The Permanent Exhibition of The National Museum in Poznan

The historic wing (built in 1904) holds on its ground floor the Gallery of Polish Art from 16th-18th c. (with unique collection of coffin portraits) and the Gallery of Medieval Art. In 2011, in the basement of the historic building the Gallery of Ancient Art was opened with a unique collection of portraits of Roman Emperors. On the first floor, the collection of Western European paintings is presented, including the only painting by Claude Monet in Poland - Beach in Pourville. The modern wing contains Polish art ranging from Enlightenment, through Romanticism, Impressionism, Symbolism - including the biggest polish collection of J. Malczewski, as well as paintings by O. Boznańska, W. Weiss, W. Wojtkiewicz, S. Wyspiański, artists of Ecole de Paris, the colorists to the modern art of T. Kantor, J. Nowosielski, A. Szapocznikow, the second “counted” painting by R. Opałka and works of last two decades by I. Gustowska, G. Kowalski and Z. Kulik.