National Museum, Warsaw

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The National Museum, Warsaw, in Poland, was established on 20 May 1862, as the "Museum of Fine Arts, Warsaw", and in 1916 renamed "National Museum, Warsaw" (with the inclusion of collections from museums and cultural institutions such as the Society of Care for Relics of the Past, the Museum of Antiquity at Warsaw University, the Museum of the Society for Encouragement of the Fine Arts, and the Museum of Industry and Agriculture).

Sandro Botticelli, The Virgin and Child, St. John and Angels

The collection, currently housed in Aleje Jerozolimskie, was developed between 1927 and 1938 (earlier the museum had been located at ulica Podwale 15). In 1932 an exhibition of decorative art was opened in the two earlier erected wings of the building. In 1935, the museum director was Stanisław Lorentz. A new building was inaugurated 18 June 1938.

During World War II the building was damaged and the collection looted by German soldiers. After the war the Polish Government, under the supervision of Prof Lorentz, retrieved works seized by the Germans. At present, the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw includes over 780,000 items displayed in many permanent galleries, including the Professor Kazimierz Michałowski Faras Gallery and galleries given over to Ancient Art, Medieval Art, Foreign Painting, Polish Painting, European Goldsmithing, Oriental Art, Twentieth Century Polish Art, Polish Decorative Art and European Decorative Art, as well as many temporary exhibitions.

In 2008 started in Crimea "Polish Archaeological Mission "Tyritake" of National Museum in Warsaw" headed by Alfred Twardecki kustosz (curator) in Ancient Art Gallery.

[edit] Gallery of Western Europe Painting

Jacob Jordaens, The Holy Family with St. John, His Parents and Angels

Jan Matejko, Battle of Grunwald

Sandro Botticelli, The Virgin and Child, St. John and Angels
Paris Bordone, Venus and Cupid
Hendrick ter Brugghen, King David Playing Harp
Philippe de Champaigne, Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu
Cima da Conegliano, Christ among the Doctors
Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve
Jacques-Louis David, Portrait of count Stanislas Potocki
Carel Fabritius, The Raising of Lazarus, 1643, oil on canvas
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Guitarist
Jacob Jordaens, The Holy Family with St. John, His Parents and Angels
Jacopo Tintoretto, Portrait of an Admiral
Peter Paul Rubens (his studio), Virgin and Child
Rembrandt van Rijn (his studio?), Portrait of Martin Soolmans
Aert van den Bossche, The Martyrdom of St. Crispin and Crispinian
Maerten van Heemskerk, triptych, Ecce Homo

[edit] Gallery of Polish Painting

Jan Matejko, Battle of Grunwald, 1878, oil on canvas
Józef Mehoffer, The Strange Garden
Jacek Malczewski, Polish Hamlet
Stanisław Wyspiański, Self-portrait, 1902; Chochoły

[edit] Other

Silver regalia of King Augustus III of Poland and Queen Maria Josepha

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Paintings

Unknown, Saint Anne	Masters of Grudziądz Polyptych, Dormition of Mary	Unknown painter, Battle of Orsha	Józef Chełmoński, Indian summer
Józef Chełmoński, Storks	Aleksander Gierymski, In the Gazebo	Jacek Malczewski, Death	Jacek Malczewski, Polish Hamlet
Henryk Siemiradzki, Dirce	Stanisław Wyspiański, Chochoły	Stanisław Wyspiański, Motherhood	Stanisław Wyspiański, Self-portrait