Botanical Garden of the University of Warszawa

The Botanical Garden of Warsaw University, founded in 1818 by Prof. Michal Schubert, is a unique “living” museum. It collects more than 5,000 species of plants from all over the world, including some 1,500 tropicals, admired in the garden’s greenhouses. In addition to impressive plant collections, the garden has valuable collections, such as the iconotheque of Archbishop Władyslaw Michal Zalewski, with more than 35,000 engravings, and unique photographs by Prof. Roman Kobedza, documenting changes in the garden. It is also a place of historical significance, with national memorabilia, such as a fragment of the base of the Temple of Providence – a testimony to the patriotism of the founders of the May 3 Constitution.