Ayuntamiento, Poznan, Polonia, 2014-09-18, DD 67-72 HDR

Museum of the History of the City of

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

is a branch of the

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, a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

devoted to the history of the city. It is located in the Poznań City Hall on the

Old Market Square The Old Market Square (Slab Square) is an open, pedestrianised city square in Nottingham, England, forming the heart of the city, and covering an area of approximately , or about 3 acres. It is one of the largest paved squares in the United K ...

. As a branch of the National Museum in Poznań, it is entered in the State Register of Museums kept by the minister in charge of culture and national heritage protection. The exhibits are presented in the representative halls of the first floor, with the Renaissance Hall (the so-called Great Hall). Until 1997, the exhibitions also took place in the Gothic cellars, which are currently undergoing renovation. The permanent part is dedicated to the

history of Poznań Poznań, today Poland's fifth largest city, is also one of the country's oldest cities, and was an important political and religious center in the early Polish state of the 10th century. Poznań Cathedral is the oldest church in the country, contai ...

from 13th century to 1945.

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History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

Registered museums in Poland Tourist attractions in Poznań