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Zachęta – National Gallery of Art and Zachęta Project Room on Gałczyńskiego 3 are now open. You can visit the exhibitions between noon and 8 p.m. (Tuesday–Sunday).
We will continue to carry out public and educational programme online. Detailed information on events, family workshops, workshops for teachers, guided tours, 3D exhibition broadcasts and initiatives in Polish Sign Language can be found in CALENDAR and EDUCATION tabs.
Current exhibition:
- Ahmed Cherkaoui in Warsaw. Polish-Moroccan artistic relations (1955-1980) | until 2.08
- Paulina Pankiewicz. Being Paul Cézanne | ZPR | until 30.08
- Andrzej Krauze. The Flying Lesson | until 16.08
Zachęta Art Bookshop is open as well.
The library, cloakroom and restaurant will remain closed until further notice. For our visitors, we prepared lockers available for free.
Before your visit Zachęta and Zachęta Project Room, we encourage you to read a few new rules concerning the safety of your visit:
- Cover your mouth and nose. Use personal protective equipment (a mask, a scarf, or a visor).
- When you enter the gallery, use the provided disinfectant on your hands.
- Check your body temperature with an electronic thermometer. If it is elevated, come back to visit when you feel better.
- Keep the safe 1.5 m distance.
- Use the provided free lockers. Our cloakroom is currently closed.
- In the ticket office and the bookshop make contactless payments.
- Please adhere to the limit of people allowed in the exhibition room at the same time.
- Use contactless online tickets available on the Zachęta website.
Stay safe. The Zachęta Team
Zachęta has never been more accessible! Without leaving your home, you can now visit exhibitions, download and view publications, see our collection, share photos and buy books with a special discount. You can also explore the gallery through our YouTube channel.
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All our current expositions are available online, as 3D Virtual Exhibitions:
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Below you will find information to help you plan your individual or group visit. Check opening hours, ticket prices and available concessions. If you visit Zachęta several times a year, check our offer of annual entry tickets.
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Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtTuesday – Sunday 12–8 p.m.
Thursday – free entry
ticket office is open until 7.30 p.m.pl. Małachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warsaw -
Zachęta Project RoomTuesday–Sunday 12–8 p.m.
free entryul. Gałczyńskiego 3, 00-362 Warsaw -
DOCUMENTATION AND LIBRARYTuesday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Library is located on the 1st floor (enter through the exhibition halls)pl. Małachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warsaw -
Zachęta's Art BookshopTuesday to Sunday, 12 a.m. – 8 p.m.
It is also open during exhibition openings and other exhibition-accompanying events.pl. Małachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warsaw
adult – 20 zł
concession – 10 zł
students – 2 zł
family – 25 zł
group – 10 zł (per person / minimum 10 people in a group)
Thursday – free admission
ZACHĘTA PROJECT ROOM (Gałczyńskeigo 3) – free admission at all times
See if you are eligible for:
To ensure security to artworks at exhibitions, we kindly ask you to leave rucksacks and large bags in the cloakroom or in the lockers.
Annual Season Ticket:
(personal ticket, valid on presenting an identity card or passport)
How to purchase Annual Season Tickets?
Payment should be made at the ticket office in the main foyer between 12–7.30 p.m. (except Mondays and Thursdays). Payment can also be made by money transfer to Zachęta’s bank account:
Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego nr PL44 1130 1017 0020 1460 8920 0001 (SWIFT CODE – GOSKPLPW).
We kindly ask that you write your details (name/surname) and the title of the transfer — ‘Annual Season Ticket’ clearly and best of all in capital letters.
We would also be grateful if those purchasing season tickets could send an e-mail to to confirm the order placement. Season Tickets can be collected 3 weeks after the payment date. We will inform you when the ticket is ready for collection by e-mail or phone.
Regulations for visiting exhibitions at Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
1. The basis for entry into the exhibition halls is a ticket or a pass.
2. Last entries are allowed half an hour before the closure of the exhibition. Entry without a ticket shall be an option only on selected days.
3. Complying with all safety measures is obligatory on the site of the Gallery – mandatory face masks, scarves or other head gear covering nose and mouth and compliance with the recommendation of staying 1.5 metres apart from other visitors. Children up to the age of 4 constitute the sole exception to the obligation of covering your face and nose.
4. When entering the Gallery it is obligatory to disinfect your hands.
5. Entry to the Gallery shall be prohibited for intoxicated persons or persons under the influence of drugs or behaving in such a manner that endangers the safety of the works or violates the commonly accepted norms of behaviour in public. Persons who do not comply with points 3 and 4 may be asked to leave the premises by frontline workers or security officers or refused entry into the Gallery.
6. Smoking tobacco products and electronic cigarettes is strictly prohibited on the site of the Gallery.
7. We kindly ask you to adhere to the guidelines and instructions offered by the Gallery’s staff and the security staff.
8. The cloakroom will remain temporarily closed. It is recommended to use the lockers available to the public.
9. Due to safety reasons the following can be brought into the exhibition halls:
- Hip sacks and bags or backpacks not bigger than the following size: 40 x 35 x 15 cm. In the case of specific exhibitions visitors may be asked to carry their backpacks on their fronts in order not to damage the works.
- It is allowed to visit the site with bags and accessories for children (feeding bottles, infant food).
- It is allowed to enter in outer garment, however, for the comfort of your visit we suggest to leave the larger outer garment (such as jackets, coats, furs etc.).
- It is prohibited to bring large backpacks, travel bags and large bags with electronic or photographic equipment. Such items should be left in the cloakroom or lockers, which are made available for free.
- It is prohibited to touch the exhibits and elements of interior design. The visitor shall be financially liable for damaging an exhibit. Exceptions include exhibits made directly available to the public – the Gallery staff will inform about an opportunity to touch an exhibit.
- Parents and guardians of children and chaperones supervising groups of children and youth shall undertake to take care of their pupils and be responsible for their actions.
- A properly marked assistance dog may move around the entire Gallery with its guardian. We also allow to visit the exhibitions with small animals, when they are held during the entire portion of the visit. It is also permitted to enter the main hall freely with a bigger dog or cat.
10. It is prohibited to bring:
- Firearms or sharp and dangerous items.
- Blunt objects and tools.
- Radioactive, explosive, corrosive, bleaching and toxic materials.
- Alcohol and psychoactive substances.
11. It is prohibited to:
- Enter rooms which are not intended for visiting.
- Handle the equipment for displaying movies and presentations, located in the exhibition rooms, without authorization.
- Consume food and drinks in the exhibition halls.
12. It is permitted to use cameras or camcorders (without the use of a tripod and flash), unless the exhibited works are marked with an image of a crossed out camera.
13. The photographs and footage are for private use only. The Gallery shall not be liable for infringement of personal rights of the visitors by third parties or any other damage made to them caused by taking photographs or recording a video. Photographing and filming for professional and commercial purposes is permitted only with a prior consent of the Gallery. The request should be directed to Zachęta’s information centre or the spokesperson.
14. The frontline workers or security staff may refuse admission to the exhibition halls in the case of suspicion of a threat of any kind.
15. The Gallery shall not be liable for valuables left in the lockers.
16. The Gallery is under video surveillance. Information related to personal data processing can be found on the website, in the privacy policy tab.
17. Persons entering the Gallery accept the contents of the regulations and undertake to comply with its provisions.
Organised groups are invited to familiarise themselves with our programme of guided exhibition tours.
Guided tours are available for interested groups. Our guides will take an individual approach depending on your needs and preoccupations. Tours are available in Polish, English, German and French. The cost is 200 PLN.
MORE ON HOW TO BOOK A GUIDED TOUR
Tickets
group – 10 zł (per person, at least 10 people in a group)
tour guide – 200 zł (per group)
To ensure security to artworks at exhibitions, we kindly ask you to leave rucksacks and large bags in the cloakroom or in the lockers.
Thank you for your registration!
We have sent to your email address a link with a confirmation of registration.
Please click on the link in order to fully activate your account.
After registering on the service, you can add events and exhibitions that are important for you to your favourites. To your list of favourites you can also add objects from the collection, and from amongst the publications and multimedia library which we make available on our open Creative Commons licence. As a result you can download publications, books, films and many other materials.
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