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Museums
The Greater Poland Military Museum, a branch of the National Museum, is housed in a post-war pavilion on the Old Market Square. It shows Polish and foreign weapons and mementoes of the national uprisings, especially the Greater Poland Uprising.
A fragment of Wojciech Kossak's panorama “The Battle of the Pyramids” of 1901, one of the few exhibits that survived from the pre-war collections.
A 16th-century rapier with a blade forged in Milan.
A bechter, that is, a suit of armour of 1580, belonging to the city's cavalry captain and decorated with the coat of arms of Poznań.
Edged and firearms, protective armour, uniforms and military badges.
With the Poznań Tourist Card admission is free.
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The only Monet painting in Polish collections and a large collection of works by Malczewski.
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A live show about the St Martin's croissant, just off the Old Market Square. Buy tickets in advance.
For children
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Tue freeMuseums
The story of the victorious uprising of 1918–1919 in the neoclassical Guardhouse on the square.
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