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Warsaw Uprising Museum

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The Warsaw Uprising Museum presents the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in a former tram power station at Grzybowska 79, in Warsaw’s Wola district.

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Why go

  • Watch original insurgent footage filmed in 1944 in the small cinema.
  • See the full-size B-24J Liberator replica in the second exhibition hall.
  • Hear five insurgents’ memories through prewar telephones near the entrance.
  • Hear battle sounds and heartbeats from the central monument, conceived as Warsaw’s beating heart.

Opening hours

Today08:00 – 18:00Show all
Monday08:00 – 18:00
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday08:00 – 18:00
Thursday08:00 – 18:00
Friday08:00 – 18:00
Saturday10:00 – 18:00
Sunday10:00 – 18:00

Don't miss

  • Underground print shopOriginal equipment shows how underground newspapers were produced during the occupation.Print shop
  • Observation towerAdded in 2004, the 32-metre tower has a terrace overlooking the city centre and Wola.Tower2004
  • Insurgent hospital displayThe hospital display explores care for the wounded; the exhibition also documents hospitals treating both insurgents and Wehrmacht soldiers.Exhibition
  • Museum chapelThe chapel holds relics of Józef Stanek, a priest who took an active part in the uprising.Chapel
  • KubuśSee the replica of Kubuś, an armoured car built by insurgents in Powiśle.Freedom Park

What's inside

  • Two exhibition halls follow a thematic, chronological route from the 1939 invasion through the occupation and uprising to survivors’ lives after 1945.
  • The upper floor covers the city’s surrender and destruction, civilian flight, prisoners’ camp conditions and postwar political events.
  • The collection includes hundreds of objects, from insurgents’ weapons to personal letters, alongside photographs and audio and video recordings.
  • The print shop displays original equipment used to produce underground newspapers during the occupation.
  • The reconstructed sewers use visual and sound effects to show how insurgents moved through German-held territory.
  • The exhibition includes an insurgent hospital display about aid for the wounded. A chapel holds relics of priest Józef Stanek.
  • A reading room and small cafeteria are furnished and decorated in a 1940s style.
  • The oral history archive collects video interviews with uprising participants.
  • A stone monument runs through the exhibition’s three levels. It represents Warsaw’s beating heart and plays recorded sounds of the uprising.

With kids

  • The children’s room introduces the uprising through animations, role-play, puppet theatre, replica vintage toys, board games and puzzles.

Tips for your visit

  • Pick up the free leaflets with 63 daily summaries covering 1 August to 2 October 1944.
  • Follow the thematic, chronological route through the two halls; the upper floor covers the city’s surrender and destruction.
  • The museum also operates the Warsaw Fotoplastikon, an off-site branch at 51 Jerusalem Avenue.

Interesting facts2

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  1. The exhibition documents everyday civilian life, including food supplies, concerts, theatre and religion.

    Museum des Warschauer Aufstandes - Wikipedia

  2. Original aircraft wreckage recovered near Kraków is incorporated into the Liberator replica.

    Museum des Warschauer Aufstandes - Wikipedia

History

Design competitions followed, and the museum opened on 31 July 2004, marking the uprising’s 60th anniversary.

  1. 1904–1908The former tram power station was built.
  2. September 1939The station was badly damaged.
  3. 6 August 1944German attackers captured the building and killed the employees who had stayed there.
  4. After the warThe facility became a district heating plant.
  5. 1983Mieczysław Dębicki established the museum as a department of the city history museum. Construction was delayed for years.
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  1. 1984Konrad Kucza-Kuczyński, Andrzej Miklaszewski and Zbigniew Pawłowski won a design competition.
  2. 2003Wojciech Obtułowicz won the building design competition; Jarosław Kłaput, Dariusz Kunowski and Mirosław Nizio won the exhibition design competition.
  3. 31 July 2004The museum opened for the uprising’s 60th anniversary. Conservators removed cement plaster to restore the station’s brick appearance.
  4. Spring 2006The permanent exhibition reached its final form after successive additions.
  5. 2011A plaque honoring Lech Kaczyński was unveiled on the museum façade.

How to get there

  • On footThe museum is at Grzybowska 79, on the corner of Przyokopowa and Grzybowska streets.

Sources: Warsaw Rising Museum - Wikipedia · Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego - Muzeum Powstan… · OTWARTE HISTORIE cz. II. Opowiadaj. Ucz się. Za… · Historia jednego podwórka · Museum des Warschauer Aufstandes - Wikipedia · Musée de l'Insurrection de Varsovie - Wikipedia · Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego - Wikipedia · checked 24 Sep 2026

Where
Grzybowska 79, Warsaw
Website
1944.pl/

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