Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

It is housed in a monumental, snow-white building, the architecture of which refers to the Centrum department stores located across the street. You will see here mainly works from the last few decades presented throughout temporary exhibitions. You enter its 4 galleries spanning a total area of 4,500 square meters via zigzag stairs reminiscent of the former museum headquarters in the Emilia pavilion. On each of the two exhibition floors you will also find rooms with panoramic windows through which you can observe the bustling downtown life.
The ground-floor auditorium, accessible without a ticket, is a place where you can meet friends, enjoy a coffee, and get the latest updates on the Polish art scene. You might even catch a performance or debate on a socially relevant topic. A good opportunity to visit here is the free festival “Warsaw under Construction” organized by the museum every year.
Fans of independent and experimental cinema will enjoy Kinomuzeum  (MuseumCinema) located in the basement of a separate tower. Here one can see arthouse , documents, animations, as well as the museum’s archival film collections.
The first exhibits presented in the museum’s new building, opened on October 25, 2024, are nine large-scale works including “Monumental Composition” by Magdalena Abakanowicz, “Jars 2024” – an 8-meter-long painting by Karolina Jabłońska and a controversial socialist-realist sculpture by Alina Szapocznikow “Friendship” which stood for decades in the nearby Palace of Culture and Science.
No less impressive are the 900-kilogram “Facade” by Monika Sosnowska, the installation by Chilean poet Cecilia Vicuna entitled “Blood of Glaciers”, the sculpture “Asphalt” by Zhanna Kadyrova, the installations “Disappearance” by Sandra Mujinga, and “Mobilization” by Mariela Scafati, as well as the mural by Kateryna Lisovienko painted especially for the opening of the museum’s new headquarters.
If you enjoy the atmosphere, plan a visit after the opening of the first full exhibition in this location scheduled for February 21, 2025. In the future, you will also see here monographic exhibitions of two renowned Polish artists: a graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts – Edward Dwurnik known for his paintings of everyday life in communist Poland, “Hitchhiking Trips” series and his version of “The Battle of Grunwald” as well as Maria Jarema, whose works have represented Polish art at the Venice Biennale and the São Paulo Contemporary Art Biennial.