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
21 exhibitions
Eight and a Half Weeks. Daniel Chodowiecki. Science, Education, Reforms
Maja Mociewicz, Alicja Andrzejewska-Zając
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
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
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
Dobromiła Rzyska-Laube
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…
Symbols of Freedom. The History of the National Emblem and Colors
Przemysław Rey, Małgorzata Gańska
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
Aleksandra Grzonkowska, Maja Murawska
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
Gabriela Brdej, Waldemar Elwart
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
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
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
Kacper Nadolski, Wiktoria Formella
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
Anna Ratajczak-Krajka, Sławka Bigaj
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
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
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
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
Małgorzata Paszylka-Glaza
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
Maja Mociewicz, Alicja Andrzejewska-Zając
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
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
Joanna Szymula-Grygiel
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…
The Nobleman on the Road
Dobromiła Rzyska-Laube
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
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
Witold Kanicki, Małgorzata Taraszkiewicz-Zwolicka
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…
