Museum of Warsaw

I really enjoyed the Museum. Conveniently located right on the Old Town Square, it’s easy to combine with a walk around the area. The museum has several levels, and the highlight for me was the beautiful view from the observation deck, it was especially magical after sunset with all the Christmas decorations lit up in the square. It was also very quiet and not crowded at all, which made the visit even more pleasant.

Very good museum with amazing artifacts and information on Warsaw, (mostly) past and present. The museum was a lot bigger than we expected. Plan at least 2-3 hours to go through all the floors. The view from the top floor is fantastic. Highly recommended.

Interesting and well-organized museum I enjoyed my visit to the Museum of Warsaw. It offers a clear and engaging overview of the city’s history. A staff member kindly shared some interesting facts about the Warsaw Mermaid, the city’s symbol, which added a nice personal touch to the experience. Worth a visit if you’re interested in getting to know Warsaw better.

Really wonderful and over performed expectations. Goes deep into the history, shows timelines of the history of Poland and Warsaw starting from 1300s. The destruction of the city, the rebuilding of the city and much more. And that was just the basement. The above floors were phenomenal well done with good solid information in many streamlined rooms. A real recommend for Warsaw.

The people at the ticket desk were lovely but I should have known from the start when the jumped up attendant at the beginning followed me to the toilet, demanded my ticket whilst I was doing my thing then told me “oh well good luck maybe go back where you came from” when I said “oh I don’t have a coin for the locker”… a hint there to him to maybe help me either with a substitute (like every other museum has) or a place to get change. The museum itself as others has said is dull, poorly laid out and the audio guide doesn’t match at all at the start and end. Go to the Royal Castle or the POLIN instead, way better.

It is a very big and interesting museum. Here you can find a wide exhibition of items from the history of the city and Poland overall. We underestimated how big the museum is but get ready, there are 6-7 floors to see and at the top is an observatory. I recommend visiting it in order to get an overview of the city and its history.

Probably one of the worst organised museums I've ever been in. There's potential here as the exhibits are vast and varied, but it's such an odd maze spread over several buildings and floors in very overwhelmingly confusing ways. Of they'd add a decent audio guide and better map, this could be a fantastic museum. As it is, it's not great. Though the viewing platform at the top is very nice, fully indoors, and with a great view across the city plaza. There are so many exhibits, from local architecture to city maps, ancient pottery, historic clothing, and so much more. It just isn't organised or presented well, as it's spread through such a vast maze of rooms, it feels incredibly empty and at times difficult to figure out where you're supposed to be going. Finding the ticket office is also a challenge, as the door that says Entrance doesn't open, the door two houses down does, but the ticket office is behind the door that doesn't open, so you have to weave back through a cafe and hallway. Just why?

Just wow! That's an amazing museum with so many interesting objects and charts about aspects of life in Warsaw. It's a very big museum with many-many rooms. Really great place to visit.