Modern art museums in Poland

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

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

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

The Neon Museum (Muzeum Neonów) is a museum in Warsaw that documents and protects Polish light advertisements created after World War II. The Neon Museum in Warsaw is one of the few museums of neon signs in the world. The Neon Museum is located on the premises of Soho Factory. The museum holds an ex

The National Museum in Kraków (MNK, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie) consists of 21 departments and holds about 780,000 art objects, spanning from classical archeology to modern art, with special focus on Polish painting. This main location houses three permanent galleries of the National Museum in Krako

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

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

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

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

The Józef Mehoffer House ( Dom Józefa Mehoffera) is a museum in Krakow that is a branch of the Krakow National Museum. The museum is dedicated to the painter Józef Mehoffer (1869-1946). Stanisław Wyspiański was born in the house in 1869. The Mehoffer family also lived in the house in the post-war pe

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

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

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

The Museum of Bourgeois Art is part of the City Museum of Wrocław and is housed in the Old Town Hall of Wrocław. The museum exhibits the interiors of the building and holds collections of works of art and handicrafts related to Wrocław. Its collection includes paintings, drawings and graphics from t