Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego

‘Remembrance caught on camera’ – PHOTO COMPETITION!

Take part in a photo competition organised to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Warsaw Rising. Catch on your camera or smartphone the way we commemorate the Rising wherever you are, no matter whether in Poland or in the world! Official commemorations, concerts, social events – take a picture of anything that is about remembering what happened in Warsaw in August and September 1944. Show that you care!

Warsaw’s panorama taken 134 cubits above the ground in 1873. Compare with Warsaw today!

In the summer 1873 the clock tower of the Royal Castle of Warsaw was covered in scaffold with a platform over the dome. On 26 August 1873 Konrad Brandel, a famous Polish photographer and inventor, took a unique series of 10 pictures creating a 360° panorama of Warsaw.

1944/TOPOGRAPHY. Interactive map of the Warsaw Rising

The Exhibition was opened on 2 August 2018 at the Warsaw Rising Museum. Now, its main part – the interactive map, presented at the Liberator Hall, has become one of the elements of the Main Exhibition.

What’s your sign? Warsaw Rising and Fighting Poland in contemporary culture and art

The Exhibition was opened for visitors in August 2020 as a part of official commemorations of the 76th anniversary of the Warsaw Rising. It presents hundreds of artefacts, media or works of art referring to or bearing the symbol of the Fighting Poland.

Reflection. I am like you, I daresay

Pay a visit to the award-winning installation at the Liberator Hall inside the Warsaw Rising Museum!

We are open from 5 May 2021. Discover what’s new!

The Warsaw Rising Museum will be open again for visitors from 5 May 2021. For your convenience we have prepared an English audio track which you may follow on your smartphone. Special cards with a QR code are waiting for you upon the arrival. If you are interested in discovering the story of the Warsaw Rising with our guides, in February it is free of charge (admission ticket only).

2-29.11.2020

The Warsaw Rising Museum is closed

The Warsaw Rising Museum will be closed to the public from 2 November 2020.

June 3

The Museum is open again

The Warsaw Rising Museum opens again on June 3. The opening hours, visiting path and visiting conditions will change. Visitors can choose between a new audio guide track and a guided tour of the exhibition in accordance with applicable safety regulations. People who prefer to stay indoors or live far away but would still like to see the exhibition will be offered an opportunity to listen about the events of August and September 1944 in their homes.

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The Warsaw Rising Museum is closed

Following the decision of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage regarding the 2019-nCov (Coronavirus) epidemic, The Warsaw Rising Museum will be closed to the public from 12 March 2020.

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The exhibition depicts fighting and everyday life during the Rising, keeping occupation terror in the background.

The Warsaw Rising Museum will be open again from 5 May

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‘Remembrance caught on camera’ – PHOTO COMPETITION!

Warsaw’s panorama taken 134 cubits above the ground in 1873. Compare with Warsaw today!

1944/TOPOGRAPHY. Interactive map of the Warsaw Rising