Winiary, once a village and now a northeast part of Warka, has a long-standing tradition of wine and history. Located on an escarpment on the Pilica River, this extraordinary place is one you simply must visit. Tall, old trees of the historic park surround this white classicistic manor. Its history can be traced back to the early 17th century. For over 300 years, it often changed owners,...

The idea of the Józef Piłsudski Museum in Sulejówek is to present the figure of Józef Piłsudski against a broad historical, cultural and social background, and to convey and popularize the values he represented – the idea of fighting for independence and working to build the state. The statutory goal of the museum should be achieved through contact and dialogue with the audience, respecting...

Meet the history, decide on the future We want to contribute to ensuring that the ideals of Solidarity – democracy, open and solidary society, culture of dialogue –remain attractive and valid. We want to maintain the experience of Solidarity as a peaceful European revolution in the memory of Poles and Europeans, to make Solidarity an important part of Europe’s founding myth in the...

The House of the Olsztyn Gazette Museum was founded in 1992. The head office is located in a reconstructed building, which in the years 1920-1939 held the editorial and printing sections of the well-deserved for the Polish history of the region, only Polish newspaper in Warmia published from 1886 – the Olsztyn Gazette. The Museum has a regional character. The collections it gathers, as well as...

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...

The Julian Fałat Museum (Fałatówka) is a branch of the Historical Museum in Bielsko-Biała. It is located in a villa with a garden. Julian Fałat lived and painted here for nearly twenty years. The artist bought the house in 1909 and two years later he built a larch wood workshop above it which burnt down in 1935. After the painter’s death, the plot and the house were handed down to his...

The Department of the History of Medicine of the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum is located in the post-hospital complex of St. Spirit. The hospital building with the Gothic chapel of St. Anne dates back to the first half of the 15th century and was built in stages. It is the only hospital monument in Poland that has been preserved unchanged since the beginning of the 17th century. Today it has...

On 25 June 2016 The Four Domes Pavilion, a modernist building designed by the distinguished architect Hanz Poelzig and erected in 1912, became the seat of the Museum of Contemporary Art, a branch of the National Museum in Wrocław. This building, and the nearby Centennial Hall designed by Max Berg, are the two architectural elements dominating the so-called Exhibition Grounds. This unique...

A visit at the Uphagen House will take you on a journey back in time. You can gain an insight into the day-to-day life of a rich burgher of the 18th century. You will first set your foot in the hall with its glamorous stairway and tea room; then you will be led to an elegant living room, a large dining room, and small sitting rooms, e.g. a music room. The stairs behind the small dining room...

The permanent exhibition is housed in the family home of Jan Matejko (1838-1893), the greatest Polish artist working in the genre of history painting, a collector and an enthusiast for monuments, particularly those in Krakow. The old Krakow building (rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries) is the place where Jan Matejko was born, lived with his family, created his paintings and passed away....