National Museum in Gdańsk
The National Museum in Gdańsk is among the oldest museums in Poland. It was established by the merger of two institutions: the City Museum (est. 1870) and the Handicraft Museum (est. 1881). The core of the Museum’s collection is the collection of Jacob Kabrun (1759–1814), comprising several thousand pictures, drawings and prints by European masters from the end of the fifteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. The National Museum in Gdańsk, whose main building—a late Gothic post-Franciscan monastery—houses the Museum’s Department of Historical Art, has 5 further departments seated in historical buildings. The Abbots’ Palace in Gdańsk-Oliwa houses the Department of Modern Art, while the Department of Ethnography is at the Abbot’s Granary. The Green Gate in the Long Market is where temporary exhibitions are held. The National Anthem Museum is housed in a manor in Będomin near Kościerzyna, which once belonged to the anthem’s author Józef Wybicki, while the Polish Gentry Museum is in a historic manor in Waplewo Wielkie which once belonged to the Sierakowski family. The Gdańsk Photography Gallery displays a rich collection of photographs. The Gallery is part of the Department of Modern Art.
Now on view
16 exhibitions
Collection Room. Out of the Corner of My Eye
Maja Bieńkowska
Collection Room. Out of the Corner of My Eye – an exhibition about how we photograph and how we look Is photography a reliable record and an undeniable testimony to what was? Do we see the same thing when looking at the…
Textile Landscapes. The Knots and Patterns Exhibition
Anna Ratajczak-Krajka, Krystyna Weiher-Sitkiewicz, Urszula Kokoszka
Textile Landscapes – an exhibition of the international project Knots & Patterns What does fabric say about a region? How to tell the story of tradition recorded in the weave of fibres, embroidery motifs, patterns and…
Nicolas Grospierre. Permacrisis
Małgorzata Taraszkiewicz-Zwolicka
Opening: May 14, 2026, 6:00 PM, Gdańsk Gallery of Photography (NOMUS building). The opening will be translated into PJM What meanings does architecture carry in a political, sociological, or economic context? What…
Eight and a Half Weeks. Daniel Chodowiecki. Moralist Illustrator
Maja Mociewicz, Alicja Andrzejewska-Zając
Satire, humor and keen observation – see how Daniel Chodowiecki used his art to educate and shape civic attitudes. From July 10 to September 6 at the Department of Old Art of the National Museum in Gdańsk, the third…
Zofia Rydet. World of Feelings and Imagination
Karol Hordziej
"World of Feelings and Imagination" – Zofia Rydet's unique photomontages How can photography tell a story about life? One of the most outstanding Polish photographers, Zofia Rydet, did it through surreal photomontages…
Cooper & Gorfer. Utopia
Gabriela Brdej, Waldemar Elwart
Opening: May 9, 2026, 6:00 PM, Zielona Brama Branch The opening will be translated into Polish Sign Language When the world around us is falling apart, do we stop dreaming of another? From May 9, at Zielona Brama, a…
Gallery of Contemporary Gdańsk Sculpture in Oliwa Park
The Gallery of Contemporary Gdańsk Sculpture, located in Oliwa Park, is one of the permanent exhibitions of the National Museum in Gdańsk, which initiated its creation back in 1976. This was done with the participation…
Józef Wybicki and His Times
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…
Folk Culture of Gdańsk Pomerania
Teresa Przała
The Ethnography Department of the National Museum in Gdańsk is housed in the three-story building of the Opacka Granary, erected during the time of Abbot Franciszek Mikołaj Zaleski at the beginning of the 18th century.…
The Fates of Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
The song of the Polish Legions in Italy, later known as Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, became the anthem only 130 years after it was written. During this time, the content of the song was repeatedly censored, changed, and even…
Pious and Virtuous: Old Gdańsk Residents in the Mirror of Art
The exhibition features sculptures, paintings, and artistic crafts 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 the…
Palace Interiors
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 – new exhibition in the restored coach house at the Museum of Noble Tradition in Waplewo Wielkie
Dobromiła Rzyska-Laube
For English scroll down Step into the former coach house of the noble manor and see what a landowner needed for traveling! The Museum of Noble Tradition in Waplewo Wielkie, after revitalizing the building of the former…
Zofia de Ines's Idols of Perversion
Kacper Nadolski, Wiktoria Formella
What is the purpose of costume – in theater, art, and life? Starting from the work of costume designer Zofia de Ines and Wojciech Misiura's Teatr Ekspresji, the Theater Department invites you to a discussion about body,…
Sculptures Amidst Greenery. 50 Years of the Gallery in Oliwski Park
Joanna Szymula-Grygiel
Sculptures by Gdańsk artists have become a permanent feature of the Oliwski Park landscape. To celebrate the gallery's 50th anniversary, the National Museum in Gdańsk has opened an exhibition dedicated to its history,…
Olga Boznańska and… 19th and Early 20th Century Polish Painting from the National Museum in Gdańsk Collection
Małgorzata Paszylka-Glaza
Duration: 2.08.2025 – 28.03.2027 Venue: Department of Modern Art, Abbot's Palace in Oliwa The National Museum in Gdańsk is reviewing its storerooms and bringing out works long unseen by our public, accumulated in the…
