Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku
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 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.
The text may have been translated automatically and may contain errors.
Have you found an error? Let us know.
Travel Map
To enlarge the map, double-click on it. You can also use the +/- buttons in the upper left corner of the map.
Legend:
First Discoverer
I added a video
I was there
Video Diary
First Discoverer
Trophies
Watch again
