MUSEUM OF EVOLUTION
INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY
Polish Academy of Sciences
Address: Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, 00-110 Warszawa
Phone: (+48 22) 656 66 37
E-mail: muzewol@paleo.pan.p
Opening times
Tuesday – Saturday: 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Sunday: 9.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.
On other days and public holidays, the Museum is closed.
Last visitors can enter the Museum 30 minutes before closing.
Museum of Evolution is not adapted for people with disabilities – we are sorry for the inconvenience.
Guide dogs and assistance dogs are allowed to enter the museum.
Ticket prices
Adults – 20 PLN
Children & Students (ISIC) – 10 PLN
All information boards accompanying the exhibits are in Polish only.
Museum_of_Evolution_Guidebook in english [PDF – 1,39 MB]
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International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
Museum of Evolution Regulations – effective from 1 August 2024
Visitors may enter the Museum of Evolution no later than 30 minutes before its closing time.
External licensed guides can guide you through the exhibits of the Museum of Evolution after purchasing a tour ticket. A subscription can be purchased on days when the Museum does not provide its guide (on holidays). The Museum of Evolution is not responsible for the content provided by external guides.
Eating is prohibited in the museum premises and on the premises of the Youth Palace.
A reduced-price ticket is available to children and young people up to 18 years of age, students studying in Poland, foreign students with an ISIC card, pensioners and disability pensioners receiving benefits in Poland, disabled adults with a certificate, and carers of disabled persons.
Free admission for children up to 4 years of age and honorary blood donors (III-I degree).
The museum grounds are accessible to guide dogs and service dogs.
You can come with a dog in your arms and a pet in a carrier.
Museum News
Protoceratops are hatching at the Museum of Evolution IPal PAS!
On December 6, a new exhibition was unveiled at the Museum of Evolution of the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw showing a restoration of a protoceratops nest…
Science News
Miocene crocodylian from Central Poland
The current geographic distribution of crocodiles is basically limited to the tropical zone…
Deep-sea predation on crinoids by fish
Deep-sea research conducted using a submersible has, for the first time, provide…
Obelignathus – new Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur from France
Rhabdodonts are medium-sized ornithischian dinosaurs known solely from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe…
Practical application of studies on calcification
Shaping calcium carbonate: Biological and environmental controls on polymorphism
New genus of Triassic turtles from Thailand
Already in the Late Triassic, turtles attained global distribution…
A comprehensive osteological description of the plesiosaurid Seeleyosaurus
Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris is an early plesiosauroid from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany.
Collagen: graptolites’ strength
The walls of graptolites are composed of collagen fibrils, forming unique half-rings (fuselli) and bands resembling bandages.
South Georgia – paradise reclaimed?
South Georgia – paradise reclaimed? Isolated islands are nature’s natural laboratories, where both the threats and positive effects of human