Opera Gallery is a joint project of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, spearheaded by the two institutions' respective heads: Waldemar Dąbrowski and Adam Myjak. The gallery features the classics of Polish avant-garde – a generation of artists who laid foundations for Polish modern art. The finest examples include: Tarasin, Gierowski, Dominik,...

The idea of establishing a museum in Pruszków emerged in the early 1970s. The endeavour was launched by the then Heritage Conservation Officer for the Warsaw Voivodship – Stefan Woyda ; the impulse to create such an institution came from his discovery, at the end of the 1960s, of the so-called Mazovian Centre of Metallurgy . The museum would assist in advanced archaeological exploration of...

We are a division of the Museum of Warsaw and we are one of the first museums (ever!) on Warsaw’s right bank. Our mission is to preserve and promote the heritage of the entire eastern Warsaw. We are located on 50/52 Targowa Str., in one of the oldest residential buildings in this part of the city. Our offer is aimed not only at local residents, Praga’s (Warsaw’s) art communities, Polish...

The museum has over six thousand objects in its collections. The oldest and most valuable are original, 19th-century documents with the signatures of Staszic and Niemcewicz. A separate section is devoted to photographs, postcards, medals and measuring devices. The museum collects archival materials and documents relating to the history of the University, as well as old scientific equipment,...

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...

National memorial site, commemorating victims of mass executions carried out by Nazis during World War II in the Kampinos Forest.

The museum of the Middle Vistula and the Wyszogód Land, a branch of the Mazovian Museum in Płock. It presents monuments from the Neolithic settlement, related to the activity of the castle in Wyszogród and shipping on the Vistula river. It collects relicts of Jewish and German settlements as well as tools formerly used to build boats and fish. Monuments related to the battles of First and...

The Polish Vodka Museum is the only such place in the world. It is located in the historical building of the rectification plant in the area of the Centrum Praskie Koneser. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the complex of neo-Gothic buildings forming the Warsaw vodka factory “Koneser” and it was built between Ząbkowska, Nieporecka, Białostocka and Markowska streets. The flagship...

Penal Labour Camp Treblinka I functioned from the summer of 1941 to the end of July 1944. The initiator and organizer was the county staroste in Sokołów Podlaski, Ernst Gramss. The commandant of the camp throughout the entire period was Theo van Eupen. German service consisted of about 20 people. They had help from a group of guards (about 100 people) – mainly Ukrainians. Over 20,000...

The garden on the roof of the University of Warsaw Library is one of the largest and most beautiful roof gardens in Europe. It is a very popular resting place for students, residents of Warsaw, and tourists. It is used by the organizers of concerts and happenings, summer cinema, and urban games. The garden consists of two parts: the upper (2000 m2) and lower (15,000 m2), where the main...