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The Copernicus Museum in Frombork has been in existence since 5 September 1948, when museum exhibits were made available to visitors in two canons’ houses by the northern walls of the Cathedral Hill.

Since 1973, it has been operating in the former Bishop’s Palace, where the main exhibition rooms have been arranged. A Planetarium (in the ground floor of the former bell tower) is also part of the museum, while the so-called Góra Żurawia (Crane Mountain, about 1.5 km away from Frombork) has an Astronomical Park with seven pavilions with optical astronomical instruments. In the former hospital complex of the Holy Spirit, you can see exhibitions of the Medical History Department with an adjacent herbal garden. The museum has many branches presenting both permanent and temporary exhibitions, highlighting historical monuments related to the figure and the science of Nicolaus Copernicus. It also carries out educational activities in astronomy. The work of the institution takes place in its six sections: Art and Crafts, History of Astronomy, History of Medicine, Documentation as well as Library and Old Prints.