National Museum in Warsaw

The National Museum in Warsaw (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. With over 1.5 million visitors in 2025, it is the 49th most-visited art museum in the world. The museum was established on 20 May 1862 as the Museum of Fine Arts, Warsaw, and renamed the National Museum in 1916. Its current building on Jerusalem Avenue, designed by Tadeusz Tolwiński in a modernist style, was inaugurated on 18 June 1938. After Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the collection was looted by the Gestapo. Many works were recovered from Germany after the end of World War II under the supervision of longtime director Stanisław Lorentz, though more than 5,000 artefacts remain missing. The collection now comprises over 830,000 items. The museum is known for the Faras Gallery, housing Europe's largest collection of Nubian Christian art recovered by Poli

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