LECTURES | Temporary Exhibition: Łazienki in Awe

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION AT THE ŁAZIENKI ROYAL PARK MUSEUM

"ŁAZIENKI IN AWE"

📅 14 November 2025 – 15 March 2026

📍 Podchorążówka at the Łazienki Royal Park
ul. Agrykola 1, 00-460 Warsaw
Map: Map

The exhibition “Łazienki in Awe” is an emotional, multi-threaded story about the experience of wonder in the Łazienki Royal Park, presented through 10 thematic spaces inspired by the senses, art and everyday life. Each of them interprets a different source of wonder — from nature and music to relationships, sleep or movement — using works from the museum collection and contemporary installations by artists.

• The exhibition can be explored with many senses: sight, hearing, touch and smell.
• events — a broad program of activities for children, youth and adults
• guided tours — Saturdays and Sundays (dates and topics available on the event page)
• an outdoor exhibition of nature photographers
• the installation "Pavilion of Time Stopped in Colour" by Alicja Bielawska on the lawn by the Podchorążówka
• "Studio of Wonders" — a creative space in the Old Kordegarda

LECTURES RELATED TO THE EXHIBITION | free admission

📅 Lecture series: 13 November 2025 – 16 March 2026. 🕔 Time: 17:00. 📍 Venue: Palace on the Isle.

Lecture program (selected dates):

• 19 November 2025 — "Museums in Search of Identity, or the Power of Educational Potential." Led by: Dr Marianna Otmianowska. Online lecture: Online lecture
• 27 November 2025 — "Wonder in Psychology and in Art — what it means to be filled with wonder and what its effects may be." Led by: Daniel Jerzy Żyżniewski. Online lecture: Online lecture
• 22 January 2026 — "Ephemerality of impressions or durability of relationships? The role of the museum of wonders in building social capital around a cultural institution." Led by: Dr habil. Prof. Beata Nessel-Łukasik.
• 27 January 2026 — "The Museum Experience." Led by: Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska.
• 5 February 2026 — "Close to wonder, far from manufacturing impressions. On the role of the museum in a world of experience factories." Led by: Dr habil. Prof. UW Marta Rakoczy.
• 26 February 2026 — "Dimensions of Wonder." Led by: Dr habil. Marcin Napiórkowski.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: briefly — experts in art history, museology, psychology and cultural studies, engaged in research on museum education, visitor experience and the theory of wonder.

Tickets:
- 30 zł — regular ticket
- 15 zł — reduced
- 20 zł — adults with Large Family Card

Free admission for holders of the Friend of the Łazienki Royal Park Museum Card. Free in November as part of the “Free November” campaign. More information: More information

An audio guide for the exhibition will be available soon on the museum website — just a phone and headphones are needed.

Accessibility: the exhibition can be experienced with multiple senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell). Check facilities: Check facilities

Museum Patron: PZU
Partners: ORLEN, PKO Bank Polski
Organizer: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage