Castles, Forts and Knights near Gdańsk, 8 of 8
Day Trip
Hel Museum of Coastal Defence
- Closed for the season
- Reopens Mar 28, 2027
- Price
- From 7 zł, kids under 4 free
- Setting
- Indoor & outdoor
Castles, Forts and Knights near Gdańsk, 8 of 8: Hel Museum of Coastal Defence
Hel Museum of Coastal Defence
Day TripHel
Area
Hel
Good for
5–14
Cost
From 7 zł, kids under 4 free
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Season
Late March to late October
Updated
Nov 1, 2026
Closed for the winter from Oct 26 until Mar 27, 2027. Groups of over 20 can arrange a visit by phone.
What you need to know
- Military train in summer runs from the station in the open-air park to the Hel Railway Museum, on its own ticket (25 zł, family of four 90 zł)
- No booking needed, since tickets are sold on site, but last entry is half an hour before closing
- Dogs welcome in every building of the museum complex, so the family dog can come along
About
The museum fills the B-2 "Bruno" emplacement, one of the German Schleswig-Holstein gun batteries built in the forest 1.5 km from Hel's center during WWII. Inside, exhibitions cover the 32-day defense of Hel in 1939 and the history of the Polish Navy.
Outside, an open-air park among the pines holds big hardware kids can walk around: cannons, sea mines, torpedoes and launchers, boats, fire trucks and narrow-gauge rail cars.
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Location
Hel Museum of Coastal Defence
Helska 16, 84-150 Hel, Poland
