Lublin was Poland’s royal capital, and its history sits literally beneath the Main Square. These museums tell the story layer by layer - medieval market stalls in the Rynek Underground, the royal Wawel hill, and the wartime drama of Schindler’s Factory and the Eagle Pharmacy.
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ul. Lubartowska 10 (entrance through the gate of building no. 8), Lublin
The only surviving pre-war synagogue in Lublin, a Chamber of Memory since 1978. Open Sundays 13:00-15:00 - call ahead to confirm.
Rynek 8 (Kamienica Lubomelskich / Lubomelski Tenement), Lublin
Fortuna's Cellar in Lublin - a Market Square cellar with a rare 17th-century polychrome based on Emblemata saecularia. Guided tours Mon-Sat …
UMCS Botanical Garden, entrance from ul. Willowa (between nos. 58 and 60), 20-810 Lublin
A historic manor in the UMCS Botanical Garden in Sławinek, linked to Tadeusz Kościuszko's family. Open to visitors since 2013, combined …
Rynek 1 (office and entrance to the Underground Route by the Crown Tribunal), Lublin
The Lublin Underground Route - some 280 metres of cellars under the Market Square, ending at a moving model of the 1719 Great Fire. Guided …
Lubomirski Palace, plac Litewski, Lublin
The newest branch of the National Museum in Lublin, in the Lubomirski Palace on plac Litewski, dedicated to the Kresy borderlands. Currently …
Pl. Łokietka 3, 20-109 Lublin
The Krakow Gate in Lublin holds the city history museum: Lublin from its earliest settlement to 1944, and a panorama 36 metres above the …
Historyul. Zamkowa 9, 20-117 Lublin
The National Museum in Lublin fills the castle hill: a Gothic chapel frescoed in 1418, a 13th-century keep with a viewing terrace and nine …
ul. Uniwersytecka 1, 20-029 Lublin
Under the Clock Museum in Lublin: the former Gestapo detention cellar at Uniwersytecka 1, with 12 cells. Open Tue-Sat 10:00-17:00, tickets …
Historyul. Droga Męczenników Majdanka 67, 20-325 Lublin
The grounds of a German Nazi concentration camp in Lublin, with 70 surviving buildings. Admission is free and a full visit takes about three …
ul. Józefa Piłsudskiego 7, 23-200 Kraśnik
A branch of the National Museum in Lublin at Pilsudskiego 7 in Krasnik: three permanent displays on cavalry and the 1914 battle, tickets …
Historyul. Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy
Czartoryski Museum in Puławy: the palace, Temple of the Sibyl and Gothic House where Polish museum collecting began in 1801. Open daily, …
Historyul. Lubelska 20, 24-123 Janowiec
Janowiec Castle above the Vistula: a Renaissance ruin of the Firlej, Tarlo and Lubomirski families, tiered cloisters and an open-air park …
Historyul. Marszałka J. Piłsudskiego 5A, 22-300 Krasnystaw
The Regional Museum in Krasnystaw fills a baroque Jesuit college and holds some 10,000 objects, from flint tools to Sarmatian portraits. …