Warsaw Archdiocese Museum

Warsaw


Ecclesiastical art, including paintings by Jacek Malczewski (1854–1929) and Wlastimil Hofman (1881–1970), as well as drawings, sculptures and metallic decorative arts, are displayed in the old Dean's Palace, located nearby St John's Cathedral. It's a small and attractively conceived set of exhibitions.

One of the museum's galleries hosts daily Chopin concerts.


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