of the most important treasures of the Polish maritime heritage from the previous century. The impressive...

Situated in the historic building of the former Evangelical church dating back to the 15th century, the Fisheries Museum presents the history of Hel and the traditional regional fishing and boatbuilding craft of the Kashubians. Inside, where the unique arrangement combines the exhibition advantages with the exceptional features of the former sacred space, the historic boats and fishing tools...

The idea of painting the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice, a huge canvas measuring 15 × 114 m, came from Jan Styka (1858–1925) – a well-known artist from Lwów (now Lviv in Ukraine) who invited to a collaboration on this project the excellent painter of battle scenes Wojciech Kossak (1856–1942). They were assisted in that work by other artists: Ludwig Boller, Tadeusz Popiel, Zygmunt...

The branch, designed under the principle of openness, merges the exhibition site with the educational centre with its modern conservation workshop. The spacious Studio Warehouse, allowing to display large-size objects, presents e.g., fragments of shipwrecks discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, ancient Polish boats and the collection of exotic vessels from around the world. Additionally,...

The Museum, located near the port in Kąty Rybackie, holds a collection of treasures related to the history of fishing and boatbuilding in the Vistula Lagoon. The exhibition, intentionally located in the former boatbuilding workshops, presents the traditional fishing boats, including a 10-meter sailing long-boat, fishing tools from the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as well as a...

The Romanesque Cellar - the newest branch of the Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk - is located in the very heart of the historic center of Gdańsk, on Dominikański Square (between the market hall and the church of St. Nicholas). The entrance to the Cellar is through the green pavilion with the Museum signboard. The cellar was discovered at the turn of 2005 and 2006, and then it was subjected...