Museum sights in Gdańsk
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Amber Museum
The Foregate is home to the Amber Museum, wherein you can marvel at the history of Baltic gold.
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National Museum
Located in the vaulted interiors of the former Franciscan monastery, this is among the best museums in the country. It covers the broad spectrum of Polish and international art and crafts, boasting extensive collections of paintings, woodcarvings, gold and silverware, embroidery, fabrics, porcelain, faience, wrought iron and furniture.
The National Museum has the original figure of St George from the spire of the Court of the Fraternity of St George, an assortment of huge, elaborately carved Danzig-style wardrobes (typical of the city, from where they were sent all over the country) and several beautiful ceramic tiled stoves.
The first floor is given over to paintings, wi…
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Foregate
Just behind the Upland Gate is a large 15th-century construction known as the Foregate. It consists of the Torture House (Katownia) to the west and a high Prison Tower (Wieża Więzienna) to the east, linked to one another by two walls. When the Upland Gate was built, the Foregate lost its defensive function and was turned into a jail. The Torture House then had an extra storey added as a court room and was topped with decorative Renaissance parapets.
A gallows was built on the square to the north, where public executions of condemned foreigners were held (locals had the 'privilege' of being hanged on Długi Targ). The Foregate was used as a jail till the mid-19th century.…
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Roads to Freedom Exhibition
The Roads to Freedom exhibition is a collection of multimedia displays and artefacts illustrating Poland’s turbulent path to democracy, from the 1956 uprisings to martial law and the collapse of communism. At the time of research it was about to move from its former home in the shipyards to this location, attached to the Solidarity HQ. The exhibition is a poignant reminder of just how much has changed over the last 60 years, and of just how much dedication and sacrifice went into achieving that change. It’s well captioned in English, and is something every visitor to Gdańsk should see – it rounds out the Main Town’s Renaissance splendour with the knowledge of recent event…
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National Museum’s Department of Early Art
The National Museum’s Department of Early Art is located in the vaulted interiors of the former Franciscan monastery. Among the best museums in the country, it covers the broad spectrum of Polish and international art and crafts, boasting extensive collections of paintings, woodcarvings, gold and silverware, embroidery, fabrics, porcelain, faience, wrought iron and furniture. It has the original figure of St George from the spire of the Court of the Fraternity of St George, an assortment of huge, elaborately carved Danzig-style wardrobes (typical of the city, from where they were sent all over the country) and several beautiful ceramic tiled stoves.
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Guardhouse No 1
WWII broke out here at dawn on 1 September 1939, when the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein began shelling the Polish guard post. The garrison, which numbered just 182 men, held out for seven days before surrendering. The site is now a memorial, with some of the ruins left as they were after the bombardment, plus a massive monument put up in memory of the defenders. The surviving Guardhouse No 1 houses a small exhibition related to the event, including a model of the battle labelled in English.
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Historical Museum of Gdańsk
Enter the building by twin flights of balustraded stairs and go through an ornate Baroque doorway (1766), which is topped by the city’s coat of arms guarded by two lions that, unusually, are both looking toward the Golden Gate, supposedly awaiting the arrival of the king. The doorway was the final addition to the external decoration of the building.
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Central Maritime Museum
Next door to the crane, the main annexe of the Central Maritime Museum is a featureless modern building displaying traditional rowing and sailing boats from various countries: there’s a Venetian gondola as a centrepiece in the foyer. English captioning is at its most minimal here.
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Ms Sołdek
MS Sołdek is a museum ship moored in front of the granaries. Once you’re on board and past the fairly dull introductory video, you can test the limits of your claustrophobia and vertigo in the lower and higher sections of the vessel.
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Archaeological Museum
The extensive collection stresses the Polish cultural and ethnic roots of the region; if you haven’t had your fill of views elsewhere, you can also go to the top of the building’s tower.
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Ethnographic Museum
The Ethnographic Museum has an interesting collection of rural household implements and crafts from the region.
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Tower Clocks Museum
The Tower Clocks Museum features a collection of old tower clocks from the 15th century onwards.
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