Explore Poznań
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The National Museum in Poznań shows painting and sculpture in an eclectic building from 1904 on Marcinkowskiego Avenue and a newer wing. Its Gallery of Polish Art includes works by Jacek Malczewski, Stanisław Wyspiański and Jan Matejko.
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The Enigma Cipher Centre is an interactive exhibition about the Enigma cipher machine and the Poznań-trained mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki, who broke its cipher in 1932. It stands on the site where they began work for the Polish Cipher Bureau; a visit with the included audio guide takes about two hours.
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Fort VII is a 19th-century Prussian fort in Poznań where Nazi Germany opened a concentration camp in October 1939, the first in occupied Poland. The museum counts around 4,500 prisoners who died there. Today the Museum of Martyrdom of the Wielkopolska Region shows the brick casemates, the prisoners' cells and exhibitions on those held here.
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