A sight in the Białystok region

Siberian Memorial Museum in Białystok — the history of deportations

The Siberian Memorial Museum tells the story of hundreds of thousands of Poles deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan — from the 18th century to the deportations of 1940–1941. It occupies former military warehouses by a railway siding from which transports left. The exhibition is modern and multimedia, and moves even people who rarely visit museums.

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Planning your visit

Allow 2–3 hours. The route leads through a reconstructed rail wagon, a Siberian village, a school and a barrack, with witness accounts and keepsakes donated by families.

The museum is a few kilometres from the square; take a city bus or drive (there is parking).

How to get there and practical info

Where
Ul. Węglowa 1, Białystok
Time needed
2–3 hours
Hours and tickets
Check on the museum website
For whom
Adults and teenagers; can be hard for young children
Mapa: Google Maps · 53.1435, 23.1750

Other sights in Białystok

Straight-line distances from „Siberian Memorial Museum" — calculated from real coordinates. By road it is often further.

Ludwik Zamenhof CentreAn exhibition about the multicultural city in which Esperanto was born.
~1,1 km as the crow flies
Branicki Palace and gardensThe Versailles of Podlasie — the Hetman's baroque residence with French gardens open
~1,6 km as the crow flies
Cathedral of the Assumption (Old Parish Church)Two churches in one: a 17th-century parish church and the neo-Gothic basilica built onto i
~1,6 km as the crow flies
Kościuszko Square and town hallA triangular square with the rebuilt town hall — now the Podlasie Museum — and café garden
~1,6 km as the crow flies
St Nicholas Orthodox CathedralThe Orthodox cathedral on Lipowa Street — golden domes and an interior full of icons.
~1,8 km as the crow flies
Podlasie Opera and PhilharmonicThe largest stage in north-eastern Poland — opera, musicals and concerts, plus an open-air
~2,2 km as the crow flies
St Roch's ChurchA modernist gem on the hill at the end of Lipowa Street — a national Monument of History.
~2,2 km as the crow flies
Supraśl — monastery and Icon MuseumA spa town in the Knyszyn Forest with a monastery, Icon Museum, kayaks and a river beach.
~13 km as the crow flies
Narew National Park — Waniewo–Śliwno boardwalkThe "Polish Amazon" — a kilometre of boardwalks and hand-pulled floating ferries
~25 km as the crow flies
Tykocin — Great Synagogue and castleA small town on the Narew with one of Poland's most beautiful synagogues and a rebuil
~28 km as the crow flies
Kruszyniany — Tatar mosqueAn 18th-century wooden mosque and cemetery of the Polish Tatars — plus Tatar cuisine.
~43 km as the crow flies

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