Tickets to the Fryderyk Chopin Museum

Please note that the museum is closed until April 30th 2023 for renovation. Please check the website for up-to-date information.

Before it closed, the museum was open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM. It was closed on Monday, and on public holidays (New Year’s day, Easter, Christmas, All Saints Day). The last tickets were sold at 6:15 PM.

The museum is generally not particularly busy, however we recommend visiting on weekday mornings outside of the tourist season to get the most out of it and to enjoy both the exhibition and the architecture of the building itself at your own pace. 

Located in the historic Ostrogski Palace, a 17th-century fortified mansion in the center of Warsaw, the Fryderyk Chopin Museum is dedicated to one of the most iconic figures of Polish cultural history and hosts the world’s largest collection of items related to Chopin’s life and work.

Established in the 1930s, the Museum settled in its current location in 1954. Refurbished for the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 2010, the Museum is currently considered one of the most modern and hi-tech exhibition spaces in the country. Its well-organized collection is spread across five floors of the mansion, containing numerous interactive exhibits, as well as musical manuscripts, portraits, letters, personal items, and other memorabilia collected by Chopin’s family through purchases and donations. 

Here are a few more curious facts about the Museum:

• Inevitably, some of Chopin’s material legacy was lost during the war.
• Among the items on display are handkerchiefs embroidered by George Sand (French novelist and Chopin’s long-term lover), a lock of the composer’s hair, and dried flowers from his deathbed.
• Chopin’s last piano, the 1848 Pleyel that he played in Paris until his death in 1849, is one of the key items of the exhibition. It was returned to Warsaw and kept by the composer’s family before being sold to the National Museum, then taken to Austria by the occupying forces during WWII, and finally returned to Warsaw in 1946, where it has recently been carefully restored.
• Chopin’s death mask and a cast of his hand are showcased in a separate section.
• Legend has it that the Golden Duck, one of Warsaw’s mythical creatures, an enchanted princess, lives in the cellars underneath the palace. You can find the fountain with a little crowned duck in front of the building.

The museum is located in Ostrogski Palace (Pałac Ostrogskich or Pałac Gnińskich), at Okólnik 1, within walking distance from the old town.

Warsaw’s public transport is cheap, reliable, and ubiquitous, and driving in the centre may get problematic, not to mention that finding a parking lot can be challenging. 

The museum is located between the two bus stops: Nowy Świat (106) and Topiel (106, 162, N14, N64). Underground station Nowy Świat-Uniwersytet is about 6 min walk away. 

You can easily visit the museum right after our walking tour of downtown Warsaw that wraps up at the Holy Cross Church, just about 6 min walk downhill. It would make total sense after seeing Chopin’s heart residing in a stone pillar inside the church!

Please note that the museum is closed until April 30, 2023, for renovation.

Before it closed, adult tickets cost PLN23, the reduced rate was PLN 14 (students, seniors aged 65+, persons with disabilities and their carers, teachers, and blood donors), group tickets for at least 15 people were PLN 19 or PLN 12 (concessions), family ticket cost PLN63. 

Admission is free for the following categories: persons decorated with particular orders, museum employees, veterans, and children younger than 7 (please check the website for more details).  Admission is free for everyone on Wednesday.

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