Neon Museum, also the Museum of Neon ( pl, Muzeum Neonów) is a museum located in Warsaw's

Praga-Południe Praga-South ( pl, Praga-Południe, ) is a district of Warsaw located on the east bank of the Vistula River. It consists of Grochów, Gocław, Kamionek and Saska Kępa. History The area of today's Praga-South has been inhabited since at le ...

. The institution documents and protects Polish and Eastern Bloc light advertisements created after World War II. It is the first in

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and one of the few museums of

neon sign In the signage industry, neon signs are electric signs lighted by long luminous gas-discharge tubes that contain rarefied neon or other gases. They are the most common use for neon lighting, which was first demonstrated in a modern form in Decem ...

s in the world. The museum is located at ul. Mińska 25, on the premises of Soho Factory. It was established in 2012.

History

The history of the museum began in 2005 when Ilona Karwińska saved the ''Berlin'' neon sign from Marszałkowska Street in Warsaw. The collection of the museum features about 100 neon lights from all over Poland Most of the neons come from the 1960s and 1970s. The nine largest neon signs including ''GŁÓWNA KSIĘGARNIA TECHNICZNA (MAIN TECHNICAL BOOKSTORE)'', ''Jubiler'', ''dworzec kolejowy CHODZIEŻ ( CHODZIEŻ railway station)'', ''KINO PRAHA (PRAHA cinema)'' and ''

WARSZAWA WSCHODNIA Warszawa Wschodnia, in English Warsaw East, is one of the most important railway stations in Warsaw, Poland. Its more official name is ''Warszawa Wschodnia Osobowa'' (translated as ''Warsaw East Passenger''). It is located on the eastern side of th ...

'' are located on different Soho Factory buildings. The museum also looks after some neon signs in Warsaw, including

Mermaid In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes asso ...

on Grójecka Street. The museum has a large archive containing blueprints, photographs and original plans. In 2013, the museum together with RWE organized ''Neon for Warsaw'' competition.''Happy to see you''
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Gallery

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References

External links

Official website of the Museum
Museums in Warsaw Praga-Północ Museums established in 2012 Neon lighting Signage 2012 establishments in Poland {{Poland-museum-stub