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Gdańsk's exhibition scene is centered on its numerous museums, anchored by the National Museum. The city is home to a wide range of institutions, including the Archaeological Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the unique Amber Museum. The Historical Museum of the City of Gdańsk also manages several branches, such as the Artus Court and the Uphagen House.

This week's highlights

All current exhibitions

Eight and a Half Weeks. Daniel Chodowiecki. Science, Education, Reforms
Ends in 13d
Sep 11 — Nov 1

Eight and a Half Weeks. Daniel Chodowiecki. Science, Education, Reforms

National Museum in Gdańsk

Daniel Chodowiecki was not only a respected illustrator but also an active participant in the scientific life of his era. From September 11 to November 1, you can see the fourth and final installment of the “Eight and a…

Józef Wybicki and His Times
Jan 1, 2020 — Dec 31, 2026

Józef Wybicki and His Times

National Museum in Gdańsk

Józef Wybicki went down in history as the author of the Dąbrowski Mazurka – the song that became our national anthem. The exhibition presents his figure comprehensively against the backdrop of the fate of Poland and…

Palace Interiors
Sep 26, 2015 — Dec 31, 2026

Palace Interiors

National Museum in Gdańsk

The permanent exhibition at the Museum of Noble Tradition in Waplewo Wielkie presents palace interiors, referring to the originally arranged spaces from the time of the former owners from the Sierakowski family of the…

A Nobleman on a Journey
Feb 7 — Dec 31

A Nobleman on a Journey

National Museum in Gdańsk

For English scroll down Step into the former carriage house of a nobleman's manor and discover what a landowner needed for travel! The exhibition A Nobleman on a Journey is another element of the presentation of the…

Records. Leszek Brogowski and Gallery gn 1978‒1981
Oct 9, 2026 — Jan 31, 2027

Records. Leszek Brogowski and Gallery gn 1978‒1981

NOMUS

Exhibition opening: → 9.10 (Friday), 6:00 pm NOMUS – Nowe Muzeum Sztuki and Gdańska Galeria Fotografii ul. Jaracza 14, Gdańsk The opening will be interpreted into PJM. Admission free! Can photography become a tool of…

Earth's Bodies. Our Bodies
Sep 25, 2026 — Feb 28, 2027

Earth's Bodies. Our Bodies

NOMUS

Ciała ziemi. Ciała nasze – past and present ways of seeing nature Opening of the exhibition: → 25.09 (Friday), 6:00 pm NOMUS – Nowe Muzeum Sztuki and Gdańska Galeria Fotografii ul. Jaracza 14, Gdańsk The opening will be…

Symbols of Freedom. The History of the National Emblem and Colors
Sep 29, 2026 — Dec 31, 2027

Symbols of Freedom. The History of the National Emblem and Colors

National Museum in Gdańsk

Exhibition opening: September 29 (Tuesday), 12:00 PM Where do Polish national symbols come from and what is their history? From September 29, 2026 to December 31, 2027, answers to these questions can be found at the new…

Bodies of Earth. Our Bodies
Permanent

Bodies of Earth. Our Bodies

National Museum in Gdańsk

Can matter act? Do the growth of a plant, the circulation of water, the cracking of wood or the slow decay of organic tissue merely take place in the background of human history, or might they constitute a form of…

Cooper & Gorfer. Utopia
Permanent

Cooper & Gorfer. Utopia

National Museum in Gdańsk

From 9 May, Zielona Brama, a branch of the National Museum in Gdańsk, presents an exhibition by the duo Cooper & Gorfer, known for their groundbreaking approach to portraiture that combines photography with painting,…

Gallery of Contemporary Gdańsk Sculpture in Park Oliwski
Permanent

Gallery of Contemporary Gdańsk Sculpture in Park Oliwski

National Museum in Gdańsk

Related: Exhibition: “Sculptures Among Greenery. 50 Years of the Gallery in Park Oliwski” Digital Social Archive The Gallery of Contemporary Gdańsk Sculpture, located in the grounds of Park Oliwski, is one of the…

Craft Gallery
Permanent

Craft Gallery

National Museum in Gdańsk

Would you like to experience an encounter with true masterpieces? A visit to the Goldsmithing Gallery promises a feast for the eyes and will astonish you with the remarkable skill of the masters active in Gdańsk, the…

Perversion Idols of Zofia de Ines
Permanent

Perversion Idols of Zofia de Ines

National Museum in Gdańsk

What is costume for – in theatre, art and life? Starting from the work of costume designer Zofia de Ines and the Teatr Ekspresji of Wojciech Misiura, the Theatre Department invites a conversation about the body,…

Neukölln. Oliwa. Sonic Portrait | Sonic Portrait
Permanent

Neukölln. Oliwa. Sonic Portrait | Sonic Portrait

National Museum in Gdańsk

How many sounds do you hear every day without really listening to them? Do you know what your neighbourhood sounds like? From 8 to 22 October, the Ethnography Branch of the National Museum in Gdańsk offers a chance to…

Józef Wybicki and His Times
Permanent

Józef Wybicki and His Times

National Museum in Gdańsk

Józef Wybicki went down in history as the author of Mazurek Dąbrowskiego – a song that became our national anthem. The exhibition presents his figure as a whole, set against the fate of Poland and Europe. Wybicki is…

Folk Culture of Gdańsk Pomerania
Permanent

Folk Culture of Gdańsk Pomerania

National Museum in Gdańsk

The Ethnography Department of the National Museum in Gdańsk is housed in the three-storey granary building of the Abbey Granary (Spichlerz Opacki), erected in the early 18th century during the time of Abbot Franciszek…

The Fates of Dąbrowski's Mazurek
Permanent

The Fates of Dąbrowski's Mazurek

National Museum in Gdańsk

The song written for the Polish Legions in Italy, later known as Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, became the national anthem only 130 years after it was written. During that time its lyrics were repeatedly censored, altered, and…

Olga Boznańska and… Polish Painting of the 19th and Early 20th Century from the Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk
Permanent

Olga Boznańska and… Polish Painting of the 19th and Early 20th Century from the Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk

National Museum in Gdańsk

The National Museum in Gdańsk is combing through its storerooms and bringing out works that our audience has not seen for a long time, gathered in the collection over decades. We wish to show them within the series…

Eight and a Half Weeks. Daniel Chodowiecki. Science, Education, Reforms
Permanent

Eight and a Half Weeks. Daniel Chodowiecki. Science, Education, Reforms

National Museum in Gdańsk

Daniel Chodowiecki was not only a celebrated illustrator but also an active participant in the scientific life of his age. From 11 September to 1 November you can see at the Department of Old Art of the National Museum…

Pious and Virtuous: Former Gdańsk Citizens in the Mirror of Art
Permanent

Pious and Virtuous: Former Gdańsk Citizens in the Mirror of Art

National Museum in Gdańsk

The exhibition gathers sculptures, paintings and works of applied art present in Gdańsk from the early 13th to the second half of the 18th century. Particular emphasis is placed on the functions these objects served in…

Sculptures Among Greenery. 50 Years of the Gallery in Park Oliwski
Permanent

Sculptures Among Greenery. 50 Years of the Gallery in Park Oliwski

National Museum in Gdańsk

Sculptures by Gdańsk artists have become a permanent part of the landscape of Oliwa Park. To mark the gallery's 50th anniversary, the Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku has opened an exhibition on its history, is hosting an…

Symbols of Freedom
From Sep 29, 2027

Symbols of Freedom

National Museum in Gdańsk

Where did Poland's national symbols come from, and what was their history? From 29 September 2026 to 31 December 2027, the answers to these questions can be found at a new temporary exhibition at the Museum of the…

The Nobleman on the Road
Permanent

The Nobleman on the Road

National Museum in Gdańsk

Step into the former carriage house of a noble manor and discover what a landowner needed for travel! On 7 February 2026, the Museum of Noble Tradition in Waplewo Wielkie, a branch of the National Museum in Gdańsk,…

Palace Interiors
Permanent

Palace Interiors

National Museum in Gdańsk

The permanent exhibition at the Muzeum Tradycji Szlacheckiej in Waplewo Wielkie presents palace interiors, recreated in the spirit of the originally arranged spaces from the time of the former owners, the Sierakowski…

Records. Leszek Brogowski and gn Gallery 1978–1981
Permanent

Records. Leszek Brogowski and gn Gallery 1978–1981

National Museum in Gdańsk

Can photography become a tool of critical thinking, and can a gallery become a place for building an independent community? How can art be made within the reality of political constraints? On Friday, 9 October, at…