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Opening hours
Monday: closed
Tuesday-Thursday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesday-Thursday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
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28-08-2026
MUSEUM EVENING #8 / In Good Form
28 August / Friday What is design, and how does it shape our everyday lives? Join us for an evening in which we explore icons of Polish design, discuss what ‘good...
16-08-2026
MEETING WITH AN OBJECT: SLOW ART IN ENGLISH
August 16th, 2026 / 4 pm / Roma Radwańska We often wander through museum galleries in a rush, listening to guides and their stories or paying more attention to the...
31-07-2026
MUSEUM EVENING #7 / Collection Mania
31 July / Friday Is collecting a passion, a way of telling your story, or perhaps an attempt to turn back the clock? This evening, inspired by the exhibition ‘The...
18-07-2026
GUIDED TOURS / Who’s looking at us? About portrait painting
18th July / Saturday / 1.00 pm (CET) tour guide: Romualda Radwańska The National Museum's galleries feature many portraits of a wide variety of individuals....
11-07-2026
Artist talk / gamut inc / the automatic and the subconscious, ancient robots and composing machines
11th July / Saturday / 4.00 pm (CET) How much of what we take for creativity is in truth automatism? The retro-futuristic ensemble gamut inc traces associative lines from...
04-07-2026
GUIDED TOURS / Masterpieces or the NMW in a Nutshell
4th July / Saturday / 1.00 pm (CET) tour guide: Katarzyna Pucuła A walk through the museum’s most visited gallery is like browsing through an album of Poland’s...