Science Museums

Much of the former communist space has a long and proud history of scientific achievement. The communists in particular held science to be one of the most important aspects of social development and identity. This has not greatly changed even in the post-communist era. Thus, museums to science, industry, and technology were commonly founded across the former communist space and remain generally popular and supported today.

November 8, 2025

Warsaw Museum of Computers and Games

Inconspicuously located in the underground passage of the Warsaw Electronic Exchange (Warszawska Giełda Elektroniczna), the nostalgic arcade glow of the Warsaw Museum of Computers and Games (Warszawskie Muzeum Komputerów i Gier) is just a ten-minute metro or tram ride from the city center. Though small in size, every inch of the museum space is packed […]

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The Zoological Museum of the Biology and Soil Institute in Bishkek

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A Visit to the Copernicus Science Center, Warsaw

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