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Museum of Technology in Warsaw
Pałac Kultury i Nauki
pl. Defilad 1
00-901 Warszawa
Secretariat:
(022) 656-67-59 (tel.)
(022) 620-47-10 (tel./fax)
Tour organization:
(022) 656-67-47
E-Mail:
info.muzeumtechniki@vp.pl
Adults: 8,00 zl
Kids, Students: 5,00 zl
Extra tickets:
Planetarium: 2,50 zl
Glass Lady : 2,50 zl
From the 1st of November 'till the March 31st:
Tuesday-Friday: 8:30-16:30
Saturday-Sunday: 10:00-17:00
Monday: closed
From the 1st of April 'till the September 30th:
Tuesday-Friday: 9:00-17:00
Saturday-Sunday: 10:00-17:00
Monday: closed
The Warsaw Museum of Technology first opened its doors in the year 1955, when the Palace of Culture and Science hosted a great exhibit "Technological advancement in the service of humanity", assigned especially to the purpose of technical museology.
Our Museum is often considered to be the successor of the older museum, located in Warsaw. This is especially true in the case of Museum of Industry and Agriculture (opened in 1875) and the Museum of Industry and Technology (1929), first located at Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 66 and than moved to Tamka Street 1.
The relics on display at the exhibits were almost completly destroyed during the Second World War.
Currently, the Museum's of Technology exhibits follow and illustrate the development of technology since its historical beginnings to the modern day.
Polish antiques of motorization: cars from the turn of the XIXth century, i.e. De Dion Bouton, Adler, the chassis of a prototype sport limousine Lux-Sport, dated 1936.
A large collection of polish Sokół motorcycles, also motorcycles of foreign, make from different time periods.
An operational Mercedes truck engine and another airplane engines. A lider (the so-called Lilienthal's Wings from the year 1894), a copy of the Demoiselle plane from 1909 and the safest flying machine - the Rotary Wing.
Scale down models of airplanes, train engines, ships and warships.
The history of transport in mining is on display in a virtual mining shaft.
The history of coal minig is presented in respect to the method of coal excavation and evolution of the mining tools.
History of flint, salt, ore, metal, sulfur and oil minig. Samples of the various minerals.
The coal-forming process. The different types of coal.
A collection of mining lamps. Relics of the surveyor's trade. A cross-section schematic of coal mine.
The history of metallurgy technology in Poland since the melting of iron in earth furnaces in the Kielce region to the gigantic furnaces of the second half if the 20-th century.
Working models: rolling mill for thick plate, induction furnace, as well as hammers and presses.
Relics of polish casting: banisters, busts, medallions, plaques, furnace doors.
An exhibit devoted to the music mechanisms from the XIXth and early XXth century.
Musical boxes which produce sounds encoded on a metal cylinder or plate.
Orchestrons, the so called jukeboxes, once found in pubs and restaurants.
Organettes, barrel organs, herophone - which produce sounds when compressed air enters the pipes. A mechanical piano and pneumatic pianoles.
Most of these mechanisms are activaced during concerts.
Fotoplasticon: a relic from XIXth century with transparencies depicting precious antiques of technology in Poland.
The printing press from 1846.
Linotypes from the early years of XXth century. Lithographisc press, which produces flat print on a zinc plate.
Bookbinder's scissors from around 1930, Offset machines - from around 1970.
The history of sound recording since the break-through invention of T.A. Edison 'till rhe 1930s.
Edison's, Bell's, Pathe's phonographs, Lindstrom's phonographics dictaphones, which recorded sounds on a cylinder of indurated wax and ebonite and played it back with the use of a metal needle.
E. Berliner's gramophone which stored sound on a shellac or vinyl record.
A patephone of Pathe brothers with an alternative method of sound recording - form ihe inside of a vinyl record, with a non-exchangeable sapphire needle. An exhibit of pahtephones and horn gramophones, both boxed and concert versions.
The history of long-range communication, from Morse's and Hughe's telegraph to telephone.
The development of telephone since its invention by G. Bell and hand-operated telephone exchanges 'till modern day's means of communication: videophones and cellulars.
The German cipher machine Enigma.
An exhibit devoted to the development of polish compuatation technology.
ARR (Differentional Equations Analyser) - the first mathematical machine in Poland. Constructions of eng. Jacek Karpiński: AKAT-1, KAR-65, K-202. Early computers from \'60s: NCR-315 and ZAM-21 - the transistor-based successor to the first polish computer XYZ. Computers build in ELWro factory in Wrocław: Odra 1002, 1003, 1013.
8-bit computers: Atari, Commodore, Spectrum.
Supercomputer Cray T3E.
Peripherial devices: perforators, tape or card readers, sorters, printers and tape recorders.
13 easy to perform and understand experiments, illustrating some basic laws of physics, first discovered between the XVIIth and XXth century.
Interdependieces in the ecosystem and their consequences. The basic problems of environment protection in Poland: air, water, soil, recycling - in the light of global problems.
Flora and fauna under protection in Poland.
National Parks in Poland.
Presentation of short movies on the subject of ecology.
How Marysia helped our grandmother. The titular Marysia was the first polish mechanical washing machine, constructed in rhe 1930s.
The exhibit contains several antique washing machines, wash-tubs, scrubs, wringers, mechanical and elecric washing machines, including the hit of the 1950s in Poland - the Frania washing machine, as well as mangles and irons.
The collection of irons includes interesting ones used for lace, edges and ties.
An exhibit of several radios produced by the world-famous company, located in Vilnius (at this time the city belonged to Poland) in the years 1925-1939.
The history of astronomical instrumentarium.
Nicolas Copernicus and his work.
Man on the Moon - the history of lunar exploration, space probe missions, chronicle of Apollo misions, first man on the Moon, current state of lunar knowledge.
Model of spaceships: geophysical missions rocket Veronique, Sputnik 1 and 2, Wostok, Gemini and Apollo crew cabins, Saturn 5 rocket, space shuttle Columbia.
Astronomical lectures and presentation of the night sky visible from the northern hemisphere of Earth during various times of the day and year. The show requires an additional entree ticket.
A model illustrating the structure of human body and body functions. The show requires an additional entree ticket.