The aim of the article is to identify the current state of knowledge on cultural and educational activities of older men, based on a review of research on this sphere of social practice over the last 15 years. The author shows that studies carried out in Poland on elderly people's activity do not expose the importance of seniors' gender experiences. Women's issues are more frequently being addressed, however, researchers' interest in men's old age and their activity is scarce, so this problem remains unrecognised in Poland. A review of national and foreign studies has made it possible to reconstruct some features of the cultural and educational activities of older men, their characteristic phenomena and partly their determinants.Research has shown that older men make up the minority of participants in institutionalised activities aimed at old people. This is conditioned, among other things, by the feminisation of ageing, the mismatch between what is on offer and men's needs and interests, the later retirement of men and the way they experience it, men's instrumental approach to education, their negative attitude to school-based forms of learning and the influence of cultural patterns, mainly that of dominant masculinity. The research review, however, argues that older men should not be seen as 'passive' or less active than women. They are active differently and in other areas. Men's cultural and educational activities are situated in everyday life, informal arrangements, and social organisations. Since there is little research focused on this issue, the outlined picture is not complete and reveals areas which should be subject to empirical studies, e.g., there is a lack of knowledge on the cultural activity of older men. Above all, the results of the review could be an important inspiration for research in Poland.