University of Warsaw Museum

The University of Warsaw Museum was established in 1980 and functions as an independent university unit. The Museum is based in the historic Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace at 32 Krakowskie Przedmieście St. The Museum has tens of thousands of musealia. Twentieth-century antiquities dominate, and a sizable part of the collection consists of photographs. The most valuable museumalia include, among others, plaster busts from the plaster pattern cabinet from the 19th century, insignia and ceremonial robes from the 20th century, old indexes and diplomas and seal presses used between 1817 and 1823. The museum has several exhibition spaces. In the former Dining Hall on the second floor of the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki palace, a permanent exhibition titled “The Eagle and the Five Stars of the University” is presented. “The Eagle and the Five Stars of the University” dedicated to the origins of the university, the professorial staff, scientific offices and art collections. The museum also benefits from displaying temporary board exhibitions in the lobby of the former University Library, located in the heart of the historic campus. Temporary exhibitions of a popular science nature are also presented on Krakowskie Przedmieście, in front of the main entrance to the UW Museum.