"National Museum of Poland" is the common name for several of the country's largest and most notable museums. Poland's National Museum comprises several independent branches, each operating a number of smaller museums. The main branch is the National Museum in Kraków (Polish: Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie), established in 1879 with permanent collections consisting of several hundred thousand items – kept in big part at the Main Building (along the 3 Maja St.), but also in the eight of its divisions around the city.[1][2]
Poland's national museums include
- National Museum, Kraków (main branch of National Museum of Poland)
- Czartoryski Foundation and Czartoryski Museum
- Sukiennice
- Jan Matejko Manor
- Stanisław Wyspiański Museum
- Józef Mehoffer House
- Szołayski Family house
- Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum and Palace
- Villa Atma, Zakopane Karol Szymanowski Museum
- National Museum, Warsaw (central branch)
- Poster Museum at Wilanów
- Królikarnia, Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture
- Nieborów and Arkadia Museums
- Otwock Museum of Design
- Łowicz Regional Museum
- Museum of Jerzy Dunin-Borkowski in Krośniewice
- Łazienki Museum of Ignacy Jan Paderewski and the Polish Emigration to America
- National Museum, Gdańsk (central branch)
- Gdańsk–Oliwa Ethnographical Museum
- Gdańsk-Oliwa Museum of Modern Art
- Będomin Museum of the National Anthem
- National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk
- National Museum, Kielce at the Palace of the Kraków Bishops
- National Museum, Poznań
- National Museum, Szczecin (central branch)
- The Museum of the History of the City of Szczecin
- The Maritime Museum
- Szczecin Gallery of Contemporary Art
- National Museum, Wrocław (central branch)
- Ethnographical Museum
- The Racławice Panorama Museum
- Lubiąż Museal Depot
Among the many Museums of Poland around the world, there is also the Polish Museum of America in Chicago, the Polish American Museum in New York City and the Polish National Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland.
References
- ^ Krakow National Museum Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine from Krakow-Poland.com
- ^ "National Museum in Kraków at culture.pl". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2013-02-26.