Fodor's Expert Review Muzeum Historii Miasta Łodzi

The Pałac Poznańskiego, another grand home of another of Łódź's major industrialist families, is now the city's main museum. The opulent neo-baroque residence itself is magnificent. It is said that when the architect asked his client what style he would like for his residence, the latter replied: "Why, dear sir, all of them, of course! I can afford all!" There is nothing minimalist about the structure. Among the exhibits are memorabilia of famous Łódź citizens, including English-language writer Jerzy Kosiński (born in Łódź in 1933, died in New York in 1991) and Arthur Rubinstein, a great Polish-American classical pianist (1887–1982).