29.09.2023
“The Primitive” from Powiśle. Leon Kudla.
“The Primitive” from Powiśle. Leon Kudla 1879-1964 New temporary exhibition from 13th October 2023 to 11th February 2024. About the exhibition The exhibition presents the work of Leon Kudła – a sculptor considered one of the most outstanding representatives of non-professional art in post-war Poland. Leon Kudła’s works are a record of the cultural phenomenon... View Article
17.05.2023
Childhood
Childhood A new temporary exhibition from the 2nd of June 2023 to the 31st of May 2024. About the exhibition The “Childhood” exhibition will try to show contemporary viewers the scale of change in this field. It will present various shades of childhood that were and are experienced by different environments at different times. The... View Article
01.12.2022
WARSAW PAINTERS
WARSAW PAINTERS. Sketches from the art called naïve Talent, passion and intuition character ise artists whose works we present at the exhibition in the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw. Maria Korsak, Łucja Mickiewicz, Leokadia Płonkowa and Halina Walicka are regarded as artists belonging to the circle of the most outstanding non-professional Polish painters. They were... View Article
01.12.2022
Ethnographers, Anthropologists & Professors
Women ethnographers, anthropologists and professors The first woman to ever be granted a professorial nomination in Poland was an ethnographer. The first woman to ever teach anthropology at Oxford was Polish. The exhibition “Women Ethnographers, Anthropologists and Professors” looks past the history of the discipline to focus on the herstories. It shines a light on... View Article
11.03.2022
New Inuit Art
We invite you to the temporary exhibition “New Inuit Art. Współczesna sztuka Inuitów z Kinngait” prepared by the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Canada and the Culture and Heritage Foundation. The partner of the exhibition is the Canadian Embassy. The exhibition will be open from 15th of March till 26th of June. The history of... View Article
06.12.2021
Here and There
Humans have been travelling since the dawn of time. We know that migrating from one place to another was not as easy in the past as it is now. Many spaces were complemented by imagination. Many inventions have changed our nomadic life and our world has become somewhat smaller in the process – it takes... View Article
18.11.2021
Nikifor. A painter unlike any other
Nikifor’s monographic exhibition, one of the most famous naïve painters in the world, whose works are in the collections of the most important European ethnographic museums and outsider art collections, is now open for visitors. The exhibition presents 135 works from the collection of the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw by the artist made on... View Article
13.01.2021
Alebrijes: Mexico Made in Poland
Discover Mexican sculptures that are out of this world with imaginary, fantastic creatures. Legend has it that Don Pedro Linares, during a serious illness, dreamed of a forest inhabited by animals that were hybrids of a dog and a rooster, or a donkey and a snake. When the artist recovered, he immediately recreated them using... View Article
11.12.2020
Diversequality
Each person has their own perspective. The exhibition „Diversequality. Collection by Tomasz Armada” is a great pretext to look at ourselves. You will encounter 13 folk “types” – avatars. Can you see yourself among them? The exhibition „Diversequality. Collection by Tomasz Armada” is a result of research over the Things of Cult project. By „cult”... View Article