Lublin was Poland’s royal capital, and its history sits literally beneath the Main Square. These museums tell the story layer by layer - medieval market stalls in the Rynek Underground, the royal Wawel hill, and the wartime drama of Schindler’s Factory and the Eagle Pharmacy.
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ul. Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy
Czartoryski Museum in Puławy: the palace, Temple of the Sibyl and Gothic House where Polish museum collecting began in 1801. Open daily, …
ul. 3 Maja 11, 22-500 Hrubieszów
The museum in Hrubieszow fills the classicist du Chateau manor of 1791 and shows the archaeology of the Hrubieszow Basin, folk crafts, coins …
ul. Lubelska 20, 24-123 Janowiec
Janowiec Castle above the Vistula: a Renaissance ruin of the Firlej, Tarlo and Lubomirski families, tiered cloisters and an open-air park …
ul. Wyspiańskiego 8a, 22-600 Tomaszów Lubelski
Janusz Peter Regional Museum in Tomaszów Lubelski: some 15,000 objects, exhibitions on the 1939 battles and the Czermno stronghold. Tickets …
ul. Ofiar Obozu Zagłady 4, 22-670 Bełżec
Memorial on the site of the German Nazi extermination camp at Bełżec, 1942-1943. Free admission, permanent exhibition, opening hours and …
Żłobek 101, 22-200 Włodawa
Memorial on the site of the German Nazi extermination camp of 1942-1943 in eastern Poland. Permanent exhibition, over 700 victims' objects. …
ul. Warszawska 12, 21-500 Biała Podlaska
Museum in Biala Podlaska set in the Radziwill palace complex: nearly 1700 icons, permanent exhibitions, ticket prices, opening hours and how …
ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki 87, 23-400 Biłgoraj
Bilgoraj museum at Kosciuszki 87 in south-east Poland: regional history display, ethnographic branches, tickets 10 PLN, free entry every …
Pl. Łokietka 3, 20-109 Lublin
The Krakow Gate in Lublin holds the city history museum: Lublin from its earliest settlement to 1944, and a panorama 36 metres above the …
ul. Zamkowa 9, 20-117 Lublin
The National Museum in Lublin fills the castle hill: a Gothic chapel frescoed in 1418, a 13th-century keep with a viewing terrace and nine …
ul. Uniwersytecka 1, 20-029 Lublin
Under the Clock Museum in Lublin: the former Gestapo detention cellar at Uniwersytecka 1, with 12 cells. Open Tue-Sat 10:00-17:00, tickets …
ul. Jana Zamoyskiego 52, 23-300 Janów Lubelski
Regional museum in Janow Lubelski, south-east Poland: archaeology, ethnography and local history, with its one display room inside a former …
ul. Józefa Piłsudskiego 7, 23-200 Kraśnik
A branch of the National Museum in Lublin at Pilsudskiego 7 in Krasnik: three permanent displays on cavalry and the 1914 battle, tickets …
ul. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego 5A, 22-300 Krasnystaw
The Regional Museum in Krasnystaw fills a baroque Jesuit college and holds some 10,000 objects, from flint tools to Sarmatian portraits. …
ul. Droga Męczenników Majdanka 67, 20-325 Lublin
The grounds of a German Nazi concentration camp in Lublin, with 70 surviving buildings. Admission is free and a full visit takes about three …
ul. Lubelska 55, 22-100 Chełm
The regional museum of Chełm in eastern Poland fills four historic buildings with archaeology, ethnography and art. A pass costs 40 zl and …
ul. Ormiańska 30, 22-400 Zamość
The museum in Zamosc fills 17th-century Armenian merchant houses on the UNESCO-listed Great Market Square. Four permanent displays, tickets …