Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum

The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, known as Sikorski Institute, named after General Władysław Sikorski, is a leading -based and archive for research into Poland during World War II and the Polish diaspora.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: learned society in London UK
  • Also known as: “Sikorski Institute”
  • Address: 20 Princes Gate, London, SW7 1PT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Albert Hall and Natural History Museum.

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The is a concert hall on the northern edge of , , 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. is situated 1,000 feet west of Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum.

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The in London, England, 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 , the others being the Science Museum and the . is situated 2,000 feet south of Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum.

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The is a major museum on Exhibition Road in , London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025. is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knightsbridge and South Kensington.

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is a residential and retail district in , south of . It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the .

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is a district at the West End of in the . Historically it settled on part of the scattered village of .

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, sometimes called Old , is an area in the in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of in the county of .

Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum

Latitude
51.50144° or 51° 30′ 5″ north
Longitude
-0.17286° or 0° 10′ 22″ west
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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”
  • Kazakh: “Поляк институты және Сикорский мұражайы”
  • 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 Embassy of Ethiopia and Embassy of Iran.

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