The National Museum in Warsaw is the largest art museum in Poland. Collected over a period of more than 140 years, the objects total close to a million paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, numismatics and objets d'art. A large part of the collection is presented in the following permanent galleries: Ancient Art, Eastern-Catholic Art, Medieval Art, Polish Painting, European Painting, 20th century Polish Art and Decorative Arts; and there are a huge number of temporary exhibitions on display.
One of the most important parts of the Museum is the Medieval Art Gallery, which is the only place in Europe which presents a collection of medieval Christian paintings from Africa. Paintings from Sudanese Nubia, discovered by Polish archaeologists and dating from the VIII to XIII-XIV centuries, depict the divine and holy people, and Nubian clergy and laity. Also notable is the Gallery of Polish Painting, presented in chronological order, showing the trends and styles in  Polish painting from the 16th century to World War I, and including over 400 works of the greatest Polish artists - Marcello Bacciarelli, Jan Matejko, Józef Chełmonski, Józef Mehoffer, Jacek Malczewski and Olga Boznańska. Now the Museum has got its own impresive collections in which a enormous size painting (426 x 987 cm) 'Battle of Grunwald' by Jan Matejko is undoubtedly one of the main attractions.

Branches of Museum:
Poster Museum in Wilanów
X. Dunikowski Sculpture Museum in Rabbitery
Museum in Nieborów and Arkadia
Museum of Interiors in Otwock Wielki