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MUSEUM OF WARSAW CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 

We collect and study photographs from the very first attempts at taking pictures to present-day experiments. We organise meetings, discussions, workshops and exhibitions.

Our collection consists of thousands of inspiring photos—you can get acquainted with their history on Instagram @centrum_fotografii

Czarno-biała fotografia pary na dachu budynk.Kobieta stoi, patrzy przez lornetkę i śmieje się, obok niej leży mężczyzna w okularach i eleganckim ubraniu, za nimi widoczna panorama miasta, oraz duża kopuła budynku. Po lewej stronie zdjęcia pionowy, dekoracyjny, jasnoniebieski pasek, który może przypominać prześwietlenie filmu fotograficznego lub barwne zniszczenie negatywu.
Visual identification: Joanna Bębenek, based on a photo by Zdzisław Marcinkowski, c. 1925, Mieczysław Orłowicz with an unknown woman at the roof of Goldstand tenement house. From the Museum of Warsaw collection.

The Centre for Photography is the Museum of Warsaw’s new initiative aimed at promoting interest in photography.

Our team is made up of people who conduct research as well as engage in conservation, promotion and education in the field of photography. Together, we build a database of information on both historic and contemporary photography. A unique collection of thousands of photos—both professional and amateur—forms the core of our operation.

We will organise meetings, debates, workshops and events revolving around photography. We wish to build a community of people who are creative and curious about the world.

We also wish to develop grassroots initiatives and to support photographic projects of people who are at the very beginning of their artistic journey. More information will follow soon.

Do you have some extra knowledge about the photos we publish? Do contact us by writing an email to: kolekcje@muzeumwarszawy.pl

Centre for Photography is a beneficiary of the Norway Grant and the EEA Grants.

The National Museum of Iceland is a partner of the Museum of Warsaw Photography Centre

Activities

The international conference: Photo album. Practice, metaphor, context.

The Museum of Warsaw organizes the international conference accompanying the exhibition ‘Lovely Is the Youth of Our Age: Photo Albums 1850–1950'.

Lovely Is the Youth of Our Age. Photo Albums 1850-1950

100 years of stories and emotions in the photo albums. A new exhibition dedicated fully to photographic albums.
Czarno-białe zdjęcie tłumu ludzi, dorosłych i dzieci, zimą na śniegu w parku. W tle pagórek, drzewa bez liści. W lewej części zdjęcia pionowy, dekoracyjny, jasnoniebieski pasek, który może przypominać prześwietlenie filmu fotograficznego lub barwne zniszczenie negatywu.

A campaign of Communal Description of Photographs

It is the first initiative in Poland in which the public is invited to provide aid in identifying archival photos from the Museum collection.

First Night of Photography in Warsaw

The first Night of Photography in Warsaw is coming up on August 18.

Anthology of Glances. The Warsaw Ghetto: Photographs and Films

An album publication consisting of photographs and film frames selected from numerous photo and film archives in Poland and around the world.
Czarno-białe zdjęcie fotomontaż. W tle wyraźna postać mężczyzny stojącego na końcu pomostu. Na pierwszym planie nałożona na to niewyraźna postać tego samego mężczyzny biegnącego. Po lewej od postaci pionowo ułożone czerne litery MOI, po prawej VER.

Moi Ver

An exhibition of a genius of avant-garde photography discovered after many years.

Gloss, Matt, Colour. Photography and Warsaw in the 1990s

An exhibition: professional and amateur, reportage and art photography conjures up a captivating portrait of Warsaw of the 1990s.