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The Nicolaus Copernicus House in Toruń (say "TOR-oon-y") is a museum set inside two late-Gothic merchant houses on Kopernika Street, a short walk from the Old Town Market Square. Local tradition links the address with the birth of the astr…
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Młyn Wiedzy (say "mwin VYED-zih," meaning "Mill of Knowledge") is Toruń's hands-on science center, set inside the restored red-brick Richter Mills on ul. Łokietka. Instead of glass cases, you get exhibits to spin, push and experiment with,…
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The Ethnographic Museum in Toruń (Muzeum Etnograficzne, named after Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa) is an open-air museum right in the city center: a park of thatched wooden cottages, a post windmill, a watermill and a smithy, just outside…
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The Tony Halik Travelers' Museum (Muzeum Podróżników, "moo-ZEH-oom pod-roo-ZHNEE-kov") in Toruń is a small, colorful museum devoted to one of Poland's best-known TV explorers, who was born in this city, and to journeys across Latin America…
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The House Under the Star (Kamienica pod Gwiazdą, roughly "kah-mee-EN-ee-tsah pod gvee-AZ-dohn") is one of the most striking buildings on Toruń's Old Town Market Square and home to the Museum of Asian Art. Behind a Baroque facade covered in…
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The Museum of Toruń Gingerbread is a branch of the District Museum in Toruń (say "TOR-oon"), opened in 2015 in the former Gustav Weese gingerbread factory on ul. Strumykowa, at the edge of the UNESCO-listed Old Town. It is an interactive,…
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The Toruń Fortress Museum (Muzeum Twierdzy Toruń, "moo-ZEH-oom TFYER-dzih TOR-oon") is the newest branch of the city's District Museum, set inside the Chełmno Gate Barracks, a 19th-century Prussian barracks built into the earthen ramparts…
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The Toruń Planetarium (officially the Center for Space Popularization "Planetarium – Toruń") is one of the most visited things to do in Toruń, the city where Nicolaus Copernicus was born. It drew more than 290,000 visitors in 2022. Shows r…
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The Living Museum of Gingerbread (Żywe Muzeum Piernika, roughly "ZHIH-veh moo-ZEH-oom pyer-NEE-kah") in Toruń is a private, hands-on museum where you don't look at display cases, you make gingerbread yourself. In a 19th-century brick grana…