Temporary Exhibitions in Warsaw

A practical guide to temporary exhibitions at Warsaw’s museums. No reviews - just useful context and what’s worth knowing before you go.

Current exhibitions (25)

Przemys艂aw Piniak. Hit Where It Hurts

25 April 2026 - 23 August 2026

Piniak Przemys艂aw's solo exhibition is the first institutional attempt to take a broader look at the work of the prematurely deceased intermedial artist.

Minh Lan Tran. Spine

20 March 2026 - 30 August 2026

Minh Lan Tran's monumental work (born 1997, Hong Kong), created for the Museum's staircase, expands the language of abstract painting, entering into direct dialogue with architecture.

Aleksander Minorski. Photography is Intervention

18 March 2026 - 6 September 2026

A monographic exhibition dedicated to the artist: Aleksander Minorski (1906-1982) - a photographer, filmmaker, and writer - today we would also call him an activist - treated photography primarily as a tool for social engagement and real intervention.

16th Photography Cabinet: Photographing the Work of Art

10 June 2026 - 10 September 2026

The 16th rotation of the Photography Cabinet looks at how photography reproduced works of art from the 19th century onward - and how that function shaped the art market, art publishing, and access to culture.

Collector. Ignacy Korwin-Milewski (1846-1926)

17 April 2026 - 13 September 2026

The reconstructed collection of Count Ignacy Korwin-Milewski - around 250 Polish paintings, including works by Matejko, Che艂mo艅ski, and Aleksander Gierymski, assembled by one of the 19th century's most important patrons of Polish art.

Polish Poster. The Collection - Part 2

20 June 2026 - 13 September 2026

The second rotation of the permanent display at the newly renovated Poster Museum in Wilan贸w - the world's first museum dedicated to posters. Nearly 36,000 objects, shown in rotation because paper is fragile.

The Most Beautiful Polish Books 2025

16 July 2026 - 13 September 2026

A book reveals its full potential when we view it as a whole: a medium of content and image, a material object, a space for reading, and a form of visual culture.

Ludu, b贸j si臋

22 June 2026 - 15 September 2026

"Ludu, b贸j si臋" at POLIN Museum presents a personal, contemporary perspective of young people on the history of the Holocaust and the memory of violence - the result of the international CoREM project, in which...

Coming of Age

1 May 2026 - 20 September 2026

How does contemporary art describe the transition from childhood to adulthood and the problems teenagers face today? Can artistic tools help them build relationships and create alternative forms of communication...

Jura Shust

17 July 2026 - 27 September 2026

Resin* Solar Plexus is the first solo exhibition in Poland by Belarusian artist Jura Shust. It tells a story about the relationship between human spirituality and technology. For the exhibition, the artist prepared a new, multichannel installation...

The May Coup: A Caricaturist's Sharp Eye

20 May 2026 - 30 September 2026

Caricatures by Gustaw Rogalski and Zdzis艂aw Czerma艅ski as sharp commentary on the 1926 May Coup and the Sanacja years. At the main Museum of Independence building through 30 September 2026.

The Memory of the Uprising

30 July 2026 - 4 October 2026

Paintings and installations by Bogus艂aw Lustyk on the Warsaw Uprising. At the Brama Biela艅ska Gallery in the Warsaw Citadel through 4 October 2026.

Home on Roots

1 August 2026 - 11 October 2026

Home on Roots is an exhibition by two artists who use extremely different means of expression to create works with a similar message. Their works demonstrate that local identity can be a point of support, a navigational tool...

Patryk R贸偶ycki. Transformation

31 July 2026 - 11 October 2026

The series of paintings addresses R贸偶ycki's childhood and adolescence in the countryside, amidst economic and social exclusion related to the transformation of the 1990s, and the shame associated with it.

Sculpture for the Wall Unit

14 May 2026 - 25 October 2026

Ceramic penguins, monkeys, and strongmen that decorated the 'wall unit' shelving of Polish apartments throughout the communist era - original prototypes designed at the Institute of Industrial Design in the 1950s, now cult objects among design collectors.

Everything Will Change

5 June 2026 - 27 October 2026

An open-air exhibition opening the museum's new 'Resources' programme - four installations by artist collectives on polycrisis, the appropriation of space, and the lasting consequences of colonisation. On aleja gen. Pattona through 27 October 2026.

Echoes of the Great War

4 August 2026 - 30 October 2026

A temporary exhibition on the First World War at the Museum of Independence, al. Solidarno艣ci 62. On view through 30 October 2026.

Olga Bozna艅ska at the Gallery of 19th-Century Art

10 September 2025 - 3 January 2027

An extended display of nearly thirty works by Olga Bozna艅ska from the National Museum's collection, marking the 160th anniversary of her birth and the 85th of her death, within the permanent Gallery of 19th-Century Art.

Heart of Change: Surrealism and Anti-Fascism

26 June 2026 - 10 January 2027

As an artistic and political movement, Surrealism had an international reach and espoused internationalist views. Rooted in art and literature, it had much broader ambitions: to revolutionize society and redefine life itself.

Paths of Blacks Enter the White Land

26 June 2026 - 10 January 2027

Paths of Whites Invade the Black Continent is the title of a 1948 painting by Marian Bogusz. In the exhibition title, its meaning is reversed to show the particular dynamic of Polish relations with Blackness and Sub-Saharan Africa during the Polish People's Republic (PRL) era.

90/90. Around the Museum

19 June 2026 - 1 February 2027

On the occasion of its 90th anniversary, the Museum of Warsaw reveals its behind-the-scenes operations, usually inaccessible to visitors. As part of the '90/90. Around the Museum' project, the public will see how one of the capital's most important cultural institutions functions and will get to know its team. 90 objects for 90 years. From June 19, 2026, to February 1, 2027, the Museum of Warsaw will present 90 items related to its daily operations.

Edward Dwurnik. Pride and Shame

31 July 2026 - 28 February 2027

The exhibition focuses on the artist's work from the 1970s and 1980s - presenting two of his main painting series, titled Sportsmen and Workers.

Upcoming (6)

Warsaw Under Construction 18. Sovereign and Fed

30 August 2026 - 27 September 2026

The main theme of WARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 18 in 2026 is food sovereignty, which is becoming an important element in contemporary urban development strategies.

Adolph Menzel (1815-1905). The Tireless Observer

11 September 2026 - 13 December 2026

The first monographic exhibition in Poland of Adolph Menzel, one of the most important 19th-century German artists - 45 drawings and over 200 prints from the National Museum's collection, plus a reflection on the provenance of works from pre-war German collections.

Sculpture After Stability

16 October 2026 - 28 February 2027

The exhibition presents contemporary sculptural practices that take the loss of formal stability as their starting point, treating it not as a metaphor for crisis or a harbinger of catastrophe, but as a source of creative tension.

Bestiary

20 November 2026 - 14 March 2027

A large, multi-threaded exhibition on how humans have understood, classified, and domesticated animals across the centuries - from creation myths, through scientific cabinets of curiosities, to today's questions about species extinction.

Recently ended

Krzysztof Gil. Nobody Wants You Here

29 May 2026 - 9 August 2026

Krzysztof Gil's exhibition addresses the complex issue of the ghetto in its contemporary meaning. Historically, ghettos were physically separated parts of cities, often surrounded by walls and cut off from the rest of the urban space. Today, this concept primarily has a sociological dimension...

Dorota Podlaska. Diaries from Life and Travels

15 May 2026 - 19 July 2026

Dorota Podlaska's art is narrative and often draws inspiration from personal experiences. The exhibition consists of several cycles of paintings that refer to the artist's habit of noting down everything she sees and experiences.

Barbara Kasten. Post-Abstraction

13 March 2026 - 7 June 2026

Barbara Kasten. Post-Abstraction is the first comprehensive exhibition of the American artist's work in this part of Europe - and a return to a place that years ago helped shape her artistic language.