Exhibit of the Month - August 2025. a gas compressor - or, in simple terms, a huge bicycle pump that, instead of tubes, pumped... the whole city.

It was she - steel, massive and sturdy - who ensured that the gas flowed uninterruptedly to Warsaw's homes, factories, workshops and lamp posts. When the winter frosts cut the river and the demand for heat increased, the compressor did not stop working, like a great, rhythmic heart pump pumping gas instead of blood.

Its task was clear and precise: to suck in the low-pressure gas so that it could then, through the process of compression, reduce its volume and increase its pressure. Only in this form could it safely and efficiently travel the kilometres of pipes, reaching every corner of the capital.

Today, this compressor no longer makes a sound, no longer trembles from the work of the pistons. It rests stately among the other exhibits, like a retired hero of the industrial revolution. But if you stop for a moment, perhaps you will hear in your imagination its steady pulse, an echo of old Warsaw, which grew, lived and shone thanks to such devices.

We invite you to the Museum of the Warsaw Gasworks - a place where the past speaks with the voice of machines, and every iron wheel tells its story.