Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
1746 places
Czchów
In the northern frontage of the Tarnów market square, in two Renaissance townhouses from the **16th century** at numbers **20 and 21**, operates the Museum of Tarnów and Region History — a branch of the Muzeum Ziemi Tarnowskiej, establishe…
Supraśl
On the grounds of the five-hundred-year-old monastery in Supraśl, in the former **Palace of the Archimandrite**, operates the Museum of Icons — a branch of the Podlaskie Museum in Białystok with one of the largest icon collections in Polan…
Istebna
In Andziołówka, a hamlet of Istebna spread on the slopes of the Silesian Beskids, in the artist's former workshop operates the Jan Wałach Museum — dedicated to the graphic artist, painter and sculptor, a master of woodcut, who spent almost…
Hajnówka
At **1 Lipowa Street** in Hajnówka, a town at the gate of the Białowieża Forest, operates the private Museum of Blacksmithing and Locksmithing run by **Stanisław Mierzwiński** — as the locals say, the last of the Hajnówka blacksmith family…
Poznań
On the edge of Luboń near Poznań, at **2 Niezłomnych Street**, stands the Martyrology Museum in Żabikowo, commemorating the victims of the German camp that operated in **1943–1945** on the site of a former brickyard. Its official name was…
Katowice
In the historic district of Nikiszowiec, built in **1908–1919** for the miners of the "Giesche" colliery to a design by the Berlin architects **Emil and Georg Zillmann**, at **4 Rymarska Street** operates the Museum in Nikiszowiec — the Ur…
Kraków
A few steps from Wawel, at **17 Kanonicza Street**, stands the **Palace of Bishop Erazm Ciołek** — a residence built at the beginning of the 16th century, combining a Gothic structure with Renaissance styling. Since **2007** it has housed…
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Poznań
The main Gallery of Painting and Sculpture of the National Museum in Poznań is located at 9 Marcinkowskiego Avenue, in an eclectic building completed in 1904 and a newer wing. It is a place to see a broad sweep of art from the Middle Ages…
Wrocław
The National Museum in Wrocław at 5 Powstańców Warszawy Square has a particularly strong Lower Silesian identity. The institution’s collections contain more than 200,000 objects, while the main building is especially important for its medi…
Ojców
At the foot of the castle hill in Ojców, in the historic building of the former **Hotel Pod Łokietkiem**, operates the **Museum of Ojców National Park named after Władysław Szafer** — the educational and museum centre of the smallest natio…
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Wałbrzych
The Porcelain Museum in Wałbrzych provides one of the clearest explanations of why ceramics became such an important part of the city’s industrial identity. The institution was founded in 1908 and has been housed since 1926 in the Albertic…
Witów
Opposite the church of Chochołów stands the **chalet of Jan Bafia** — one of the oldest and wealthiest houses in the village, and since **1978** the seat of the **Museum of the Chochołów Uprising**, a branch of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane…
Olkusz
At **8 Floriańska Street** in Olkusz, in the seat of the Tourist Information Point a few steps from the market square, operates the **Stefan Ząbczyński Firefighting Museum of the Olkusz Region** — a small institution with a unique set of f…
Goczałkowice-Zdrój
In an 18th-century town house at **26 Piastowska Street**, about 200 metres from the Pszczyna market square, operates the **Wojciech Korfanty Silesian Press Museum** — the only institution in Poland where visitors can print a sheet themsel…
Toszek
At **2 Edyty Stein Street**, almost on the market square of Lubliniec, stands the town house that held the home of **Edith Stein's** grandparents — the Courant family. Since **28 February 2009** it has housed the **Edith Stein Pro Memoria…
Tykocin
On the Narew river, on the edge of the **Łomża Landscape Park of the Narew Valley**, in the former **Lutosławski manor**, operates the **Nature Museum in Drozdowo** — an institution combining the nature of north-eastern Poland with memorab…
Olkusz
On the corner of the Olkusz market square, in a 16th-century town house called **Batorówka** — where, according to tradition, **King Stephen Báthory** once stayed — operates the **Antoni Minkiewicz PTTK Regional Museum**, the oldest museum…
Jawor
A few steps from the famous **Church of Peace**, in the former **Bernardine monastery complex from the 15th century**, operates the **Regional Museum in Jawor** — one of the best-preserved late-Gothic monastic complexes of Lower Silesia, t…
Pińczów
The Regional Museum in Pińczów has operated since **1963** in a former Pauline monastery in the town centre at Piłsudskiego Street 2a, next to the church of St John the Evangelist. The monastery itself dates back to **1431–1449** and recei…
Nowy Sącz
The Regional Museum in Stary Sącz is housed in a historic 17th-century burgher house by the market square, known as the „Dom na Dołkach”. It is run by the Society of Friends of Stary Sącz, initiated by the collector and antiquarian Józef P…
Drohiczyn
The Museum of Agriculture named after Fr Krzysztof Kluk in Ciechanowiec is one of only two agricultural museums in Poland — the other one operates in Szreniawa near Poznań. Several dozen permanent exhibitions present about **30,000 exhibit…
Cieszyn
The Museum of Cieszyn Silesia, founded in **1802** by Fr Leopold Jan Szersznik, is the oldest public museum in Poland and one of the oldest in Central Europe. Fr Szersznik then made his own library and museum collections available to the p…
gmina Przygodzice
In Witaszyce near Jarocin, an 18th-century manor house neighbouring a neo-baroque palace from **1899** houses the largest private Star Wars collection in Poland. Assembled by the owner of the palace, it numbers around **1,000 exhibits** —…
Święta Katarzyna
In antiquity the Holy Cross Mountains were — outside the Roman Empire — the largest iron-smelting centre in Europe. In bloomery furnaces, one-off clay constructions, the inhabitants of these lands of the Przeworsk culture smelted metal, se…