Museum of Polish Song in Opole

The Museum of Polish Song in Opole tells the story of Polish popular music from the 1920s to the present – inside the Millennium Amphitheatre, the stage of the National Festival of Polish Song. Instead of display cases you get headphones, touchscreens, recording booths and a wardrobe of costumes, and you decide what to listen to and for how long. It is one of the few institutions in Europe devoted to the history of popular song, and a good plan for a rainy day in Opole.

History: a museum in the festival city

Opole has hosted the festival since 1963, so it is no coincidence that the city founded a museum of song here in 2007. The multimedia permanent exhibition opened in 2016 in the rebuilt amphitheatre, now the National Centre of Polish Song. That same year the museum won a certificate for the best regional tourist product, followed later by a Polish Tourism Organisation certificate and a Živa Award in the creativity category. In February 2024 singer Natalia Kukulska opened a new section of the permanent exhibition featuring original stage outfits of Polish stars.

What to see in the permanent exhibition

You explore with an audio guide and headphones, stopping wherever you like. On offer:

• 580 music videos and music programmes, 2,000 photographs and 2,000 audio recordings,
• two music walls with touchscreens and tablet islands,
• recording booths where you can sing along to a backing track,
• a costume wardrobe and virtual mirrors for trying on stage outfits,
• a zone devoted to the Opole festival, drawers full of collection items and a showcase of stars' costumes.

Opening hours and tickets (as of October 2026)

• Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–18:00, last entry at 17:00; closed on Mondays,
• on Tuesdays the permanent exhibition is free: 10:00–14:00 for organised groups, 14:00–18:00 for individual visitors; free passes are issued at the amphitheatre ticket office from 9:30, and numbers are limited,
• the museum admits a maximum of 65 people per hour,
• from 1 November 2026: standard ticket PLN 33, reduced PLN 25, family (2+2) PLN 70, with the Large Family Card PLN 66; group (min. 15 people) PLN 27 or PLN 23; lesson or workshop PLN 25, visit plus workshop PLN 35.

Check the museum's website for the list of closure days before you travel.

Tripto tips

Allow 1.5–2 hours – time flies with headphones on. At weekends buy your ticket in advance, as the limit of 65 visitors per hour can run out. The exhibition entrance is on ul. Barlickiego (address: ul. Piastowska 14A). The amphitheatre is a few minutes' walk from the Market Square and the "Opole Venice", so you can easily combine your visit with the Piast Tower and a stroll along the Młynówka canal. Families with teenagers will love the recording booths, older visitors the archive performances from the Opole stage.