Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego
9 expert reviews
“Monuments and memorials can be found throughout Warsaw, but one of the city’s most memorable is the Warsaw Uprising Monument.”
– U.S. News & World Report
"This award-winning museum doubles as a memorial. In an adjacent park, a wall is inscribed with the names of over 6,000 casualties." Full review
"One of the youngest and certainly one of the best museums in Poland tells the story of the 1944 Rising by means of interactive displays." Full review
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English-language guides are available, but to ensure that you have a guide, you should make a tour reservation on the museum Web site
Top choice
"This modern, high-tech wonder traces the history of the city's heroic but doomed uprising against the Nazi occupation in 1944." Full review
2 Stars
"This museum stands in a brick building that was formerly the electric tram terminus." Full review
"The museum commemorates not only the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, but also the later struggles of the Polish people under the Communist regime." Full review
"Warsaw was devastated during World War II, and this museum details the horrors in terrible detail." Full review
"The Warsaw Uprising is an exceptional chapter in the city’s history - one that is both heroic and tragic." Full review
7.0
"Sits in a former tram power station in the Wola district, is home to nearly 1,000 exhibits that touch on the country's occupation by Nazi Germany and the post-war years. " Full review