National Museum of Ethnography
National Museum of Ethnography
National Museum of Ethnography
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Linda S
Nottingham115 contributions
Jan 2020 • Solo
Sadly the Museum displays are being redesigned so the exhibition is quite small. There is also a tiny expo of Korean artifacts. Krakow has a cracking Ethnological Museum if you are visiting that city.
The main displays consist of farm implements and rural crafts and they are great. There is also a room filled with colourful carved naive religious statues. The little cafe is relaxing.
Close by is a lovely, serene church where Chopin played as a child. Also Zacheta, the National Gallery of Art is nearby. So all is not lost.
The main displays consist of farm implements and rural crafts and they are great. There is also a room filled with colourful carved naive religious statues. The little cafe is relaxing.
Close by is a lovely, serene church where Chopin played as a child. Also Zacheta, the National Gallery of Art is nearby. So all is not lost.
Written January 22, 2020
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patjaniak
Warsaw, Poland166 contributions
Jul 2022 • Family
It is a real nice museum, there is part call 'children museum' couple od rooms prepare for young - rarther 3-10 years.
Also there are some temporary and permanent exhibition.
In some kind IT is between old.and new style od museum, do there are multimedia, movies, but also more traditional style od presenting exhibits.
You need about 2-3 hours on my opinion, worth to see.
Great Asia and Africa part.
Also there are some temporary and permanent exhibition.
In some kind IT is between old.and new style od museum, do there are multimedia, movies, but also more traditional style od presenting exhibits.
You need about 2-3 hours on my opinion, worth to see.
Great Asia and Africa part.
Written July 30, 2022
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Witoldzio
Manhattan, KS607 contributions
Sep 2017 • Solo
The museum gets only better and better as you proceed. Make sure you are prepared for a major collection. The exhibits on the 3rd floor, which presents objects of daily use, is absolutely spectacular. Also spectacular are the folk costumes from Poland and other countries.
I was impressed not only by the quantity of objects but by the quality. Many first class pieces.
I was impressed not only by the quantity of objects but by the quality. Many first class pieces.
Written September 19, 2017
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Balgarski
Luton, UK8 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
We loved this museum. We really like Ethnographic museums as you get a real feeling of the ordinary people of a country not the just the wealthy few. It's true there are some exhibits in the museum (such as photographs of Bali) that make you think "why are they here?" and it was a bit confusing trying to navigate to the really typically 'Polish exhibits'.
It was the staff that made this trip special. From the receptionists to the friendly and very over worked lady in the museums café. After leaving the museum we discovered that we had no service on our mobile phones (thank you O2) After frantically trying to flag down a taxi we returned to the museum where the lovely Paulina ordered us a taxi, told us to sit down and keep warm and she would tell us when the taxi arrived which she did. Without her we would have been well and truly stumped as our hotel was forty minutes away. I think for anyone who loves traditional costumes and artifacts and wants a glimpse of life over the last hundred years or so, this museum is certainly worth a visit.
It was the staff that made this trip special. From the receptionists to the friendly and very over worked lady in the museums café. After leaving the museum we discovered that we had no service on our mobile phones (thank you O2) After frantically trying to flag down a taxi we returned to the museum where the lovely Paulina ordered us a taxi, told us to sit down and keep warm and she would tell us when the taxi arrived which she did. Without her we would have been well and truly stumped as our hotel was forty minutes away. I think for anyone who loves traditional costumes and artifacts and wants a glimpse of life over the last hundred years or so, this museum is certainly worth a visit.
Written December 29, 2016
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Tamka_Den
Linden, NJ582 contributions
Apr 2013 • Family
Part of the museum is still waiting for renovation; so there is just one room with a permanent exposition, and two rooms with temporary exhibitions. Polish as well as different hand made folk art from all over the world is definitely worth seeing.
Helpful hint: Saturdays the admission is free, and the hours of operation 11am - 7pm.
Helpful hint: Saturdays the admission is free, and the hours of operation 11am - 7pm.
Written April 6, 2013
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Heatherkerrfraser
17 contributions
Sep 2017 • Couples
This museum was really fun. Full of brightly coloured costumes and quirky items.
Really enjoyed it.
Lovely cafe inside.
Whole place is very modern and pleasing on the eye
Really enjoyed it.
Lovely cafe inside.
Whole place is very modern and pleasing on the eye
Written September 5, 2017
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ptkcollins
Barcelona, Spain76 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
Firstly I have to say I love ethnographic museums, it provides a wonderful insight to the tradition and customs of different cultures. This museum in Warsaw appears a rather overlooked and often uninteresting attraction judging by some others' reviews. The museum is not expensive and will take up very little of your time as it's quite compact so I would recommend any doubters who even have only a very slight passing interest in the subject to give it a try.
The collection has three main sections. The first exhibition area has a varied assortment of artefacts from around the world interspersed with Polish traditional elements. The second room was a display of traditional musical instruments from Poland. This section is displayed well but the interactive audio points need maintenance and probably updating. The last section contains the museum's collection of traditional Polish costume which was personally my favourite. The items are displayed well and the collection is quite varied.
If you have visited the costume collection of the V&A please don't expect anything like that masterpiece but this little museum is very interesting in its own right.
On a side note I do think the young women working at the reception desk could do with cheering up a bit and perhaps take a course in customer service.
The collection has three main sections. The first exhibition area has a varied assortment of artefacts from around the world interspersed with Polish traditional elements. The second room was a display of traditional musical instruments from Poland. This section is displayed well but the interactive audio points need maintenance and probably updating. The last section contains the museum's collection of traditional Polish costume which was personally my favourite. The items are displayed well and the collection is quite varied.
If you have visited the costume collection of the V&A please don't expect anything like that masterpiece but this little museum is very interesting in its own right.
On a side note I do think the young women working at the reception desk could do with cheering up a bit and perhaps take a course in customer service.
Written December 7, 2016
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MsEnergy
San Diego289 contributions
May 2019 • Solo
I did not see any of the exhibits pictured here. There was a small exhibit of Korean houses, and farm implements but none of the models with costumes. There was one interesting exhibit of puppets and puppet shows, both for children's entertainment, and political purposes. As ethnic museums go, this was a disappointment
Written May 30, 2019
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Indysmum1
Kitchener, Canada19 contributions
Jan 2017 • Solo
This being my 5th trip to Warsaw as a tourist, i have "done" most of the major attractions and was looking for something interesting to pass a January afternoon by myself. This small, inexpensive museum fit the bill. Its not huge or extensive but if you stop to consider that many of the artifacts were recovered from hiding places and from other much smaller museums across Poland after the devastation of World War Two you realize what a gem it really is. They have had to spend years assembling and rebuilding the collection.
It is a bit confusing at first and there is no guidebook, but have a little patience. The exhibit of Polish regional dress is well done, as is the display of miniature costumes that had been lost in an attic somewhere for years. A nice small exhibit of Jewish culture too and while I was there a very cool display of colourful folk art based on the Bible, and a huge inventory of farm implements and tools over the years.
I agree staff scored low on the hospitality scale and they could use a visitors guide - I completely missed the third floor as it was not signed.
This is a great little museum if you are interested in culture and ethnography. The curators have worked very hard. Just go with the flow.
It is a bit confusing at first and there is no guidebook, but have a little patience. The exhibit of Polish regional dress is well done, as is the display of miniature costumes that had been lost in an attic somewhere for years. A nice small exhibit of Jewish culture too and while I was there a very cool display of colourful folk art based on the Bible, and a huge inventory of farm implements and tools over the years.
I agree staff scored low on the hospitality scale and they could use a visitors guide - I completely missed the third floor as it was not signed.
This is a great little museum if you are interested in culture and ethnography. The curators have worked very hard. Just go with the flow.
Written January 26, 2017
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GemZ77
Manchester, UK480 contributions
Oct 2016 • Friends
Picked up some Warsaw top ten booklets from tourist information which recommended this museum. My granddad was Polish and the booklet said that the main attraction in the museum was Polish costumes and traditional artefacts, so we were keen to go and find out more about our history. There was an advert outside for a temporary exhibition on football. Not my interest at all, but I thought it wouldn't matter as we wanted to see the traditional dress. Well it turns out that temporary exhibitions mingle in with permanent exhibitions in this museum - so the mannequins displaying traditional dress were ALSO dressed in football shirts from around thhe globe - yes football shirts on top of the traditional clothes. And the exhibits of traditional Polish toys, xmas decorations and artefacts were also cluttered and interspersed with football scarves, boots and rattles! Very confusing and distracting. I'm not sure how this approach benefits anyone - the customer wanting to see football memorabilia would also be confused. Hmmm... maybe I was unlucky and would have a better experience at a different time of year.
Written November 5, 2016
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