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Byssus. Medicine from rooms of natural history – conference

Byssus cloth, also known as “marine” or “sea silk”, is a rare fabric that is made using the byssus of pen shells as the fiber source. A piece of this unique fabric will become a part of the collection of the Museum of Pharmacy in Warsaw.

Poster competition “Warsaw–Poland–Europe. Transformations after 1989”

This May the Museum of Warsaw began accepting submissions of poster designs which offer artistic and intellectual commentary on the events of 1989 and the ensuing political, economic and social changes in Poland.

The Museum of Pharmacy nominated for the EMYA 2019

The Antonina Leśniewska Museum of Pharmacy, a branch of the Museum of Warsaw, has been nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award. Since 1977 EMYA’s aim has been to recognise excellence and encourage innovation in the European museum scene.

A Reclaimed Metropolis: Warsaw 1915–1918. The exhibition prolonged until 3 February

Our temporary exhibition A Reclaimed Metropolis: Warsaw 1915–1918 has been prolonged until 3 February!

Foreigners on Warsaw 1945–2018

The Museum of Warsaw invites to participate in the conference “Foreigners on Warsaw 1945–2018”, which will take place on 6–7 December 2018.

Warsaw Under Construction 10 Neighbours | сусіди

The modern city can be described as a never-ending attempt to deal with the other by rendering him/her as the neighbour.

Warsaw Data. Everything that counts in the capital

What does Warsaw owe its development to? Who are and who were its inhabitants? How did they live in the past and how do they live now? Where is the city centre and where are its borders? And most importantly, can all these questions be answered with the abstract language of mathematics? Warsaw Data is a new publication of the Museum of Warsaw. It tells the story of the capital using charts, maps and other types of graphic representations. The sale has just begun.

Foreigners on Warsaw 1945–2018. Conference 6–7 December 2018

The purpose of the conference is an interdisciplinary approach to the question of continuity and changes in the perception of Warsaw by foreigners.

Warsaw Will Not Forget

The documentary is composed of film chronicles and invites us to an extraordinary journey around Warsaw.

The River of Treasures

The film presents the story of sculptures which had been lying at the bottom of the Vistula River for 350 years.

What is heritage? The new urban game

Sixty-five years ago, the Old Town began to live again. It is estimated that the war damage that covered the historical center of the city amounted to 85-90%.

The Room of Warsaw Clocks and Watches, photo: Ewelina Lach/Urząd m.st. Warszawy

Even more Things of Warsaw from 9 June 2018

13 new themed rooms and almost 3500 new things of Warsaw you will be able to see from June 2018 in the Museum of Warsaw in the Old Town Market Square. The opening of the accomplished core exhibition ‘Things of Warsaw’ will be two-day festivities that will take place both inside and outside the museum. We are looking forward to seeing you 9–10 June!