Museums
a museum with several branches and a main building on the Chrobry Embankment, with medieval and African art
Museums
a museum in a historic tram depot with the Stoewer collection and a motoring science centre
Museums
an interactive exhibition about the sea in a ship-shaped building, with a planetarium and a viewing terrace
Museums
three themed exhibitions in a shelter under the station, from the Second World War to the Polish People's Republic
Museums
an underground museum on the history of Szczecin after 1945, in Robert Konieczny's building of 2016
Museums
an interactive museum of illusions, colours and games with a café in the centre of Szczecin
a private museum of everyday life from 1952-1989 with thousands of exhibits in themed zones
Museums
temporary exhibitions of contemporary art in a Neoclassical commandant's building from the 18th century
a museum in a bunker created by volunteers, open on announced dates
Museums in Szczecin: from the National Museum on Chrobry Embankment to the Maritime Science Centre. Nine places for a rainy day, also on your own.
The list helps you pick a museum by what you feel like: art, technology, recent history or hands-on play. All nine places carry the tags "Rainy day" and "Solo", so they suit independent visits when the weather is poor for walking. Other historic buildings in the city are gathered on the page for historic sites in Szczecin.
The first choice is the Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie (National Museum) with its main building at Wały Chrobrego 3. It is the biggest cultural body in the voivodeship, looks after more than 150,000 objects according to Wikipedia, and apart from the main building has four branches in the city centre and an exhibition in Gryfice. Two of the branches are separate entries on the list.
The Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej (Museum of Contemporary Art) occupies a neoclassical building, the former fortress commandant's office from the last quarter of the 18th century, at Staromłyńska 1. It shows temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. The Muzeum Centrum Dialogu Przełomy (Przełomy Dialogue Centre Museum) at Solidarity Square 1 belongs to the same institution and is covered in the section on recent history. For an overview of the city's museums and the profile of each, read the article Museums of Szczecin: from the National Museum to Szczecin in the PRL.
When you need to keep several people busy at once, places where exhibits can be touched and operated work best. Three of the nine suit this: Be Happy Museum, the Maritime Science Centre and, last, the Museum of Technology and Transport.
Morskie Centrum Nauki im. prof. Jerzego Stelmacha w Szczecinie (Maritime Science Centre) is an interactive exhibition about the sea and sailing in a building whose form recalls a ship's hull, at Nad Duńczycą 1 on Łasztownia. Inside are more than two hundred exhibits to operate yourself, plus a planetarium and a viewing terrace.
Muzeum Techniki i Komunikacji w Szczecinie (Museum of Technology and Transport) has operated since 1 January 2006 in a former tram depot in Niebuszewo-Bolinko that is listed as a monument. It holds a collection of Szczecin vehicles, trams among them, and the interactive Motoeksperymentarium.
Be Happy Museum in the Centrum district is a place of optical illusions, ball pools and game areas where visitors may touch the exhibits. It belongs to a chain that has existed since 2018. More ideas for time together are in the article Szczecin with children: pools, climbing, interactive museums and parks.
Three museums tell of the older and recent city: Przełomy, Szczecin in the PRL and the Underground Routes. A fourth, the Military Technology Museum, is for people interested in military history.
The Muzeum Centrum Dialogu Przełomy is an underground exhibition on the history of the city and West Pomerania from 1945 to the changes of 1989. The pavilion was named World Building of the Year 2016. Muzeum Szczecin w PRL (Szczecin in the PRL Museum) is a private museum at Śląska 51 showing everyday life in 1952-1989 in themed zones: flat, shopping, allotment, sport and leisure.
Podziemne trasy turystyczne w Szczecinie (Szczecin Underground Routes) are three exhibitions in a former German air-raid shelter beneath the main station, at Krzysztofa Kolumba 2, visited independently or with a group. On another island, Międzyodrze, the Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej (Military Technology Museum) is built up by volunteers of the Semper Parati Foundation in a bunker and opens on announced dates, so check before you set out. The region has other places of this kind, covered in the piece Museums of military technology and the Cold War in the region.
All nine on the list carry the tag "Rainy day". For play during bad weather the best fits are Be Happy Museum, the Maritime Science Centre and, last, the Museum of Technology and Transport.
The largest institution in the voivodeship is the National Museum in Szczecin, which has a main building on Chrobry Embankment and four branches in the city.
At the Szczecin in the PRL Museum, which shows everyday life in 1952-1989, and at the Przełomy Dialogue Centre, whose exhibition runs from 1945 to the changes of 1989.
Yes, all carry the tag "Solo". The Underground Routes can be explored independently or with a group, and the Military Technology Museum opens on announced dates.
