Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum
Biographical museum in Warsaw, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum (Polish: Muzeum Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, devoted to the life and work of Polish double Nobel laureate Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934), who discovered the chemical elements polonium and radium.
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Established | 1967 |
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Location | 16 Freta Street (permanent) 5 Freta Street (temporary) Warsaw, Poland |
Type | Biographical museum |
Website | Official website |
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The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum is a cultural institution of the city of Warsaw, co-organized with the Polish Chemical Society. It carries on educational and cultural programs related to Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her family. [1]
The Museum stands at 16 Freta Street (ulica Freta 16) in Warsaw's "New Town" district (dating from the 15th century), and is housed in the 18th-century tenement house in which Maria Skłodowska was born.[1]