In 1936, the Museum of Old Warsaw was formed as a section of the National Museum in Warsaw. At that time, it was housed in three houses along the Old Town Square. During the Second World War, the museum was destroyed. It was reopened in 1948 as the Historical Museum of the Capital City of Warsaw, housed in 11 buildings in Old Town that had been built upon their Gothic foundations in Renaissance and Baroque styles: 8, Old Town Square; 2, Nowomiejska Street; and 1, Krzywe Kolo. In 1955, the first permanent exhibition opened.
The theme of the collections is the history of Warsaw: painting - views of Warsaw and portraits of prominent Varsovians from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; genre paintings, graphics, posters, drawings with historical and Warsaw-related themes; sculpture, silver and gold plate made by Warsaw firms, everyday items, historical mementoes - the collection of Eugeniusz Phull, including patriotic jewellery and mementoes from the national uprisings; the collection of Ludwik Gocel - exhibits related to the November Uprising and the Great Emigration, as well as fabrics, clothing and militaria, including the collection of J. Rommel, coins and medals.
Permanent exhibitions: "Seven Centuries of Warsaw", "The Ludwik Gocel Room", "The Juliusz Rommel Room".
Muzeum Historyczne m.st. Warszawy
Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42
00-272 Warszawa
Region: mazowieckie
Phone: (+48 22) 635 16 25
Phone/Fax: (+48 22) 831 94 91
WWW: www.mhw.pl
Email: sekretariat@mhw.pl