Night of Museums Warsaw 2026: 12 galleries and artist studios open late into the night
From artist studios to back-alley galleries - art in unusual places on a single night of the year. On 16-17 May 2026, 12 private galleries and artist studios across Warsaw opened with curatorial programmes that are normally invitation-only. Some operated out of private flats, some out of former butcher shops, some in monastery cellars. Most invited visitors to talk with the artist alongside the original works.
This guide is for visitors who have already done the long queues at the Copernicus Science Centre and the Warsaw Rising Museum, and who wanted something more intimate that night. Most of these stops take 30-45 minutes, no crowds, often with coffee and a conversation with the artist herself.
Full list of 80 museums from Night of Museums 2026 - with opening hours, map and suggested routes - in the Night of Museums Warsaw 2026 archive and the route planner.
All 12 galleries and studios - full list
| Gallery | District | Hours | Hook | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atelier - Konrad Bikowski / Monika Moskwa | Praga-P贸艂noc | 18:00-02:00 | fashion + art, performances in the studio on Hallera | no |
| Klitka Atelier | Praga-P贸艂noc | 18:00-02:00 | “Controlled Kitsch” - photography exhibition by Julita Delbar | no |
| Arte.ON Gallery | 艢r贸dmie艣cie | 17:00-02:00 | Night of the Muralists - live painting, mapping, hip-hop, performance | no (except late-night workshops) |
| LoVAn Art Gallery | 艢r贸dmie艣cie | 17:00-01:00 | ceramics by Polish artists + meet-the-makers in the Old Town | no |
| Stara Galeria ZPAF | 艢r贸dmie艣cie | 18:00-00:00 | Sobieszczuk exhibition + 8 artist talks every 30 minutes | no |
| Studio Sztuki Edyta Dzier偶 | Targ贸wek | 19:00-23:30 | painting + performance in the artist’s own studio on Nadwi艣la艅ska | no |
| Galeria Magdaleny Kobiereckiej | Bielany | 16:00-22:00 | Vitrosgrafia - the artist’s signature glass-painting technique, meet-the-artist | no |
| Pracownia Po艂udniowa | Praga-Po艂udnie | 17:00-23:00 | a former butcher shop turned into a studio for 9 artists | no |
| Projekt Gorgeous | Praga-Po艂udnie | 18:00-23:30 | “Empathy” - 12 artists, painting, sculpture, performance | no |
| Pracownia Jaga Hupa艂o Space of Creation | Praga-P贸艂noc | 16:00-21:30 | “Stone - Paper - Scissors” - ASP professors, photography, theatrical wigs | no |
| Pracownia Jaga Hupa艂o Born To Create | 呕oliborz | 16:00-21:30 | “Stone - Paper - Scissors” on Burakowska - 18 artists, installations, calligraphy | no |
| Pracownia DIAZ-art studio | Praga-P贸艂noc | 16:00-20:00 | sand drawing - mini performances for children and an evening adult show | no |
All venues were free and required no advance booking (with one exception - the late-night Painting Noir workshop with Bruno Neuhammer at Arte.ON, which required sign-up).
5 places worth a closer look
Atelier - Konrad Bikowski / Monika Moskwa (Praga-P贸艂noc)
Pl. Hallera 6/1, 18:00-02:00. One of the latest-running galleries of Night of Museums - alongside neighbouring Klitka and Arte.ON on Solidarno艣ci. Bikowski and Moskwa are stage and theatre costume designers - in their studio in Praga they showed their collection together with paintings and sculpture by Dorota Gorczyca and Marek Su艂ek. The format of the evening was fluid: alongside the static exhibition, performative actions and short appearances by the artists themselves ran through the night. This was not a standard guided tour through a gallery room - it was a multi-hour situation you could drop into at midnight and still catch something live. The address: a small courtyard on Pl. Hallera, entrance through the gate. Praga-P贸艂noc pairs well here with Klitka (5 minutes on foot, ul. Stalowa 18) and with Jaga Hupa艂o’s studio on K艂opotowska (10 minutes by tram).
Galeria Magdaleny Kobiereckiej (Bielany)
Ul. Schroegera 74, 16:00-22:00. The one night of the year when Magdalena Kobierecka opened her private gallery in Bielany and spoke about Vitrosgrafia - the signature glass-painting technique with sgraffito elements that she developed herself. The evening’s theme was “history being written” - the artist showed work in progress and answered questions about how the method came to be. For people interested in stained glass, signature techniques and glass craft, this was one of the more intimate opportunities in the city: no ticket, no queue, an in-person meeting with the artist. Bielany rarely makes it onto Night of Museums itineraries - the trip is bus 116 or 121 from 艢r贸dmie艣cie (about 30 minutes), and returning before 23:00 is worth planning, because late-night services thin out.
Arte.ON Gallery (艢r贸dmie艣cie)
Al. Solidarno艣ci 101, 17:00-02:00. The broadest programme of the twelve - the gallery effectively ran a one-night festival. 17:00 opening of MURALI艢CI, live mural painting (TAKI MYK from 19:00, Dariusz Paczkowski from 20:00, Bruno Neuhammer at midnight), meet-the-muralist conversations between sessions, 20:45 video mapping by Piotr Janowczyk on the building facade, 21:00 hip-hop concert by 3PC, 22:00 mapping showcasing Warsaw’s most striking murals, the city game “MURalowy MURan贸w” and guided walks through the Muran贸w art trail. 24:00 Painting Noir performance with Bruno Neuhammer - a collective painting session for adults, the one part of the programme that required sign-up. A single address for the whole evening, with a full concert-exhibition-performance lineup.
Pracownia Jaga Hupa艂o Space of Creation (Praga-P贸艂noc)
Ul. K艂opotowskiego 11/7U (entrance from ul. Jasi艅skiego), 16:00-21:30. Part of the cycle “Stone - Paper - Scissors” - that night Jaga Hupa艂o opened three studios in parallel (Praga-P贸艂noc, Bielany, 呕oliborz, plus external locations in Mokot贸w and in 艢r贸dmie艣cie at the PAN Museum of the Earth). Praga-P贸艂noc had the strongest artist line-up: ASP professors Hanna Jelonek (sculpture, paper heads), Dorota Ko艂ody艅ska (costume designer, costume photography), Wojciech Cie艣niewski (painting), Antoni Grabowski (sculpture), and Piotr M艂odo偶eniec (painting), Andrzej Kre眉tz Majewski (painting) and Andrzej Dragan (photography). Jaga Hupa艂o herself presented wigs made for Teatr ROMA - the kind of work normally tucked behind the scenes of theatre production. The format was intimate; you could stay longer, you could talk. The studio is on the ground floor, entrance from the courtyard.
Studio Sztuki Edyta Dzier偶 (Targ贸wek)
Ul. Nadwi艣la艅ska 23 (corner of Ogi艅skiego), 19:00-23:30. Targ贸wek almost never enters the official Night of Museums itineraries - it is a district historically outside the institutional circuit. Edyta Dzier偶 - an ASP painting graduate and Doctor of Fine Arts - runs an artist-led studio here that combines painting with performance and art education. Her formula for the night was “a walk to the studio”: paintings evolve in real time, the process is shown openly, and the space (working studio, gallery, and sales floor at once) operates as a medium. Visitors could view the work, talk, buy a painting or arrange to rent one. For people from outside Targ贸wek this was also a reason to head somewhere they rarely reach on a Friday evening - tram 3 or 6 from the centre, or bus 169.
Practical tips
Everything no-registration. Of the twelve venues, only a single item in the programme (Painting Noir at Arte.ON at midnight) required sign-up. For the rest, visitors simply walked in - no ticket, no entry pass, no registration queue. That was a real advantage over Night of Museums’ flagship venues (the Sejm, Belweder, the STP Kabaty metro depot), where the queues are real.
Peripheral galleries needed transit planning. Targ贸wek (Edyta Dzier偶), Praga-P贸艂noc (Atelier Bikowski, Klitka, DIAZ, Jaga Hupa艂o on K艂opotowska), Bielany (Galeria Kobiereckiej) and 呕oliborz (Jaga Hupa艂o on Burakowska) all sit outside the centre. Night bus services thin out after 23:00 - the last connections at ztm.waw.pl were worth checking before setting off. For Bielany and farther-out districts, planning a return before 23:30 made sense. The M line (vintage tram service running Aleje Jerozolimskie + pl. Narutowicza) operated roughly every 20 minutes until midnight.
Atelier Bikowski + Klitka Atelier + Arte.ON were the late-night options. All three were open until 02:00, making them a strong plan B for visitors who hit their stride after 22:00 or who wrapped up the evening elsewhere first. Klitka and Atelier Bikowski sit next to each other in Praga (5 minutes on foot); Arte.ON is in 艢r贸dmie艣cie on Solidarno艣ci - a completely different location, but reachable by night tram.
Some venues are private studios and homes. Pracownia DIAZ on 艢rodkowa, Galeria Kobiereckiej on Schroegera, Jaga Hupa艂o’s studio on Burakowska - these are artists’ own spaces, often combined with the artist’s home or day-to-day practice. Respect the privacy of the place: don’t make noise on the stairwell, don’t wander into other flats, ask before photographing someone’s workbench, leave the studio in the state you found it. This is not a standard museum exhibition - it is someone’s working space, and you were invited in for one night.
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- Night of Museums Warsaw 2026 - the complete guide
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- Night of Museums 2026 Map - plan your route
About this guide: the 12 galleries and studios were compiled from the full official Night of Museums 2026 programme (nocmuzeow.um.warszawa.pl) - the “Art galleries / artist studios” cluster plus selected entries from the “Other” cluster (Vitrosgrafia, ceramics). Hours from primary source: organisers’ websites and the official programme. Each address and opening time verified on 9 May 2026. Before visiting in future editions, check the current programme with each organiser - private galleries sometimes adjust schedules in the week leading up to Night of Museums.