National Museum of Archaeology (Poland)
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Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne w Warszawie is a museum located in the old
Warsaw Arsenal Warsaw Arsenal ( pl, Arsenał Królewski w Warszawie) is a building of a military arsenal in the Muranów neighbourhood of the borough of Śródmieście in Warsaw, Poland. It is located at Długa street, in the proximity of the Warsaw's Old ...
in
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,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. The museum was established in 1923 and has been in its current location since 1958.


Activities of the museum

The National Museum of Archaeological organizes excavations in different parts of Poland, develops and publishes the results of research including those from other museums and institutions related to archeology. It promotes archeology and prehistory, both on their own premises, as well as other museums, including foreign ones. The museum provides lessons, film screenings, and demonstrations. Since 1995, the museum along with the
University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields o ...
organizes an archaeological festival. The museum has recently (as at 2014) been heavily modernised and includes detailed displays in both Polish and English.


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