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VISITING HOURS The Museum is open all year long, seven days a week, except January 1, December 25, and Easter Sunday. You can start the visit in the following hours*: 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM December. 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM January, November. 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM February. 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM March, October.
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Auschwitz I is where the Nazis opened the first Auschwitz...
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Larger luggage should be left in vehicles in the car park....
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The duration of a visit is determined solely by the individual interests and needs of the visitors. As a minimum, however, at least three-and-a-half hours should be reserved. • The maximum size of backpacks or handbags brought into the Museum does not exceed dimensions: 35x25x15 cm. • Visitors may leave their luggage in paid luggage storage.
The museum was created in April 1946 by Tadeusz Wąsowicz and other former Auschwitz prisoners, acting under the direction of Poland's Ministry of Culture and Art. [1] It was formally founded on 2 July 1947 by an act of the Polish parliament. [6] The site consists of 20 hectares in Auschwitz I and 171 hectares in Auschwitz II, [6] which lies ...
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum is free to visit every day between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., but most months offer extended hours. (Note: Visitors will not be...
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a State cultural institution supervised directly by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, who ensures the necessary financing for its functioning and the fulfillment of its mission, including educational activities to understand the tragedy of the Holocaust and the need to prevent similar threats ...
Opening hours [edit] The museum is open all year long, seven days a week, except January 1, December 25, and Easter Sunday. The museum is open during the following hours: 07:30–16:00 December through February; 07:30–16:00 March, November; 07:30–17:00 April, October; 07:30–18:00 May, September; 07:30–19:00 June, July, August
