The Museum’s Crown Jewel: The Gallery of 19th Century Art
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Saturday / 1pm tour guide: Lena Lewandowska The 1960s are often referred to as the golden age of Polish design. Women played a significant role in shaping the success of the style known as the Polish New Look. Danuta Duszniak’s “Kolumb” coffee set, Hanna Orthwein’s porcelain animal figurines produced by the Institute of Industrial Design, […]
Saturday / 1pm tour guide: Rita Twardziak Do not touch! Do not come too close! Do not be loud! But is a museum only about looking? Must art be dominated by sight alone? During our walk through the museum galleries, we will try to awaken other senses: smelling, tasting, and listening to works of art […]
Saturday / 1pm tour guide: Romualda Radwańska The human body and art are deeply intertwined. Artists shape their visions through the body—both as a tool and a subject. Across centuries, shifting ideals of beauty and evolving artistic roles have produced countless interpretations of human corporeality. These transformations are captured in the works displayed in the […]
Saturday / 1pm tour guide: Patrycja Ambroszczyk Join a tour with a guide from the Education Department. Let’s visit the exhibition together to discover its main topics and the most intriguing artworks. Date: 29 November / Saturday / 1 PM Duration: approx. 80 minutes Meeting place: meeting point in the Main Hall, National Museum in […]
Józef Chełmoński is a highly regarded painter whose work enjoys a special place in the history of Polish art. For over a hundred years, his images of nature, countryside landscapes, and scenes of village life have been considered the essence of “Polishness”. As a Romanticist, a man with a fiery temperament, a great vital force, […]
Nearly 5,000 works of art in six galleries and only 80 minutes to see it all? Don’t worry; we’ve got it covered! During our museum tour, we’ll show you the greatest hits: the most famous, valuable, beloved, and surprising pieces in our collection! Together, we’ll search for the oldest object in the Gallery of Ancient […]
Women have always impacted the art world, even though they weren’t always privy to a professional education. It was not until the 19th century that this began to change. Come with us for an opportunity to meet extraordinary yet often forgotten women of the art world. Discover their stories and their masterpieces! Tickets will be […]
Nearly 5,000 works of art in six galleries and only 80 minutes to see it all? Don’t worry; we’ve got it covered! During our museum tour, we’ll show you the greatest hits: the most famous, valuable, beloved, and surprising pieces in our collection! Together, we’ll search for the oldest object in the Gallery of Ancient […]
guided by Romualda Radwańska During the tour, visitors will view the greatest works in the museum’s collection. The tour covers select works from the Gallery of 19th Century Art, the Gallery of Old European Painting and the Gallery of Old Polish and European Portraiture. Highlights from the Gallery of Old European Painting include a tondo […]
Join a tour with a guide from the Education Department. Let’s visit the exhibition together to discover its main topics and the most intriguing artworks. meeting point in the Main Hall / tickets 40 zł and 25 zł available in the ticket office and online from Tuesday preceding the event / before the tour please […]
Join a tour with a guide from the Education Department. Let’s visit the exhibition together to discover its main topics and the most intriguing artworks. When: March 2 (Saturday), 1.00 PM Where: meeting point in the Main Hall / Foyer of the National Museum in Warsaw Participation: tickets 40 zł and 25 zł available in […]
Join a tour with a guide from the Education Department. Let’s visit the exhibition together to discover its main topics and the most intriguing artworks. When: February 3 (Saturday), 1.00 PM Where: meeting point in the Main Hall / Foyer of the National Museum in Warsaw Participation: tickets 40 zł and 25 zł available in […]
What is design, and how does it shape our everyday lives? Join us for an evening in which we explore icons of Polish design, discuss what ‘good form’ means in p…
We discover art by contemplating and experiencing it. In the same way we enter into conscious movement of the body – qigong – finding ease for mind and body. With that in mind, together with the Dantian Foundation, we invite you to the open…
The volunteer programme of the National Museum in Warsaw invites you to another edition of The Great Botanical Storytelling, created by NMW volunteers. The series is devoted to selected works from the Museum’s collection and draws attention…

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