Top rated History museums in Warsaw, Poland to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated History museums in Warsaw

Experience the best that Warsaw has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 14 places from History museum category.

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History Meeting House

History museum

👍👍 An interesting place and an interesting exhibition (Siemaszko, a photographer of Warsaw). Free entry

4.80 (1.2K reviews)

Muzeum Zimnej Wojny im. generała Kuklińskiego

Museum

👍👍 The General Kukliński Memorial Room is located at the back of the Cathedral of St. Jana in Warsaw's Old Square. City. It was founded in 2006 by Józef Szaniawski. You can visit from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., visiting time approx. 45 minutes. A must-see.

4.80 (129 reviews)

The Royal Castle in Warsaw

Castle

Reconstructed 14th-century palace with an art collection & guided tours of the royal apartments.

4.70 (50.1K reviews)

The Warsaw Rising Museum

Local history museum

Memorial & replica bomber in museum of exhibits detailing Poland's 1944 battle for independence.

4.70 (33.9K reviews)

Museum of Life in the Polish People's Republic

Local history museum

Museum documenting everyday life under Soviet rule, with period consumer goods & furnished rooms.

4.60 (4.4K reviews)

Pałac Belwederski

Castle

Classically-styled 17th-century belvedere & home to President of the Republic. Not open to public.

4.60 (385 reviews)

Museum of Fryderyk Chopin in Warsaw

History museum

Rebuilt 17th-century mansion with musical scores, photographs & recordings of Chopin's work.

4.50 (5.4K reviews)

Museum of Independence

History museum

👍👍 An interesting museum with documents, propaganda posters, manifestos, badges and medals. Here we will learn something about the Greater Poland Uprising, the Silesian Uprisings, Piłsudski, Dmowski, Haller's army and Poland's marriage to the sea. There is also an exhibition about the Eastern Borderlan...

4.50 (255 reviews)

Jewish Historical Institute

Research institute

😠 Anna Przybyszewska-Drozd helped me over email to trace relatives, almost every action involved a request for a donation and it was in an insulting way When I asked for a suggested donation she would not tell me. If you want to charge a fee by all means, charge a fee! But if you wish to remain non pr...

4.50 (160 reviews)

Neon Museum

Museum

Gallery of vintage neon signs from the Cold War era.

4.40 (1.6K reviews)

Antonina Leśniewska Museum of Pharmacy

History museum

👍👍 A wonderful museum with extremely interesting exhibits! I visited him today and I am very pleased with my visit. The employees Ania and Jagoda are extremely friendly. Thank you very much for the information, nice conversation and caring, family approach to guests. I am asking the museum management t...

4.40 (327 reviews)

Warsaw Ghetto Museum

History museum

👍👍 The Museum will open in 2024 - this is just its office address. No exhibition there to visit.

4.10 (32 reviews)

Muzeum Historii Polski - Cytadela Warszawska

Museum

🫤 The museum is officially open but in reality it will open only in 2026 and what they have opened in a hurry before the October 2023 elections - what a coincidence - is a small temporary exhibition. Some objects without a clear storyline have been gathered in a single room that can be visited in a fe...

4.00 (614 reviews)

Office of The Polish History Museum

Museum

😠 Drama. This is not a museum, but a temporary exhibition with exhibits such as the "bottle". It is not known what such a bottle was used for, what was once kept in it, how it was used or where it was produced. Well, it's a scandal. Fortunately, admission is only PLN 1. There was also a trunk lid fro...

3.50 (155 reviews)

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Top rated History museums in Warsaw, Poland