Brilliant museum in the heart of "communist" Warsaw. Painful, informative, yet somewhat uplifting... read more
Brilliant museum in the heart of "communist" Warsaw. Painful, informative, yet somewhat uplifting... read more
This museum is basic suited for those tourists from western countries, since they nor their parents... read more
This is definitely worth a visit if you’re in Warsaw. Despite living through the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall I didn’t really know much about Polands Communistic past. This museum really brings it to life and is very informative. It’s small but it packs a lot in and the story boards are really interesting and fascinating. It only costs about £4 and takes about an hour to go round but a great summary of Poland’s recent history.
Cool little museum located next to a Kentucky Fried Chicken. It has knick-knacks, historical items, and products (electronics, consumer goods, etc.) from the period before the Berlin Wall fell. Gives you an idea of what life was like under Communism -- and why we should never let America become a socialist country.
My family know how sentimental I am about the past so they decided to organise my birthday party in the Museum. Great time with a lot of wonderful memories connected with riding a Nysa 522, tasting PRL dishes and all this accompanied by the music of the times. An experience I will remember for ever.
This museum is small, but mighty, and extremely informative. The museum is completely founded because of one man’s personal collection. Our guide was very good! This tour should take you about an hour. Highly recommend!
This museum is small. Most people won't spend more than 1 hour in this museum.
Very illuminating for those born after 1989.
Me and my missus love a bit of history, and we’re both ‘cold-war kids’, so we were fascinated to have a look at the ‘life under communism’ museum, and get a glimpse of what life was like for ordinary Poles.
The museum is easy to find, and the ticket prices are fairly cheap, but hiring the gloriously camp ‘walkman cassette player’ audio guide bumps the price up a fair bit. The guide isn’t really necessary to be honest, but it’s totally 80s fun!
The museum gives an overview of how Poland came to be ruled by the Russian influenced Communist regime, and how this affected all aspects of the lives of Polish people. There are recreations of a communist official’s office, a worker’s flat, a little cinema showing Soviet public information and propaganda films, and many examples of Communist-era consumer products, fashions, and art.
It’s a small museum, but there is lots to look at, admittedly it’s probably of interest mostly to Poles or fellow Europeans who grew up under communist regimes during the cold-war, but we found it fascinating as fellow cold-war kids from the capitalist west.
I’d recommend a visit to the museum if you’re at all interested in post-war history.