Temporary Exhibitions at the National Museum in Warsaw

Current exhibitions (5)

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, Chełmoński, 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 Wilanów - the world's first museum dedicated to posters. Nearly 36,000 objects, shown in rotation because paper is fragile.

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.

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.

Upcoming (4)

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.