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Ramp, entrance to the interior of the Katyn Museum

Opening hours

Permanent exhibition:
Tuesday – Sunday: 10:00–18:00
Monday: closed

Last admission to the Museum
30 minutes before closing time

Admission to the Museum is free of charge.

 
Audio guide - set with headphones, museum display case in the background

Audio guide

We encourage visitors to explore the exhibition with an audio guide or the free MOVI GUIDE app. The audio guide is available in English, French, German, Russian, and Polish.


Kacper Ciesielski leading a group tour

Guided tours

Guided tours of the museum are available by prior booking:
Tel. +48 261 877 228
e-mail: lp.eiksnytakmuezum@ajcawrezer


Participants in workshops on educational materials

Museum lessons and workshops

We invite you to explore the museum’s educational offer. We provide museum lessons and workshops for school pupils, as well as workshops and lectures for organised groups.


 
Nieśmiertelnik z logo Muzeum Katyńskiego

Ticket prices

Individual admission ticket to the Museum free of charge
Group admission ticket to the Museum free of charge
Audio guide rental 20 PLN
Guided tours for groups in Polish up to 10 people 200 PLN
11 to 30 people 250 PLN
Guided tours for groups in foreign languages (English or Russian) up to 10 people 350 PLN
11 to 30 people 500 PLN
Museum lessons, themed sessions, training courses, workshops (in Polish) up to 30 people 400 PLN

 
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How to get here?

The Katyn Museum is located within the grounds of the Warsaw Citadel and is accessible on foot from several historic gates: the New Town Gate (approx. 150 m), Żoliborz Gate (approx. 500 m), Execution Gate (approx. 600 m), and Bielańska Gate (approx. 900 m).
Car parking for passenger vehicles is available on Jan Jeziorański Street and Rafał Krajewski Street (unattended paid parking zones). In addition, the Warsaw Citadel offers a paid underground car park for passenger vehicles (approx. 650 m from the Museum) as well as a designated coach parking area (approx. 900 m). In addition, the Warsaw Citadel offers a paid underground car park for passenger vehicles (approx. 650 m from the Museum) as well as a designated coach parking area (approx. 900 m).
The Museum is well served by Warsaw public transport. Nearby stops include Park Traugutta, Most Gdański, Dworzec Gdański, Cytadela, and General Zajączek, served by trams and buses. The nearest metro station is Dworzec Gdański on Metro Line M1.
The Warszawa Gdańska railway station (approx. 900 m away) provides regional and long-distance rail connections, including KM (Koleje Mazowieckie) and SKM (Szybka Kolej Miejska) services.

 

Visiting

A visit to the Katyń Museum is designed as a multi-stage experience that guides visitors through both the historic site of the Warsaw Citadel and the museum’s permanent exhibition.
The visit begins at the entrance to the 19th-century fortress complex via the New Town Gate of the Warsaw Citadel. Visitors then proceed through the outdoor part of the site, including a walk across the Parade Ground and through the hornbeam woodland known as Sentinel Forest (in Polish: “Warta”). Along the route, they pass the symbolic railway wagons known as the “Sarcophagi”, before entering the museum building, which houses a two-level permanent exhibition.
The first, upper level presents a chronological narrative of the Katyn Massacre. It begins with the period of Poland’s regained independence (1918–1921), followed by the outbreak of the Second World War, the imprisonment of Polish citizens in Soviet NKVD camps in Kozelsk, Starobilsk, Ostashkov, and the disappearance of thousands of Polish nationals. The exhibition continues with the events of 1940, when the crime was committed, and subsequently examines the military context and shifting alliances during the years 1941–1943. It then addresses the discovery of mass graves in Katyn and the public disclosure of the massacre, alongside Nazi propaganda efforts in 1943, the Soviet Union’s long-standing denial, and the post-war international discourse surrounding the case. The section concludes with efforts to commemorate the victims, the Soviet authorities’ admission of responsibility in the 1990s, and the exhumation works carried out during that decade, as well as the development of Polish memorial sites in Katyn, Kharkiv, Mednoye, and Bykivnia.
After visiting the upper level, visitors proceed to the lower level of the exhibition, which is dedicated entirely to artefacts recovered from the burial sites of the victims.
The visit concludes outside the building (with the exit located separately from the entrance). Visitors then follow a 170-metre route along the restored walls of the Citadel, passing through the area known as the “Katyn Epitaph”, where the names of the victims are inscribed on commemorative plaques. The final stage involves ascending the steps that cut through the Citadel’s earth ramparts, returning to the point where the journey through this historic museum complex began.

 

Service regulations (only in Polish)

Katyn Museum visiting regulations
Privacy policy of the Polish Army Museum
Standards for the protection of minors
Regulations for the internal grounds of the Warsaw Citadel
 
The Avenue of the Absent at night (lit)

Support Us

You are welcome to support the Katyń Museum in its day-to-day activities, as well as in the conservation of artefacts uncovered during exhumation work at sites connected with the Katyn Massacre.

Donations can be made to the following account:
Polish Army Museum
1 Piotr Ściegienny Street
01-534 Warsaw
Poland
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
Account number: 88 1130 1017 0020 0987 9520 0015
Payment reference: Statutory activities of the Katyn Museum, Branch of of the Polish Army Museum

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all those who choose to support our work.

 

FAQ

Admission to the Museum is free of charge. Fees apply for guided tours and audio guide rental.

A self-guided visit typically takes approximately 1.5 to 2 hours.
Guided tours usually last over 1.5 hours.

Yes, visitors are welcome to take photographs and film. However, the use of flash is not permitted.

The most appropriate place is the Katyń Epitaph, located in the outdoor section of the Museum. Visitors may lay flowers and light candles at the plaques bearing the names of the victims.

No.

The exhibition is recommended for visitors aged 13 and above.

Luggage may be left in the cloakroom.

No, with the exception of assistance dogs.

Yes, toilets are available on each level of the Museum as well as near the New Town Gate.

Yes, the entire museum complex is accessible to wheelchair users.

The main interpretive panels within the exhibition are presented exclusively in Polish. Selected artefacts are accompanied by descriptions in English. Visitors who do not speak Polish are strongly encouraged to use the audio guide, particularly on their first visit.

At present, the museum shop does not offer publications in English. Work is currently underway on an English-language version of the Museum guidebook.