Museum of the Warsaw Archdiocese

The museum has an incredible amount of gold in the form of religious art.

The Archdiocese museum, opened in 1938, is located right next to St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw's Old Town; go down the side street (ul. Dziekania) to find the entrance. Although during the Second World War most of the museum's pieces were stolen, later recovered and added to the National Museum, today's exhibits showcase more than 20,000 items. It contains works of art from the Middle Ages right up to current day, including sacred and secular art over two floors; paintings, sculptures, prints, furniture and clocks. They even display

personal items once belonging to Pope John Paul II  and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. One of the highlights of the museum is to enter the 'Royal Corridor' (also known as the 'Piekarski Corridor') that formerly connected the Royal Castle with the Cathedral, built to protect built King Sigismund III Vasa following a failed assassination attempt by Michał Piekarski in 1620. The corridor ensured the king's safe passage between the castle and cathedral.