Temporary exhibitions in Lublin

A practical overview of temporary exhibitions in Lublin’s museums and the surrounding region. No reviews - just good context and everything worth knowing before your visit.

On now (23)

KL Lublin 1944. Epilogue

from 16 May 2026

A dozen carefully selected photographs documenting the grounds of the former Majdanek concentration camp in the first months after its liberation in July 1944.

Did the World Find Out?

from 3 September 2026

A jar of secret documents from Stalag II A prisoners of war and Ravensbrück inmates, dug up in 1975: letters, poems, a tiny eagle and a camp uniform, in Lublin.

Tamara Lempicka - Beyond Borders

from 23 June 2023

21 works by Tamara de Lempicka owned by the National Museum in Lublin, from the 1920s to the 1970s. On show at Lublin Castle since 23 June 2023, no end date.

Lublin's History Has Many Names

1 May 2026 - 31 October 2026

Portraits of the kings, writers and Hasidic sage who shaped Lublin, at the top of the Trinity Tower. Work by Jolanta Michalak, included in the tower ticket.

Copts. From Egypt to Podlasie

1 May 2026 - 31 October 2026

Photographs by Elżbieta Dziuk: Coptic desert monasteries, Cairo, and a Cairo choir singing in eastern Poland. Trinity Tower, Lublin, until October 2026.

Young Movie

1 June 2026 - 31 October 2026

Student animated films on teenage mental health, played from QR codes outdoors by the Kościuszko Manor House, UMCS Botanical Garden, Lublin. Until 31 Oct 2026.

Reminiscences - sculpture by Piotr Zieleniak

12 April 2026 - 31 October 2026

Outdoor sculpture by Piotr Zieleniak beside the Kościuszko Manor House in the UMCS Botanical Garden, Lublin, during garden hours until 31 October 2026.

Nature as Inspiration, Place and Material

12 April 2026 - 31 October 2026

Outdoor wicker sculpture by Maria Polakowska-Prokopiak around the Kościuszko Manor House in the UMCS Botanical Garden, Lublin. Until 31 October 2026.

Debuts - sculpture by UMCS students

1 June 2026 - 31 October 2026

Reliefs and busts by eleven UMCS sculpture students, shown outdoors in the Rosarium of the UMCS Botanical Garden in Lublin until 31 October 2026.

Prologue - sculpture by Kacper Gaczkowski

1 June 2026 - 31 October 2026

Outdoor sculpture by UMCS student Kacper Gaczkowski in the Rosarium of the UMCS Botanical Garden, Lublin, open during garden hours until 31 October 2026.

Stanisław Szygell

4 September 2026 - 1 November 2026

Landscapes by Stanisław Szygell, a pupil of Jan Stanisławski, from his widow's gift. Lublin Castle, museum's 120th anniversary, until 1 November 2026.

Jacek Antoni Zieliński

22 September 2026 - 15 November 2026

Photography as a ground for painting: works from the wave cycles, the artist's 2024 gift. A jubilee display at Lublin Castle until 15 November 2026.

U with Two Dots

4 September 2026 - 31 December 2026

Katarzyna Minasowicz's exhibition at Dom Słów explores displacement and belonging through the story of post-war Wrocław.

Tomasz Zawadzki

7 August 2026 - 3 January 2027

Abstract paintings by Tomasz Zawadzki in Lublin Castle's "Zamek" Group gallery, part of the National Museum's 120th anniversary. Until 3 January 2027.

Voices That Never Fall Silent

23 August 2026 - 30 April 2027

Eight life stories of former Majdanek prisoners told through family photographs, documents, typewritten memoirs and video testimonies.

Coming soon (1)

Cezary Klimaszewski: boor

2 October 2026 - 25 October 2026

Cezary Klimaszewski's installation built around Marlon Brando's film roles: two submarines, a steel shelter and a five-minute film. Free entry in Lublin.

Recently closed

Magdalena Franczak: Love letters only

4 September 2026 - 27 September 2026

Magdalena Franczak's show-in-progress on memory and forgetting at Labirynt 2, Grodzka 3, in Lublin's Old Town. Free entry, last day 27 September 2026.

My Hands Are Clean and My Floor Is Green

24 July 2026 - 27 September 2026

Nearly a hundred paintings, drawings and prints from the Labirynt Gallery collection, with works by Edward Dwurnik, Antoni Fałat and Marian Kępiński.

The Time of the Samurai

25 April 2026 - 27 September 2026

Nearly 600 Japanese artifacts - armour, weapons and woodblock prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige - tell the story of samurai culture at Lublin Castle.

Not Only Podzamcze

6 July 2026 - 31 August 2026

Exhibition closed on 31 August 2026. See current exhibitions at the Brama Grodzka - Teatr NN Centre - formerly "Not Only Podzamcze".