Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art is a place where we reflect on the world through art. In a castle at the heart of Warsaw, close to the Royal Łazienki Park, we not only present exhibitions and performances, but also run a cinema, a library, a bookshop and an artist residency programme. We present artists‘ ideas through publications, workshops and guided tours, inviting and...

The museum is located in a 54 acre English landscape park. The exhibitions are held in several buildings listed below: The Neo-Gothic Palace from the 1840s – permanent exhibition dedicated to Zygmunt Krasiński. The Neo-Gothic Outbuilding – The House of Krasiński and Cabinet of Light Cavalry of the Napoleon’s Imperial Guard. The Manor House (constructed according to a...

The Royal Castle in Warsaw is one of the most important royal residences in Europe. However, it is not the beauty of the architecture, the dazzling interior design or the rank of the works of art gathered in the castle walls that determine the unique significance of the building, but the symbolic charge contained in it. The Royal Castle is a monument to Polish independence – like it, dying...

Winiary, once a village and now a northeast part of Warka, has a long-standing tradition of wine and history. Located on an escarpment on the Pilica River, this extraordinary place is one you simply must visit. Tall, old trees of the historic park surround this white classicistic manor. Its history can be traced back to the early 17th century. For over 300 years, it often changed owners,...

The idea of the Józef Piłsudski Museum in Sulejówek is to present the figure of Józef Piłsudski against a broad historical, cultural and social background, and to convey and popularize the values he represented – the idea of fighting for independence and working to build the state. The statutory goal of the museum should be achieved through contact and dialogue with the audience, respecting...

The small villa-type building is a unique monument of 18th-century residential architecture in Poland. It was the first building on the premises of Royal Łazienki which was erected from scratch on the order of king Stanisław August. It was built around 1774 by the Royal Promenade, most likely to the design of Domenico Merlini. In the years 1775-1777 it was furnished and gained a painting...

The Old Orangery was built to house exotic trees in the winter season. It is also a place which is very closely linked to art and culture. The Royal Theatre is situated in the Old Orangery, as is the Gallery containing Stanisław August’s collection of sculptures. The Old Orangery was raised in the years 1785-88, according to a design by Domenico Merlini, court architect to King Stanisław...

The origins of today’s Palace on the Isle date back to the late seventeenth century. The Bathhouse was built at the behest of Prince Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, one of the most important politicians, writers and philosophers of the time. The Baroque garden pavilion, designed by the Dutch architect, Tylman van Gameren, was intended as a place for resting, leisure and contemplation. The...

The open-air museum of the Vistula settlement in Wiączemin Polski is one of two open-air museums in Poland devoted to the Olender settlement on the Vistula and the only institution of this type in Mazovia. The official opening took place on the 14 th October 2018. Within the open-air museum there are two Olender farms, church, school, cemetery and the so-called Polish house. The last of...

The Water Tower, also known as the Reservoir, dates back to the times of Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski. It was used as a tank to collect water from local sources and then to channel it to the Palace through pipes. In 1777, the Water Tower was augmented with an architectural cylinder-shaped shell. At the time, the building was not plastered; it had a brick elevation, and the residents of the...