It is home to the world's largest population of European bison (Polish: żubr), the continent's heaviest land animals.

Białowieża National Park is the only Polish natural property designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

[4] The park's formal beginning was the Forest Reserve inspectorate (Polish: Rezerwat) established in 1921.

The inspectorate was transformed into the National Park in Białowieża on 11 August 1932 by the Second Polish Republic.

After World War II, the forest was divided between the People's Republic of Poland and the Belarusian SSR of the Soviet Union.

Its inner zone belongs to the realm of old-growth forest which has been living without much human intervention for almost 800 years.

A classic road tour leads through the southern part of the reserve area, totalling 4,747 hectares.

The museum complex, built in the 1960s, occupies the place of the former palace of Polish King Augustus III, which was destroyed by the Soviet Army in July 1944.

All exhibits in the museum have been prepared professionally by scientists, with the general public in mind, and therefore are recommended for visitors of all ages.