Warsaw National Museum

National Museum in Warsaw
Main entrance to the National Museum
Warsaw National Museum is located in Warsaw
Warsaw National Museum
Location within the city of Warsaw
Map
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Established20 May 1862; 162 years ago (1862-05-20)
LocationAleje Jerozolimskie 3,[1]
Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates52°13′54″N 21°1′29″E / 52.23167°N 21.02472°E / 52.23167; 21.02472
TypeNational museum
CollectionsPainting, Sculpture, Decorative arts
Visitors540,138 (2015)[2]
DirectorŁukasz Gaweł
Public transit accessTram: 7, 8, 9,22, 24, 25
Bus: 111, 117,158, 507, 517, 521 (Muzeum Narodowe)
116, 128, 195, 180, 222, 503 (Foksal)[1]
Websitemnw.art.pl

The Warsaw National Museum (Polish: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, MNW), also known as the National Museum in Warsaw, is a national museum in Warsaw, one of the largest museums in Poland and the largest in the capital. It comprises a rich collection of ancient art (Egyptian, Greek, Roman), counting about 11,000 pieces,[3] an extensive gallery of Polish painting since the 16th century and a collection of foreign painting (Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, German and Russian) including some paintings from Adolf Hitler's private collection,[4] ceded to the museum by the American authorities in post-war Germany.[5] The museum is also home to 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.[6]

The museum boasts the Faras Gallery with Europe's largest collection of Nubian Christian art and the Gallery of Medieval Art with artefacts from all regions historically associated with Poland, supplemented by selected works created in other regions of Europe.[7]

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