26th January – 12th March 2017 The mirrors start turning along with the waltzing, The candlestick circles away, out of sight. Look: hundreds of candles now sway in the fine mist, A hundred more mirrors reflect the ball’s rite. Czesław Miłosz, Waltz The Society of Friends of the National Museum in Warsaw was established a […]
17th November 2016 – 12th February 2017 special presentation In the period between 2014 and 2016 the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw grew with the arrival of numerous extremely valuable artworks and artefacts. While most were acquired via purchase or donation, there are also those that have been returned to the museum since […]
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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