Museums

Fort VII – Museum of the Martyrdom of Greater Poland People

Fort VII was built in 1876–1880 as part of the Prussian Poznań Fortress. On 10 October 1939 the Germans set up the KL Posen concentration camp in it. Since 1979 the Museum of the Martyrdom of Greater Poland People has operated here.

Hours Monday: closed · March–October: Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00, Sun 10:00–16:00 · November–February: Tue–Sun 10:00–16:00
Tickets Standard: PLN 10 · Reduced: PLN 5 · Tuesday: free admission · Guide (group): PLN 70 in Polish, PLN 90 in English

History

The camp operated until 1944, later also as a Gestapo police prison and a transit camp. Polish civilians were held here: intellectuals, political activists, members of the resistance, clergy and doctors. About 20,000 people died here.

In October 1939, in bunker no. 17, about 400 patients and staff of the psychiatric hospital in Owińska were murdered with gas. It was the first case in Europe of gas being used to murder civilians.

Good to know

Visiting is not recommended for children under 13. Children and school groups must be accompanied by adults.

For a self-guided visit there is an audio guide app, Movi Guide.

On 1 November the museum is open 9:00–19:00.

Getting there (according to the ZTM timetable of 10 October 2026): buses 121, 156 and 186 to the stop Polska (request stop), or trams 2, 7, 8 and 18 and buses 191, 193 and 729 to the stop Ogrody, one stop further. The museum's website also lists lines 161 and 834, which are not in the current timetable. There are bicycle racks by the museum.