All ancient art museums to visit in Poland

Step back in time with the fascinating collections of 12 ancient art museums in Poland. Marvel at artifacts, sculptures, and relics from ancient civilizations that tell the story of human history.

Do you have a fascination with ancient history and art? These are the top ancient art museums in Poland:

  1. Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice1

    Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice

     Kraków
    The Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art at Sukiennice (Galeria Sztuki Polskiej XIX wieku w Sukiennicach), is a gallery that is housed on the upper floor of the Renaissance Sukiennice Cloth Hall in Kraków. In four large rooms, the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice holds and displays
  2. National Museum in Warsaw2

    National Museum in Warsaw

     Warsaw
    The National Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, MNW) is a national museum in Warsaw. It is one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest in Warsaw. The National Museum holds a collection of 11,000 pieces of ancient art (Egyptian, Greek and Roman), a gallery of Polish painting sinc
  3. National Museum in Poznan3

    National Museum in Poznan

     Poznań
    The National Museum in Poznan is housed in a building designed by Carl Hinckeldyen and built in 1904 and is one of the oldest, biggest and most important museums in Poland. The museum holds a collection of Polish art from the 16th century until now, and a collection of works by foreign artists. The
  4. Gdansk National Museum4

    Gdansk National Museum

     Gdańsk
    The National Museum in Gdańsk is one of the major museums in Gdańsk in Poland and is housed in a old late-Gothic Franciscan monastery constructed in the 15th and early 16th century with with vaulted ceilings and a large staircase. The museum includes permanent exhibitions themed as follows: Painting
  5. The Bishop Erazm Ciolek Palace - National Museum in Krakow5

    The Bishop Erazm Ciolek Palace - National Museum in Krakow

     Kraków
    The Bishop Erazm Ciolek Palace is a museum in Krakow and is a branch of the Krakow National Museum. The palace was built in 1505 from two connected houses for the Bishop of Płock, Erasmus Ciołek (1474-1522). The palace exhibits Polish works of art from the 12th to the 18th century. Valuable works in
  6. Archaeological Museum in Kraków6

    Archaeological Museum in Kraków

     Kraków
    The Archaeological Museum in Kraków is a historic museum that was established in 1850. The Archaeological Museum is divided into five major permanent exhibitions, namely: Gods of the Ancient Egypt, Prehistoric Pottery, The Garden of Ceramics, The Prehistory and Early Middle Ages of Lesser Poland, an
  7. Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum7

    Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum

     Bydgoszcz
    The Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz holds rich archaeological and historical collections. The musuem is named after Leon Wyczółkowski, one of the leading painters of the Young Poland movement, as well as the principal representative of Polish Realism in art of the Interbellum.
  8. The Archdiocesan Museum8

    The Archdiocesan Museum

     Kraków
    The Archdiocesan Museum of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla in Krakow is a museum in Krakow that is housed in tenement houses 19-21 at Kanonicza Street. Tenement house number 19 is called St. Stanisława, and the house at 21 is called Dean's House. The collection of the Archdiocesan Museum contains sacred art
  9. The Feliks Jasieński Szołayski House9

    The Feliks Jasieński Szołayski House

     Kraków
    The Szołayski house is a two-storey building in Krakow that houses a permanent exhibition devoted to Stanisław Wyspiański (a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer) and Feliks "Manggha" Jasieński (a Polish critic and art collector). The oldest part of the Szo
  10. Europeum Center of European Culture - National Museum in Krakow10

    Europeum Center of European Culture - National Museum in Krakow

     Kraków
    The Europeum Center of European Culture is a center in Krakow and a branch of the Krakow National Museum, located on two floors in a restored 17th century granary. The Europeum houses a permanent exhibition of European art, with more than 100 paintings and sculptures from 7 centuries of history of E
  11. Museum of John Paul II Collection11

    Museum of John Paul II Collection

     Warsaw
    The Museum of John Paul II Collection (Muzeum Kolekcji im. Jana Pawła II) is a museum in Warsaw that is dedicated to Pope John Paul II collection of paintings. It is housed in the building of the former stock exchange and National Bank. The collection includes around 450 exhibits, predominantly Old
  12. Wroclaw Archdiocese Museum12

    Wroclaw Archdiocese Museum

     Wrocław
    The Wroclaw Archdiocese Museum is a museum with artistic and historical works of (religious) art. The collection of the museum includes sculpture, painting, textile art (14th - 19th century) and ancient relics such as mummies, wedge alphabet plates, olive lamps. Highlight in the museum is a set of a