All contemporary art museums to visit in Poland

Experience the cutting-edge world of contemporary art at 15 museums in Poland. These museums showcase works by modern artists, exploring current themes and innovative techniques.

Are you a fan of contemporary art? These are the best contemporary art museums in Poland:

  1. Stained Glass Museum1

    Stained Glass Museum

     Kraków
    The Stained Glass Museum is a musuem in Krakow that is dedicated to stained glass. The museum also includes a stained-glass workshop and is located in a historic tenement house. The Stained Glass Museum in Krakow's exhibition room is intertwined with the still functioning stained-glass workshop, mak
  2. Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow - MOCAK2

    Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow - MOCAK

     Kraków
    The Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK, Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Krakowie) is located on the premises of the former Oskar Schindler factory in Krakow, adjacent to the Oskar Schindler's Factory Museum. The collections consist mainly of works of art of the last two decades. The purpose of
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    Krakow Pinball Museum

     Kraków
    The Krakow Pinball Museum is a museum in Krakow that holds and displays a alrge collection of flippers and video games dating back to the 1950s. Over 80 different games on around 300m2. The ticket price includes unlimited games on all machines.
  4. National Museum in Poznan4

    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
  5. Gdansk National Museum5

    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
  6. National Museum in Wrocław6

    National Museum in Wrocław

     Wrocław
    The National Museum in Wrocław is a museum in Poland that holds the largest collection of contemporary art in the country. Furthermore, the museum features floors and rooms that focus on a particular theme, namely: Silesian stone sculpture from 12th - 16th century, Silesian art from the 14th -16th c
  7. Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi7

    Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi

     Łódź
    The Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź is a modern and contemporary art museum in Łódź. The museum is one of the oldest museums of modern art in the world and is primarily focused on displaying avant-garde art, as well as progressive artistic interventions. The musuem is mostly known for its international collec
  8. Zachęta National Gallery of Art8

    Zachęta National Gallery of Art

     Warsaw
    The Zachęta National Gallery of Art (Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki) is an art Gallery in Warsaw. It was the first building in Warsaw that was erected to exhibit works of art. The Zachęta was built thanks to funds and gifts from the Association for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, an organization of
  9. The Archdiocesan Museum9

    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
  10. Abbot's Palace10

    Abbot's Palace

     Gdańsk
    The Abbot's Palace was initially constructed in the 15th century. Later, in the first half of the 17th century a New Palace was added to the existing building which was the residency of Jan Grabiński, the abbot of the Cistercians. Now, the Abbot's Palace contains the Department of Modern Art of the
  11. Museum of Architecture in Wrocław11

    Museum of Architecture in Wrocław

     Wrocław
    Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw is the only museum institution in Poland dedicated entirely to the history of architecture and contemporary architecture. Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw carries out programs and events for architects, historians and the general public. It prepares exhibitions on
  12. Museum of Japanese Art and Technology12

    Museum of Japanese Art and Technology

     Kraków
    Manggha (Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha) is a museum in Krakow that opened in 1994 that holds and exhibits a collection that was donated in 1920 by critic, writer and collector of art, Feliks Jasieński, (nicknamed Manggha). The collection contained around 6,500 artworks connected with
  13. Museum of Modern Art13

    Museum of Modern Art

     Warsaw
    The Museum of Modern Art Warsaw is a modern art museum in the Polish capital Warsaw that was established in 2005. Since January 2008, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw has been operating in a temporary office in the premises at 3 Pańska St. Current plans are to open the new custom-built museum in 2
  14. Palace of Fine Art14

    Palace of Fine Art

     Kraków
    The Palace of Fine Art (Pałac Sztuki w Krakowie) is an Art Nouveau building was designed by architect Franciszek Mączyński in Krakow. The building was erected in the years 1898-1901 and now serves as an art gallery where exhibitions of Polish contemporary art as well as exhibitions of foreign artist
  15. Cricoteka15

    Cricoteka

     Kraków
    The Cricoteka (Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor) is a cultural institution founded in 1981 in Krakow, housed in a former power plant. It is dedicated to the Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director Tadeusz Kantor. After his death, t