30km | Palmiry | Museum in the Kampinos National Park

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The Palmiry Museum is located in the middle of Kampinos National Park. Accessible by Warsaw public transport.

Palmiry Museum – A short description

D iscover one of the most moving memorial sites near Warsaw: the Palmiry Museum and Cemetery, dedicated to the Nazi executions carried out in Palmiry and the Kampinos Forest between 1939 and 1943.

The permanent exhibition tells the story of the victims and the events that unfolded here during World War II. Inside a striking, minimalist modernist building, you’ll see a powerful architectural symbol: birch trees growing in glass cylinders—each one recalling the forest execution sites. Through the building’s glass walls, the cemetery in Palmiry is visible, connecting the exhibition directly with the place of remembrance.

The museum combines historical facts with deeply personal stories. Visitors can explore victim biographies, photographs, family mementos, German death certificates, and underground press materials from the wartime resistance. Many objects come from post-war exhumations (1945–1948) and helped identify the murdered—alongside letters from families searching for missing relatives and documentation from the Polish Red Cross.

If you want to understand wartime Warsaw and the German occupation beyond the city center, Palmiry offers an unforgettable and respectful experience.

The Palmiry Museum and the adjacent memorial site and cemetery are located in the middle of Kampinos National Park. After a visit to the museum, you can take long walks in the forest along marked paths. Some paths have the additional function of an educational route.

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The museum is barrier-free. The park is not.