Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum
The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, known as Sikorski Institute, named after General Władysław Sikorski, is a leading London-based museum and archive for research into Poland during World War II and the Polish diaspora.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: learned society in London UK
- Address: 20 Princes Gate
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Albert Hall and Natural History Museum.
Royal Albert Hall
Theater building
Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 1,000 feet west of Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum.
Natural History Museum
Museum
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The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 1,900 feet south of Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum.
Embassy of Iran
Government office
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The Embassy of Iran in London is the diplomatic mission of Iran in the United Kingdom. It is located in a terrace overlooking Hyde Park in South Kensington, Westminster, London, next to the Embassy of Ethiopia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knightsbridge and South Kensington.
Knightsbridge
Suburb
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Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.
South Kensington
Suburb
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.
Brompton
Suburb
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Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, survives in name as a ward in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of market gardens in the county of Middlesex.
Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum
- Categories: military museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50143° or 51° 30′ 5″ northLongitude
-0.17287° or 0° 10′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C3XGR2G+HVOpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Vietnamese—“Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “La pola instituto kaj Sikorski muzeo”
- French: “Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. gen. Sikorskiego w Londynie”
- French: “musée Sikorski - Institut polonais”
- French: “Musée Sikorski - Institut polonais”
- Greek: “Πολωνικό Ινστιτούτο και Μουσείο Σικόρσκι”
- Japanese: “スコルスキ博物館”
- Polish: “Instytut Historyczny im. gen. Sikorskiego”
- Polish: “Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. gen. Sikorskiego w Londynie”
- Polish: “Instytut Sikorskiego”
- Polish: “Instytut Władysława Sikorskiego”
- Polish: “Muzeum im. gen. Sikorskiego”
- Ukrainian: “Польський інститут та музей. Генерал Сікорський у Лондоні”
- Vietnamese: “Viện Ba Lan và bảo tàng Sikorski”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Nicholas Preparatory School and Embassy of Ethiopia.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Exhibition Road and Kingston House North.
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