Station Museum
Stacja Muzeum | |
Former name | Railway Museum in Warsaw |
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| Established | 1931 |
| Location | ul. Towarowa 3, Warsaw |
| Coordinates | 52°13′32.6″N 20°59′7.55″E / 52.225722°N 20.9854306°E |
| Type | Heritage railway |
| Director | Joanna Kazimierska |
| Public transit access | Warszawa Ochota railway station |
| Website | stacjamuzeum |
The Station Museum (Polish: Stacja Muzeum) is located at the former Polish State Railways (PKP) Warsaw Główna railway terminus and is very close to the Warszawa Ochota railway station. The museum's exhibits are divided into permanent and temporary collections — the latter being displayed inside the museum's galleries. The permanent collection consists of historic rolling stock displayed on the tracks outside, including one of the few remaining armoured trains in Europe. The museum also contains a library which houses many books on the subject of Polish railways.
During the interwar period the museum's headquarters were located at Nowy Zjazd Street.
The museum was reestablished at the present site, as the Railway Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie), in 1972.
On 30 July 2009, PKP served notice to quit on the Museum authorities, requiring them to vacate their current location by 31 August 2009. However, as of May 2015, the museum remained in place and open to the public.
The museum was disestablished on 31 March 2016 and on 1 April a new institution, the Station Museum, opened, taking over the exhibits and other assets.
There were plans to move the Station Museum to a new, purpose-built building at the Odolany railway depot but the idea was eventually dropped. An alternative plan was to build new premises for some of the exhibits at the current site as part of the redevelopment but this idea also came to nothing and, as of August 2021, the Station Museum remains open at the old site.