Temporary exhibition

13 September – 11 December 2022 Our exhibition tells about the early years of the Coins and Medals Department at the National Museum in Warsaw and the key event for this collection, namely the acquisition of two great numismatic collections – Count Kazimierz Sobański’s Polish coins and Dr. Władysław Semerau-Siemianowski’s antique coins. This took place […]

8 July – 9 October 2022 Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was a keen observer of the evolution of art during the civilizational acceleration of the first half of the 20th century. He associated scientific discoveries, the resulting technological progress, and profound social changes with the process of a growing mechanization of life. Despite their lack of […]

30 April – 24 July 2022 Poland’s difficult history and severe wartime losses are why Polish museums can only boast a few works of the most remarkable artists of the 20th century, which enjoy steady interest from international visitors. One of them is certainly Marc Chagall, whose art has become recognisable because it has made […]

29 April – 7 August 2022 Things are all around us. They serve us in everyday activities that have not changed for thousands of years: we get up, eat, work, play, care for ourselves, sleep. Things influence our habits, customs and rituals. Writing with a reed on a clay tablet is different from using a […]

26 June – 10 October 2021 Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz (1854–1893) was the first Polish female artist to gain international recognition. Her works were presented at the most important European exhibitions and appreciated by critics from many countries. Even today her paintings and fascinating life raise considerable interest among the public, while many of her works have […]

7 May – 25 July 2021 The exhibition presents paintings by 17th-century Dutch and Flemish masters on loan from the ERGO Hestia Insurance Company. This is the only corporate collection of Old Masters paintings in Poland, never before shown to the public. The exhibition is supplemented by selected works from the National Museum in Warsaw. […]

26 October – 17 March 2019 The exhibition is designed to commemorate the centenary of Poland regaining independence. Its main premise is the confrontation of artistic representations of historical and political events with the transformations of Polish art on the threshold of the reborn state. The exhibition will present works by Jacek Malczewski, Zofia Stryjeńska, […]

22 June – 30 September 2018 The monographic exhibition on Józef Brandt prepared by the National Museum in Warsaw will be the first extensive presentation of the artist’s oeuvre in the history of Polish museology. Encompassing around 300 works – oil paintings, watercolours and drawings representing subsequent periods of his artistic activity – it will […]

2 March – 20 May 2018 Peruvian viceregal art is an amalgam of two cultural traditions: the European and the Andean, from the arrival of art from the European Renaissance of the sixteenth century to its subsequent merge with the pre-Columbian heritage. Since 1966 the Barbosa-Stern Collection has amassed an impressive collection of Peruvian viceregal […]

17th February – 20th May 2018 The year of the hundredth anniversary of Polish independence, which takes place in 2018, is a great opportunity to remember the political and cultural activities of Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Paintings, drawings, photographs and other objects coming from his donation to the National Museum in Warsaw will reveal the incredible […]

27 October 2017 – 21 January 2018 The exhibition presents a selection of the most valuable works on paper from the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw.—drawings, prints, photograms and photomontage—made by Polish artists during the avant-garde interwar period. Supplementing the showcase will be a collection of periodicals and books designed by some of […]