Polish History Museum

The Museum of Polish History or the Polish History Museum is a museum and national cultural institute in , . The purpose of the museum is to present the most important events in Polish history, with a particular emphasis on Polish traditions of freedom.
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: history museum in Warsaw, Poland
  • Also known as: “MHP”, “Museum of Polish History”, “Polish History Museum (Polish: Muzeum Historii Polski)”, and “The Museum of Polish History”
  • Address: Gwardii 1, Warszawa, 01-538

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Warsaw Citadel and Polish Army Museum.

Fort
Photo: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 19th-century fortress in , . It was built by order of Tsar Nicholas I after the suppression of the 1830 November Uprising in order to bolster imperial Russian control of the city.

Museum
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Museum of the Polish Army is a museum in documenting the military history of . Established in 1920 under the Second Polish Republic, it formerly occupied a wing of the building of the and now occupies a building of its own at the , as well as several branches in Poland. is situated 150 metres southwest of Polish History Museum.

Historic building
Photo: Thunderman83, Public domain.
is a historic building, which is situated 180 metres north of Polish History Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Żoliborz and New Town, Warsaw.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
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New Town, Polish: Nowe Miasto, historically known as New Warsaw is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of , , located within the district of .

Suburb
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The area to the west of , consisting of the districts of Wola, Ochota and , contains many parts of the historic core of , .

Polish History Museum

Latitude
52.26497° or 52° 15′ 54″ north
Longitude
21.001° or 21° 0′ 4″ east
Inception
September 29th, 2023
Levels
4
Height
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
9G437272+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31102954
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q6940996
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Polish History Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف التاريخ البولندي”
  • Chinese: “波蘭歷史博物館”
  • Dutch: “Museum van de Poolse geschiedenis”
  • Dutch: “Pools historisch museum in Warschau”
  • Dutch: “Pools historisch museum”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Pola Historio en Varsovio”
  • Esperanto: “Pola historia muzeo en Varsovio”
  • German: “Museum der Geschichte Polens”
  • German: “Muzeum Historii Polski”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Πολωνικής Ιστορίας (Βαρσοβία)”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Πολωνικής Ιστορίας”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון להיסטוריה של פולין”
  • Indonesian: “Museum sejarah Polandia”
  • Italian: “Museo di Storia della Polonia”
  • Korean: “폴란드 역사 박물관”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Polski w Warszawie”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Polski”
  • Russian: “Музей истории Польши в Варшаве”
  • Russian: “Музей польской истории в Варшаве”
  • Slovak: “Múzeum histórie Poľska”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Lịch sử Ba Lan”

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Highlights include XI Pawilon and Szczątki szubienicy.

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