Museums
Museums of Poland
1,672 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum130museums
Local museum115museums
Open-air museum102museums
Biographical museum43museums
Most visited museums
Visitors in the latest year on record, since 2015.
1National Museum in Kraków
Kraków, Lesser Poland
Art museum · 1879
680k visitors
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2Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Pławy, Silesia
1947
1.43M visitors
3Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw, Mazovia
Jewish museum · 2005
450k visitors
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5Majdanek State Museum
Kośminek, Lublin
Military museum · 1947
121k visitors
6Rural Architecture Museum of Sanok
Sanok, Subcarpathia
Open-air museum · 1958
80k visitors
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7Galicia Jewish Museum
Stare Miasto, Lesser Poland
Jewish museum · 2004
30k visitors
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8National Museum in Warsaw
Warsaw, Mazovia
Art museum · 1862
338k visitors
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9Stutthof concentration camp
Sztutowo, Pomerania
Military museum
11Museum of World War II in Gdańsk
Gdańsk, Pomerania
Military museum · 2017
13Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry
Tarnowskie Góry, Silesia
1976
14National Museum in Wrocław
Plac Grunwaldzki, Lower Silesia
Art museum · 1947
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15Racławice Panorama
Plac Grunwaldzki, Lower Silesia
Art museum · 1980
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20National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk
Gdańsk, Pomerania
Maritime museum · 1960
21Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Warsaw, Mazovia
Museum of modern art · 2005
23Archaeological Museum of Kraków
Kraków, Lesser Poland
Archaeological museum · 1850
25MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków
Stare Miasto, Lesser Poland
Art museum · 2010
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27Ethnographic Museum in Kraków
Stare Miasto, Lesser Poland
Ethnographic museum · 1910
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28Manggha
Kraków, Lesser Poland
Art museum · 1994
30Muzeum Tatrzańskie im. dra Tytusa Chałubińskiego w Zakopanem
Zakopane, Lesser Poland
1888
32Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
Warsaw, Mazovia
Biographical museum · 1967
33Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki-Zdrój
Duszniki-Zdrój, Lower Silesia
1968
34National Museum of Archaeology
Warsaw, Mazovia
Archaeological museum · 1928
36Museum of Photography in Krakow
Kraków, Lesser Poland
Photography museum · 1986
41National Museum of Ethnography
Warsaw, Mazovia
Ethnographic museum · 1888
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42Sukiennice Museum
Kraków, Lesser Poland
Art museum · 1879
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43Temple of the Sibyl
Puławy, Lublin
44Wawel Royal Castle – State Art Collection
Kraków, Lesser Poland
1945
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46Jan Matejko House
Stare Miasto, Lesser Poland
Biographical museum · 1895
47Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom
Warsaw, Mazovia
Military museum · 1952
48Museum of John Paul II Collection
Warsaw, Mazovia
Art museum · 1989
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49Museum of Kraków
Kraków, Lesser Poland
1899
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50Museum of Poles Saving Jews
Markowa, Subcarpathia
2016
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53The Eagle Pharmacy Museum
Stare Miasto, Lesser Poland
1910
55Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw
Warsaw, Mazovia
Literary museum · 1950
57Bieszczadzka Forest Railway
Żubracze, Subcarpathia
Heritage railway · 1898
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Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw, Mazovia
Natural history museum · 1968
Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 130 |
| Local museum | 115 |
| Open-air museum | 102 |
| Biographical museum | 43 |
| Military museum | 40 |
| History museum | 31 |
| Archaeological museum | 19 |
| Diocesan museum | 18 |
| Geological museum | 16 |
| Technology museum | 16 |
| City museum | 15 |
| Mining museum | 12 |
| Science center | 12 |
| Automobile museum | 11 |