Night of Museums 2026 - program, map & opening hours

Confirmed participants (70)

Full list of museums that have confirmed participation in Night of Museums 2026. All offer free entry during the night of May 16-17.

• Warsaw Barbican Old Town (Stare Miasto) 19:00–24:00

  Individual 15-min walk-throughs of the Old Town fortifications exhibition

• Warsaw Musical Society Library, Museum and Archive New Town (Nowe Miasto) 18:00–23:30

  Szuster Palace - a magical spot in Mokotow

• Heritage Interpretation Centre Old Town (Stare Miasto) 18:00–01:00

  Exhibition 'Destruction and reconstruction of the Old Town'

• Copernicus Science Centre Powiśle 16:00

  Interact with humanoid robots Ameca and Kopernik

• NBP Money Centre City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–00:00

  'A Thousand Years of the Polish Crown' programme - films, workshops, exhibitions, guided tours

• Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art City Centre (Śródmieście) 17:00–23:00

  Guided tour of current exhibitions in Polish (19:00)

• Warsaw Fotoplastikon City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–01:00

  48 stereoscopic photographs of Warsaw from 1920-1939

• Memorial Chamber at the Warsaw Uprising Cemetery Wola 19:00–01:00

  Night guided tours of the exhibition

• Royal Lazienki Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–01:00

  Concerts by the Polish Royal Opera in the Old Orangery

• Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–01:00

  Programme 'Where walls tell the story'

• Melt Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 10:00–18:00

  Immersive exhibition '10 Million Trees' - interactive light installations and projections

• Academy of Fine Arts Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–00:00

  'Selected Diplomas 2024 - After School Club' - works by 27 graduates from 9 faculties

• Andrzej Strug Museum Mokotów 17:00–22:00

  Walking tour 'Dabrowska and Strug - writers' houses with history in the background'

• Warsaw Archdiocese Museum Old Town (Stare Miasto) 19:30–23:30

  Live conservation demo of embroidery by ASP students

• Andrzej Wawrzyniak Asia and Pacific Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–00:30

  Lecture 18:30: 'Mermaids in Thailand'

• Museum of Dollhouses, Games and Toys Old Town (Stare Miasto) 19:00–21:30

  Night visit with flashlights - atmospheric viewing of dollhouse collections in the dark

• Museum of Printing Praga Północ 18:00–23:00

  'Ex Libris' exhibition - artistic bookplates from museum collection

• Museum of Evolution, Institute of Paleobiology PAS City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–00:00

  Protoceratops nest - realistic dinosaur hatchling models and original fossils

• E. Wedel Chocolate Factory Museum Praga Południe 20:30–00:30

  Guided tour of the E. Wedel Chocolate Factory in groups of 30, every 30 min (ca. 60 min per tour)

• Antonina Leśniewska Museum of Pharmacy Old Town (Stare Miasto) 19:00–00:00

  Antonina's 160th Birthday exhibition

• Warsaw Gas Works Museum Wola 19:00–01:00

  VR film 'When Light Chased Away the Dark'

• Geological Museum PIG Mokotów 19:00–00:00

  'Earth's hot heart' - Geological Museum exhibition with special lighting and sound, engaging sight, hearing and touch

• Warsaw Ghetto Museum Wola 18:00–20:00

  Guided walking tour tracing diaries and accounts of Jews imprisoned in the ghetto

• Museum of Scouting City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–00:30

  Exhibition 'Independence in the sign of Scouting - the First Decade'

• Medical History Museum of Warsaw Medical University Ochota 18:00–01:00

  'Anatomical Theatre' exhibition

• Polish History Museum in Warsaw Żoliborz 18:00–00:00

  'Round Table - Moment of Transition' exhibition

• Museum of Cooperative History in Poland City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–01:00

  'Co-operators' Night' at Dom pod Orlami, Naczelna Rada Spoldzielcza, ul. Jasna 1 (1st floor)

• Icon Museum Ochota 18:00–01:00

  Night viewing of icons from Russia, Greece and the Balkans

• Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński Wilanów 18:00–00:00

  Curatorial tours of main Mt 5,14 exhibition (7:30, 8:30, 9:30 PM)

• Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–22:00

  Opening: 'Good Strokes: Kasia Mazur - Doggies and Strokes' (Lengrenowka, Brzozowa 6/8a, 18:00-22:00)

• Katyn Museum Żoliborz 17:00–00:00

  Permanent and temporary exhibitions

• Blacksmith Museum in Warsaw Mokotów 17:00–01:00

  How soft is iron? - blacksmithing demos

• Legia Warsaw Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–00:00

  Access to the stadium pitch (ground level)

• Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature Old Town (Stare Miasto) 19:00–01:00

  Moved to the House of Literature (Krakowskie Przedmiescie 87/89)

• Maria Dabrowska Museum Mokotów 17:00–22:00

  Guided walks with curators between the museum's two branches (4 group sessions: 17:00, 18:15, 19:30, 20:45)

• Maria Sklodowska-Curie Museum New Town (Nowe Miasto) 19:00–01:00

  Premiere of Artur Palyga's play 'Radium Queen. A tiny Polish-American museum of imagination'

• National Museum in Warsaw City Centre (Śródmieście) 17:00–00:30

  Free entry to all exhibitions

• Neon Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 20:00–00:00

  Exhibition 'Lights of the City' - new location at PKiN level 4

• Museum of Independence City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–00:00

  [Palac Przebendowskich] 6:15 PM balcony concert 'Belcanto w wielkim miescie' (Mojsa, Schulz-Brzyska, Maciag, Marchlewski)

• Diving Museum Wola 18:30–23:30

  Exhibition 'The wreck of m/s Pilsudski - exploration history and artefacts'

• Museum of Polish Military Technology Mokotów 16:00–23:00

  Engine start-up of T-34, Sherman and ISU-122 (16:30-17:00 and 21:00-21:30)

• Polish Vodka Museum Praga Północ 18:00–22:00

  6:00 PM — Vodka history walking tour starting at Plac Konesera (no booking required)

• Warsaw Uprising Museum Wola 18:00–01:00

  Individual touring of 3000 m² multimedia main exhibition (image, light, sound)

• Xawery Dunikowski Sculpture Museum at Krolikarnia Mokotów 18:00–21:00

  Exhibition 'Direction Paris: Polish artists from Bourdelle's studio'

• Museum of Sport and Tourism Żoliborz 18:00–00:00

  Permanent exhibition: 'History of Polish Sport and Olympism'

• Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw City Centre (Śródmieście) 20:00–00:30

  Programmes introducing contemporary art

• Ursynów Museum Ursynów 18:00–21:00

  12th edition of the Ursynow Museum Night

• The Praga Museum of Warsaw Praga Północ 19:00–23:30

  Nocturnal exploration of the district's history

• Museum of Warsaw Old Town (Stare Miasto) 18:00–01:00

  Jubilee Night of Museums - 90 years of Museum of Warsaw

• Museum of Pawiak Prison Muranów 19:00–01:00

  'A History That Does Not Fall Silent' programme

• Vodka Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–24:00

  Entry every 30 min, max 30 people per session

• Museum of Water Supply and Sewage City Centre (Śródmieście) 17:00–22:00

  Underground canal tours

• The Polish Army Museum in Warsaw Żoliborz 16:00–22:00

  Paramilitary happenings, walks and workshops with military instructors

• Wola Museum Wola 18:00–19:30

  Walking tour 'Warsaw's City at night' - guided (despite museum closure Mar 30 - May 28)

• Museum of the Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel Żoliborz 18:00–01:00

  Bookplate workshops (18:00-19:30)

• Museum of the Earth PAN City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–00:00

  Viewing of Baltic amber (including real amber specimens)

• General Kuklinski Cold War Museum Old Town (Stare Miasto) 19:00–00:00

  Themed tours of General Kuklinski's bunker

• Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners Mokotów 19:00–01:00

  'Museum Night on Rakowiecka' - all permanent and temporary exhibitions open

• Museum of Life under Communism City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–00:00

  'PRL - what's left of those years?' - permanent exhibition with guided tours

• Korczakianum Documentation and Research Centre Wola 17:30–19:00

  'Stories from Krochmalna' - performative reading of texts by Korczak's students (Maly Przeglad)

• Palace of Culture and Science City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–01:00

  Neon Museum exhibition on PKiN level 4, opens at 20:00 (PIK 2026 confirmed)

• Wilanow Palace Wilanów 17:00–23:00

  Monumental 3D mapping on the baroque facade

• State Ethnographic Museum City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–01:00

  Detective game - find the missing artefact (ages 6+)

• POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews Muranów 19:00–00:00

  8 galleries, 1000 years of Polish Jewish history

• Gen. Henryk Minkiewicz Tradition Room City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–00:00

  Guided tours of the DGW Tradition Hall: 18:30, 19:30, 20:30, 21:30, 22:30

• Station Museum (Warsaw Railway Museum) Wola 19:00–01:00

  'Railway Museum Night' - lecture 'Special trains in a salon carriage'

• Zacheta - National Gallery of Art City Centre (Śródmieście) 18:00–01:00

  Exhibition 'Barbara Kasten. Post-Abstraction' (survey show)

• The Royal Castle in Warsaw City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–01:00

  Grand Tour + Royal Apartments

• Warsaw Uprising Veterans Association City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–00:00

  Museum Night with the Warsaw Uprising insurgents

• Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute City Centre (Śródmieście) 19:00–24:00

  Dedicated curator paths (new for 2026)