Museums

Fryderyk Chopin Museum (Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina)
ul. Tamka 41, tel. +48 22 441 62 51
chopin.museum/pl

The main purpose of the facility is individual approach to the visitors that manifests by reception of sense such as scent of violet in one of the rooms or birdsongs in the other. There is also special, multimedia room for children, where they can learn about composer and his works, while playing.



National Museum (Muzeum Narodowe)
Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 30 93
www.mnw.art.pl

The Museum is the largest art museum in Warsaw and one of the most important cultural institutions in the country with exhibitions from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century. A huge painting by Jan Matejko, ‘The Battle of Grunwald’ is an undeniable attraction of the museum, with its imposing dimensions of 426 x 987 centimetres.



Museum of the Polish Army (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego)
Al. Jerozolimskie 3, tel. +48 22 629 52 71
www.muzeumwp.pl

This Museum depicts the history of the Polish Army from its beginnings in the 10th century to the end of World War II. The museum has also an interesting outdoor exhibition, where it is possible to admire war tanks and helicopters from both World Wars.
By 13 Powsińska Street (in Czerniakowski Fort) there is a branch of the Museum dedicated to Polish military technique, exhibiting tanks, cannons and aeroplanes.



Warsaw Rising Museum (Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego)
ul. Grzybowska 79 (entrance from Przyokopowa Street), tel. +48 22 539 79 05/06
www.1944.pl

The interesting exhibitions will give you a feeling of the true atmosphere of the Uprising – the strange mix of everyday life and fighting in the streets of Warsaw. The Little Insurgent's Room has been prepared especially for the youngest visitors; here children can learn the history of the Uprising by listening to insurgent songs, watching performances or by play the role of Boy and Girl Scouts delivering messages to the insurgents.



Museum of Technology (Muzeum Techniki)
pl. Defilad 1, Palace of Culture and Science, tel. +48 22 656 67 59
www.muzeum-techniki.waw.pl

The Museum of Technology houses a collection of old motorcycles, cars and bicycles, exhibitions dedicated to computers, jukeboxes, printing presses, radio transistors, audio or household equipment. The astronautical engineering exhibition presents models of rockets, lunar landings and a planetarium. The big attraction is the Enigma (a German decoding machine from World War II), or slides from the 19th century Fotoplastikon.