Night of Museums 2026 - program, map & opening hours
Which museums are taking part in Night of Museums 2026? All 70 - with opening hours, event programs and locations on the map. Plan your route: pick museums, set the order and share your plan with friends. Free entry, Saturday May 16 from 4 PM through Sunday May 17 at 5 AM.
← Night of Museums 2026 guideConfirmed 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)
Suggested routes
Not sure where to start? Suggested routes combine several museums into one evening - with timing, order, and practical tips.
- Old Town - 6 museums on foot Walking route through the historic centre. Express variant: 3 hours.
- The Citadel - 5 museums in one place Warsaw Citadel hub. MHP, Military History Museum, Katyn and X Pavilion within 10 minutes on foot.
- Warsaw Insider Route - 9 museums curated by the editors 9 museums from Warsaw Insider's May issue, including neon signs at the Palace of Culture and flashlight tours at the Doll House Museum. Condensed variant: 5 museums.