Top Things to do in Lesser Poland Province
The 10 Best History Museums in Lesser Poland Province, Southern Poland
Discover the best top things to do in Lesser Poland Province, Poland including Sadecki Park Etnograficzny, The Castle Museum in Debno, Zamek Stara BaSn, HistoryLand, Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego Collegium Maius, Ethnographic Museum, The Roma People Association in Poland, Jewish Museum and Synagogue, Muzeum Ziemi Bieckiej w Bieczu.
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1. Sadecki Park Etnograficzny
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5.0 based on 41 reviews
2. The Castle Museum in Debno
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5.0 based on 12 reviews
The Castle in Dębno is the only preserved in Małopolska historical building of magnate and residential architecture, erected at the end of the 15th century in the place of earlier buildings dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, founded by Jakub Dębiński of the Odrowąż coat of arms, the Castellan of Cracow, the Chancellor of Poland. As the only preserved magnate seat of 1480, it amazes with its modernity in comparison with the then modern secular architecture. It has excellently preserved elements of architectural decorations made of stone (portals, window frames, decorations of bay windows). It comprises 4 buildings concentrated around a trapezoidal courtyard, covered with hipped roofs.
3. Zamek Stara BaSn
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5.0 based on 237 reviews
Reviewed By marcin_wrzesinski - Warsaw, Poland
The best place ever, during the trip thru the polish mountains we found a great place at Grybów, near Nowy Sącz. Awesome owners rebuilt medieval stronghold, they spent 20 years doing that but the effect is beyond expectations. We were charmed, we can felt just like go back to medieval. The audio guidebook is just great and funny and available in English and Polish.
4. HistoryLand
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5.0 based on 1,352 reviews
Find yourself in the very heart of events and learn the history of our country in a way you have never known before! In the HistoryLand due to models built from LEGO® bricks and innovative, interactive solutions you will be the part of experiencing history that will blow all your senses! The HistoryLand is an interactive journey through the history of Poland and Poles. You will start from the Biskupin settlement. You will see the palisade built of LEGO® blocks, you will learn the habits of the people living in it, and you will also discover the world's oldest map of the sky. Fortunately, you will not be cracking this for long. The HistoryLand is also waiting for you at Grunwald, where you will stand in line with other soldiers and move to the heart of one of the greatest medieval battles and much more models built of more than a million LEGO® bricks!
Reviewed By SandroPaganotti
Poland history re-enacted using thousands of Lego Bricks and clever projections. There is a ton of technical marvel here, the audio guide is synched with your position, there are VR goggles, the lego buildings and battlefields are enhanced with 3D projections and in one exhibition you can highlight different areas of a miniature by waving your hand. 100% recommended!
5. Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
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4.5 based on 14,352 reviews
Established by the Nazis in 1940, Auschwitz-Birkenau has become a symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust. Although the exact number of victims is unknown, many Jews, Poles and gypsies died here. The museum consists of two parts: Auschwitz I, the first and oldest camp (the number of prisoners fluctuated around 15,000, sometimes rising above 20,000) and Auschwitz II, Birkenau (which held more than 90,000 prisoners in 1944). The greater part of the apparatus of mass extermination was built in Birkenau and the majority of the victims were murdered there.
Reviewed By katiecharlotte18 - Armitage, United Kingdom
I don’t want to call this a review like it’s rating some sort of amusement park but want to share some thoughts and info for those thinking of visiting. One the things our guide repeated various times was this is first and foremost a cemetery for those lost in the holocaust and should be treated as such and he was so so right. I have seen it mentioned many times but personally we never felt rushed on our guided tour, although there were many different languages tours occurring at the same time so it sometimes overlapped but it’s a place of many many visitors and they do need to keep the pace. However there is always time to wander round afterwards and reflect on your own time. After the initial Auschwitz tour which is mainly exhibitions in the original blocks were all the belongings of the prisoners are piled up, this part does feel more like just that..an exhibition, it almost doesn’t feel real and yet the hairs on your neck stand on end at the sight and you feel a continuing sense of sadness and depression all throughout. The guide then invited us to have a break and meet up together again at Birkenau if we wanted to or we could take some time and wander at our own leisure if we wanted. Birkenau itself is a completely different experience and it’s here you really feel the weight of the experience even though most of it lies in ruins. Our tour guide (we think his name was Andres or something similar) was so knowledgable and genuine, you can tell he really feels passionate and humbled to show people through this harrowing experience and really make sure you feel the full impact of what can only be described as be most haunting and evil place on earth. Some people complained at the volume of the tour and we had several stops of people getting new headphones as they kept saying they couldn’t hear properly, poor guide had to hold his microphone the whole way round which he did without complaint. However he very rightly said it’s important for him to remain respectful and not shout in the exhibitions. We felt very grateful for our guide and felt it was the right choice for us. A definite must experience in life.
6. Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego Collegium Maius
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4.5 based on 1,088 reviews
First founded in 1364, this integral part of Krakow life has many distinguished alumni including distinguished Polish intellectuals, political leaders and well-known international figures like Nicolaus Copernicus and Pope John Paul II. The Collegium Maius is the oldest surviving building of the university.
7. Ethnographic Museum
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4.5 based on 179 reviews
Located in the Kazimierz district, this 15th-century Town Hall was converted into a Renaissance building in the 16th century, which now houses the Museum of Ethnography.
8. The Roma People Association in Poland
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
9. Jewish Museum and Synagogue
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4.5 based on 369 reviews
Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot: the only synagogue to survive the Holocaust in the vicinity of Auschwitz. Today part of the Auschwitz Jewish Center.
Reviewed By E3133DD_
One of the most quite place I ever been. Free entry. A lot of tourists who have no culture how to be in place such like that. It’s sad.
10. Muzeum Ziemi Bieckiej w Bieczu
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