Photography museums in Poland

The Galicia Jewish Museum (Żydowskie Muzeum Galicja) is a museum with a photo exhibition in Krakow that documents the remnants of Jewish culture and life in Polish Galicia. The main exhibition of the Galicia Jewish Museum commemorates the 800-year Jewish history through photographs of synagogues, ce

The Fotoplastikon in Warsaw is the oldest Kaiserpanorama (a form of stereoscopic entertainment medium) in the world that is still located at its original place since its installation. The building itself was built around 1900 in the neo-Baroque style. During the German occupation from 1939 to mid-Ja

The Zachęta National Gallery of Art (Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki) is an art Gallery in Warsaw. It was the first building in Warsaw that was erected to exhibit works of art. The Zachęta was built thanks to funds and gifts from the Association for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, an organization of

Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw is the only museum institution in Poland dedicated entirely to the history of architecture and contemporary architecture. Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw carries out programs and events for architects, historians and the general public. It prepares exhibitions on

The Museum of the Greater Poland Uprising 1918 - 1919 is a military museum in Poznań. The museum illustrates the outbreak and course of the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918-1919. Furthermore, the museum presents the history of the independence movement of Wielkopolska from the first half of the 19th

The Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków is a photography museum in Kraków that aims to collect and popularize historical photographs. Besides its photograph exhibits and international symposiums, the Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography holds a collection o

The Town Hall Tower (Wieża ratuszowa) is a Gothic tower of 70 meters in Krakow that was built of brick and stone blocks in the 14th century and was part of the town hall that was demolished in 1820. There used to be a prison with a torture chamber under the Town Hall Tower. It is now in use by the H

The Museum of the Theater Henryk Tomaszewski in Wrocław is part of the Wrocław City Museum. The museum illustrates the story of a pantomime and the theatre life of Wrocław. The Museum contains a reproduction of rooms from Henryk Tomaszewski’s apartment with papers, photographs, books and dolls, toys

The Theater Museum in Warsaw is a museum that holds and displays collections related to the history of Polish theater and foreign theaters. The Theatre Museum's collection includes sculpture, painting, drawing and graphics, souvenirs (related to important theater people), stage designs, costumes, ph