National Museum in Warsaw: hours, ticket prices and the free day

The National Museum in Warsaw, on Aleje Jerozolimskie 3, is one of the oldest art museums in Poland. It was founded in 1862 as the Museum of Fine Arts, and the modernist building it occupies today was erected in 1927-1938. Its collection numbers around 830,000 works from Poland and abroad - paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, coins and design from antiquity to the present.

Opening hours and the free day

The museum is closed on Mondays. It opens 10:00-18:00 from Tuesday to Thursday and on Saturday and Sunday, and 10:00-20:00 on Fridays. Tuesdays are free for the permanent galleries, and on Fridays the happy hours from 17:00 to 20:00 bring a 50% reduction on all tickets.

Tickets

A regular ticket to the permanent galleries costs 25 PLN, reduced 10 PLN, and groups of at least ten pay 10 PLN per person. Children, teenagers and students under 26 pay a symbolic 1 PLN, and children under 7 enter free. Guided tours of selected works cost 250 PLN in Polish and 350 PLN in English, German, Italian, French, Russian or Spanish; a one-year individual pass is 200 PLN (150 PLN reduced). The Warsaw Pass includes free entrance with priority entry.

What to see

The permanent galleries include the Gallery of Ancient Art, the Gallery of Medieval Art and the Gallery of 19th Century Art, alongside temporary exhibitions and study collections. The building sits on the Royal Route end of Aleje Jerozolimskie, a short walk from the Nowy Świat - Uniwersytet metro station.