This museum doesn't have much to offer to history buffs already familiar with history of the Polish…read moreHome Army. The exhibition is rather text heavy. There isn't much here that gives a sense of how it was like being a member of the AK. The paucity of the collection is almost sad. Most families, I'm guessing, had chosen to donate artifacts from the era to the much higher-profile Warsaw Uprising Museum up north. If you've been to that, you have no reason to come here at all. It's really more of a education center than a museum.

I cannot believe how unexpectedly Vast the aircraft collection is, they have everything from…read morefighter jets, WW1 Biplanes, WW2 Monoplanes, Helicopters, and a handful of civilian planes. In addition to this, they have a collection of debris, engines, ground vehicles including Sams. If you are a person who enjoys this kind of stuff, you need to check this out! Even after going there 5 times there is still plenty of stuff for me to see.

I will make this a short review, since I don't speak Polish…read more The Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow is a world class collection of aircraft rarely, if ever, seen in the USA. There are rows of MiGs, parked wingtip-to-wingtip, from the Korean War vintage -15 to the currently operational -29, and virtually all models and variants inbetween. Sukhoi is also quite well represented in this primarily outdoor museum. The variation in designs and colors of the camouflage livery was highly interesting, as were the various national insignia represented. In addition to being a world-class collection of military aircraft, there are a few civilian models, such as the extremely rare PZL Mielec M-15, a jet powered biplane (!), used for agricultural spraying. Not surprisingly, it is the slowest jet powered aircraft ever produced. It was designed and built in Poland, and also was used in Russia. Ag planes, ya gotta love 'em. Inside the lobby area, there was a very extensive display of air-to-air missiles, one of the best displays I can recall seeing. There were several other military displays as well. There were no heavy or medium bombers presented, however, probably due to the difficulty of transporting them to this location. In truth, I felt privileged to be visiting this sprawling museum. There was a very modest admission fee of a few zlotys. Well worth it !!