National Museum of Warsaw
Warsaw · founded 1862
The National Museum in Warsaw (Polish: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, MNW) is a national art museum located in Warsaw and one of the largest museums in Poland. It comprises a collection of ancient art (Egyptian, Greek, Roman), counting about 11,000 objects, an extensive gallery of Polish painting since the 16th century and a collection of foreign painting including Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, German and Russian works. The museum also houses numismatic collections, a gallery of applied arts and a department of oriental art, with the largest collection of Chinese art in Poland, comprising some 5,000 objects.
- Works in the National Museum of Warsaw collection
- 830,000+Works in the National Museum of Warsaw collection
- Visitors a year
- 1.5MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1862Founded
What to see
Battle of Grunwald
Jan Matejko, 1878.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Stańczyk
Jan Matejko, 1862.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Jewess with Oranges
Aleksander Gierymski, 1880.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
In the Arbour
Aleksander Gierymski, 1882.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Hanging of the Sigismund bell at the Cathedral Tower in 1521 in Kraków
Jan Matejko, 1874.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Skarga's Sermon
Jan Matejko, 1864.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.mnw.art.pl before you travel.
Getting there
Al. Jerozolimskie 3.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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