Temporary Exhibitions in Warsaw

The Beauty of Passing. Contemporary Botanical Illustration

1 September 2026 - 26 September 2026 Ends soon

Works by Izabela Wolska-Kuśmider - leaves caught at a chosen moment of their existence, in watercolour, graphite and ink. The plants come from the historic Wilanów gardens.

Football Championships in World Philately

16 July 2026 - 27 September 2026 Ends soon

A temporary exhibition presenting the great football tournaments, players and stadiums recorded on postage stamps from around the world, from the private collection of Krzysztof Bąkała.

Neither Water Nor Land

25 April 2026 - 27 September 2026 Ends soon

The bog as an unintended archive: a group exhibition on peatlands moving between geology, myth and contemporary politics, from 25 April to 27 September 2026.

Polish Poster. The Collection - Part 2

20 June 2026 - 27 September 2026 Ends soon

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

Warsaw Under Construction 18. Sovereign and Fed

30 August 2026 - 27 September 2026 Ends soon

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

Jura Shust

17 July 2026 - 27 September 2026 Ends soon

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...

A History That Flows On. 140 Years of Modern Waterworks and Sewers in Warsaw

1 September 2026 - 30 September 2026 Ends soon

An open-air show in Łazienki Park for the 140th anniversary of Warsaw's waterworks: photographs and historical designs of the network the Lindleys started. Open-Air Gallery on ul. Agrykola, free admission.

Rafał Milach. Fermata

1 September 2026 - 30 September 2026 Ends soon

An open-air show in the Łazienki Open-Air Gallery on Aleje Ujazdowskie: Rafał Milach's photographs of the crowds and backstage at the Open'er, Audioriver and BitterSweet festivals. Initiated by PKO Bank Polski, free admission.

A Photojournalist at War. 36 Frames

31 July 2026 - 30 September 2026 Ends soon

An open-air show on the Łazienki park railings: photographs by the Warsaw Uprising's Press War Correspondents. Prepared by the Warsaw Rising Museum, free admission.

A World of Things. Acquisitions 2023-2025

5 May 2026 - 30 September 2026 Ends soon

Over 20 of the nearly 60 objects the museum acquired in 2023-2025: a portrait of Stanisław August from Bacciarelli's workshop, a watercolour by Zygmunt Vogel, Meissen porcelain, a gardener's album from 1941.

Doctors of the Ujazdów Hospital in the Katyń Graves

14 July 2026 - 30 September 2026 Ends soon

An exhibition by the Main Medical Library commemorating around 600 Polish doctor-officers of the Ujazdów Hospital murdered by the NKVD at Katyń in 1940.

The May Coup: A Caricaturist's Sharp Eye

20 May 2026 - 30 September 2026 Ends soon

Caricatures by Gustaw Rogalski and Zdzisław Czermański as sharp commentary on the 1926 May Coup and the Sanacja years. At the main Museum of Independence building through 30 September 2026.

All of Us or None

17 July 2026 - 4 October 2026 Ends soon

Imran Perretta's first solo exhibition in Poland - sound, film and poetry on power, state surveillance and exclusion. From 17 July to 4 October 2026.

Home on Roots

1 August 2026 - 11 October 2026 Ends soon

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 Różycki. Transformation

31 July 2026 - 11 October 2026 Ends soon

The series of paintings addresses Różycki'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.

The Workers' Defence Committee. Strength in Unity

23 September 2026 - 14 October 2026

Until 14 October 2026. An open-air exhibition by the History Meeting House on the Workers' Defence Committee (KOR): 19 panels on Krakowskie Przedmieście at the corner of Karowa Street, opened on 23 September, the 50th anniversary of KOR's founding.

The Parnassus of Warsaw. A Century of the Literary Award of the City of Warsaw

15 April 2026 - 18 October 2026

An exhibition marking the centenary of the Literary Award of the City of Warsaw, presenting the history of the award in 1926-1938 and in 1946 and the writers who received 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.

The Memory of the Uprising

30 July 2026 - 25 October 2026

Paintings and installations by Bogusław Lustyk on the Warsaw Uprising. At the Brama Bielańska Gallery in the Warsaw Citadel through 25 October 2026 (extended).

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. Solidarności 62. On view through 30 October 2026.

Stills from the Film Lalka (The Doll)

1 September 2026 - 31 October 2026

An open-air show of stills from Maciej Kawalski's new screen adaptation of Prus's novel Lalka (The Doll), in the Łazienki Open-Air Gallery on Aleje Ujazdowskie. Free admission, until 31 October 2026.

I Am a Political Animal. Jerzy Giedroyc and Kultura 1947-2000

25 June 2026 - 31 October 2026

An exhibition devoted to one of the most important figures of twentieth-century Polish intellectual life and to the Literary Institute and the monthly Kultura that he created.

The Krzysztof Findziński Collection. A Cabinet of Memories. Asia

26 June 2026 - 31 October 2026

A temporary exhibition presenting objects from Asia, most of them donated to the Asia and Pacific Museum by Krzysztof Findziński, the collector who is also the subject of the show.

Łukasz Stokłosa. Shining

16 January 2026 - 31 October 2026

Łukasz Stokłosa's paintings among the monumental works of Jan Matejko - a dialogue on the painted interpretation of history. Until 31 October 2026.

Mirrors. Between Illusion and Reality

Dozens of mirror exhibits produced by the Swiss Technorama, complemented by works by Oskar Zięta. On view until 31 October 2026.

João Maria Gusmão. Following the White Tiger

28 August 2026 - 31 October 2026

An image is not merely a record of reality - it is also a material trace of light, a carrier of memory, and a space for imagination. In his films, João Maria Gusmão uses analog media to explore the relationships between the materiality of the image and history, ideology, and the ways we perceive reality.

TRAGEDY AND GESTURES. Fugue and Invention in the Painting of Wiesław Szamborski

19 June 2026 - 15 November 2026

A chamber-scale exhibition of about a dozen paintings by Wiesław Szamborski from 1964-2013, drawn from the artist's own holdings and the Warsaw Archdiocese Museum, built around the motif of fugue - flight and invention at once - as a wise, moral act rooted in the independent culture of the 1980s.

Photocopy and Hand Out! Zines and the Independent Press in Poland During the Transition

4 September 2026 - 15 November 2026

Zines and the independent press of the 1980s and 1990s, when the photocopier became a tool of resistance. 4 September to 15 November 2026, opening 3 September.

The Nabis. Prophets of a New Art

16 July 2026 - 15 November 2026

Over 90 works by the Nabis - Sérusier, Bonnard, Denis, Vuillard, Vallotton - from eleven foreign institutions including the Musée d'Orsay. The first exhibition in Poland devoted to the group.

Józef Czapski - L'Humanité / Humanity

19 June 2026 - 29 November 2026

An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Józef Czapski from the museum's own collection, spanning over half a century of the artist's work - from ink and pencil drawings to watercolours and oils - part of the Year of Józef Czapski.

Off the Path. Maria and Piotr's Bicycle Journeys

21 April 2026 - 29 November 2026

The exhibition 'Off the Path' tells the story of the private lives of Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Piotr Curie, focusing on their bicycle journeys as a symbol of freedom and love. It also presents the bicycle as a tool for women's emancipation.

Images of Identity. The Collection of Berlin's Pre-War Jewish Museum

10 April 2026 - 30 November 2026

Seventy-five years after the collection arrived, the Jewish Historical Institute shows the iconographic archive of Berlin's Jewish Museum for the first time - over four thousand boards. From 10 April to 30 November 2026.

What the Ringelblum Archive Means to Us

17 September 2026 - 30 November 2026

Two display cases on the search for and conservation of the Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, on the 80th anniversary of its recovery. From 17 September to 30 November 2026.

What Is This Queue For? The Polish People's Republic in a Musical Mirror

3 September 2026 - 6 December 2026

The history of communist Poland seen through the popular music of 1944-1989. 3 September to 6 December 2026.

Gisleni. A Roman Architect in Poland

11 September 2026 - 13 December 2026

On view until 13 December 2026. Nearly thirty large-format drawings by Giovanni Battista Gisleni, on loan from the Castello Sforzesco in Milan - the architect, stage designer and musician who served three Polish kings of the Vasa dynasty.

Chic and Conventions. Costumes from the Film “The Doll”

16 September 2026 - 13 December 2026

32 costumes from Maciej Kawalski's new film of “The Doll” (Lalka) in the Palace on the Isle, the Myślewicki Palace and the Old Orangery. Included in the joint ticket to the Łazienki buildings, until 13 December 2026.

The Sobieskis and the Stuarts - The Splendour and Spectre of the Crown

25 October 2025 - 13 December 2026

Poland's first exhibition on a shared thread in the histories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and of England, Scotland and Ireland - the marriage of Maria Clementina Sobieska, granddaughter of Jan III, to James III/VIII Stuart.

17th Photography Cabinet: Józef Czechowicz (1818-1888) - Photographer of Vilnius

15 September 2026 - 13 December 2026

Vilnius becomes the subject of a Photography Cabinet exhibition for the first time - views of the city from the 1870s captured by Józef Czechowicz, the first landscape photographer of Vilnius.

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.

“For the Soul and Character of the Polish Nation. The Freedom and Independence Association”

An exhibition on the Freedom and Independence Association, the largest post-war underground organisation in Poland, with Lukasz Cieplinski’s prison notes and Hieronim Dekutowski’s uniform jacket.

Next Door to Pola Gojawiczyńska

15 April 2026 - 31 December 2026

An exhibition held as part of the Year of Pola Gojawiczyńska in Mazovia, presenting the writer's life in the interwar period, when she lived on Brzozowa Street.

Rubensiana. Collecting Fascinations in Poland, 17th-21st Centuries

16 May 2026 - 31 December 2026

The culmination of a multi-year research project on Rubens in Polish collections. The show asks where the line runs between original, replica and copy - and how the value placed on each has shifted.

Olga Boznańska at the Gallery of 19th-Century Art

10 September 2025 - 3 January 2027

An extended display of nearly thirty works by Olga Boznańska 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.

Adam Kozicki. War of Everyone Against Everyone

12 September 2026 - 10 January 2027

In his latest exhibition, Adam Kozicki explores the pulsating, nervous rhythm of the contemporary internet - a space where cultural wars constantly smolder, and fragmented information streams create emotional tensions, blurring the lines between

In the Very Bowels of Changes: Surrealism and Antifascism

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.

Transformations. Old and New Photography from the Collections of the Asia and Pacific Museum

24 September 2026 - 24 January 2027

The first presentation in the museum's history of its photographic archive of over 77,000 items: 80 photographs arranged in 40 thematic pairs.

Heliograms in the Solomon Room. In Search of Light

12 September 2025 - 31 January 2027

Nicolas Grospierre's heliograms fill the empty frames left by Marcello Bacciarelli's paintings, burnt by the Germans in 1944. The works change under the sun.

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.

VALIE EXPORT. Die Doppelgängerin

18 September 2026 - 16 March 2027

Die Doppelgängerin is a monumental sculpture in bronze, depicting twin pairs of oversized scissors.

Praga Interiors

17 September 2026 - 21 March 2027

Panelled floors, stucco, tiles and tiled stoves - the details that decide the authenticity of Praga's flats. 17 September 2026 to 21 March 2027.

Wickerwork. Craft and Design

29 May 2026 - 30 April 2027

An exhibition on traditional and contemporary wickerwork as Polish intangible cultural heritage, on view through 30 April 2027 at the SGGW Museum.

No Hands. How the Bicycle Changes Warsaw

29 May 2026 - 2 July 2027

An exhibition about the bicycle as a technology that shapes everyday practices, affects the experience of the body and the way the city is perceived, presenting cycling as both a historical and a contemporary phenomenon.

Dominika Olszowy. Sand Fountain

10 September 2026 - 10 September 2027

The Sand Fountain is the latest sculpture intervention from Dominika Olszowy, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and addressing the rapid transformation of downtown Warsaw, including the radical changes taking place on Central Square, where MSN is located.

A Home Together / Спільні домівки

18 April 2026 - 30 June 2028

A family exhibition about what home is and what gives us a sense of security in a changing world. Multisensory, in Polish, English and Ukrainian. At the State Ethnographic Museum through 30 June 2028.

Four Seasons - Mazovia

4 September 2026

An exhibition on the Mazovian landscape and how it changes through the seasons, opened 4 September 2026 at the Museum of the Polish Peasant Movement.

Warsaw - September 1939. Woodcuts by Eugeniusz Pichell

1 September 2026

A portfolio of woodcuts by Eugeniusz Pichell, "Warsaw - September 1939", on view inside the former Gestapo detention cells at the Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom.

From Cyclists to Footballers - the Magic of Montreal ’76

31 July 2026

Fifty years after the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the museum shows photographs, archival documents and memorabilia from the best result the Polish Olympic team has ever achieved.

Kresowe koleje losu. Marking 80 Years Since the Expatriation

16 July 2026

A temporary exhibition on the fate of Poles forcibly resettled from the eastern borderlands after the Second World War, staged inside a century-old covered wagon in the open-air locomotive park.

START I - Means We Are Off! Polish Cameras

16 June 2026

An exhibition on the history of Polish photographic technology and industrial design - cameras, lenses, flash units and accessories from the museum's holdings and private collections.

A History Written with Chess Pieces. A Century of the Polish Chess Federation

24 April 2026

A five-part panorama of chess in Poland - from the thirteenth-century Sandomierz chessmen to the trophies of Jan-Krzysztof Duda - marking the centenary of the Polish Chess Federation.

Treasures of the Middle Ages

2 March 2026

The museum's finest medieval holdings - gold, silver, glass and bronze from the 6th to the 13th century, including the Borucin hoard. From 2 March 2026, with no closing date given.

100th Anniversary of the WUM Faculty of Pharmacy 1926-2026

29 January 2026

A temporary exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the WUM Faculty of Pharmacy, on view in the Library-Information Centre since 29 January 2026.

“Freedom Is Within Us”

13 December 2025

An exhibition on martial law staged in Pavilion XII of the former Mokotow prison, where opposition activists were held after 13 December 1981.

Who Are You, Maria?

16 April 2025

The main display of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum: a temporary exhibition on the many roles the Nobel laureate played in her life - Varsovian, daughter, wife, student, scientist, mother and social activist. Open since 16 April 2025, until work on the new permanent exhibition begins.

Fighting Solidarity

22 May 2021

A multimedia exhibition in 18 cells of the former General Pavilion on the activity of Fighting Solidarity in Poland and abroad.

The Scout Cross. An Extraordinary History

An exhibition at the Museum of Scouting devoted to the history of the scout cross - the principal badge of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association - and its tradition of more than a hundred years.

Baraniak. 145 Interrogations on Rakowiecka Street

An exhibition in the corridor of Pavilion XI devoted to Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, secretary to Primate Stefan Wyszynski, imprisoned and tortured at Mokotow.

Evidence of Crime

Nearly 200 objects recovered from the burial pits in Section “L” of the Powazki Military Cemetery, shown in Pavilion X of the former prison.

The Yotvingian Eldorado

Finds from the 12th and 13th centuries from the richest Yotvingian cemetery, discovered at Krukówek and recovered from looters. The museum gives no dates.

Tory w zgliszczach Warszawy. Rebuilding the Railway, the Railway Rebuilding

A temporary exhibition on the rebuilding of Warsaw and the Polish railway after the Second World War, staged inside the historic EW51 electric multiple unit carriage.