Curator’s tours:

Ticket: exhibition ticket (PLN 30/20/0)*
Tickets available at the museum’s box office at Aleje Marcinkowskiego 9 and on the ticket sales platform ToBilet.pl.
Attention! In the case of a large number of visitors, having a ticket does not guarantee participation in the guided tour – a limit on the number of visitors applies.

  • April 27, 2025 (Sunday), 10:30 – curator’s tour, guide: dr Arkadiusz Krawczyk
  • May 11, 2025 (Sunday), 10:30 – curator’s tour, guide: dr Maria Gołąb
  • June 29, 2025 (Sunday), 10:30 – curator’s tour, guide: dr Maria Gołąb

Educational tours:

Ticket: exhibition ticket (PLN 30/20/0)*

Tickets available at the museum’s box office at Aleje Marcinkowskiego 9 and on the ticket sales platform ToBilet.pl.

Attention! In the case of a large number of visitors, having a ticket does not guarantee participation in the guided tour – a limit on the number of visitors applies.

  • March 28, 2025 (Friday), 18:00 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • April 3, 2025 (Thursday), 12:00 – SENIORS’ THURSDAYS – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
    attention! a limit on the number of visitors applies, tickets are only available at the museum’s box office from March 20, 2025
  • April 4, 2025 (Friday), 18:00 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • April 6, 2025 (Sunday), 10:30 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • May 9, 2025 (Friday), 18:00 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • June 5, 2025 (Thursday), 12:00 – SENIORS’ THURSDAYS – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
    attention! A limit on the number of visitors applies, tickets are only available at the museum’s box office from May 22, 2025
  • June 7, 2025 (Saturday), 10:30 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • June 13, 2025 (Friday), 18:00 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • June 14, 2025 (Saturday), 10:30 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • June 20, 2025 (Friday), 18:00 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • June 27, 2025 (Friday), 18:00 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
  • June 28, 2025 (Saturday), 10:30 – educational tour, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań

„Mornings with Chełmoński” thematic tours:

A series of meetings with specialists who, during a walk through the exhibition, will introduce the public to the contexts of nature and tradition present in Józef Chełmoński’s paintings.

Thematic tours require tickets for a specific event. Tickets available at the museum box office and on the ticket sales platform ToBilet.pl. On the day of the event, it will not be possible to purchase tickets at the museum’s box office.

  • June 1, 2025 (Sunday), 9:30 – Józef Chełmoński’s craft – drawings, sketches, and trivia
    guide: Kinga Sibilska, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań

Lectures and meetings:

Ticket: PLN 15 for the event alone or an admission ticket for the exhibition with an event (PLN 30/20/0)*
Tickets available at the museum box office and on the ticket sales platform ToBilet.pl.

Number of visitors limited.
Venue: the old building of the National Museum in Poznań, entrance through the permanent exhibition in the new building

The lecture will introduce the geographic and social context of the painter’s work in France in 1875-1887. Where did Chełmoński live and work? When and why did he move? What places did he frequent, who did he know? A search conducted in Polish and foreign archives has allowed researchers of Chełmoński’s work to establish previously unknown facts and verify past findings. This allows us to better understand the painter’s choices related to his own work, ambitions, and self-promotion in the international circle of artists in Paris in the last quarter of the 19th century.

the lecture will be presented by: Mariusz Głowacki, curator of the Warsaw edition of the exhibition (National Museum in Warsaw)

The lecture will concern the period following Chełmoński’s return to Poland from France. At that time, he purchased an estate in Kuklówka in Mazovia, where he worked for over 25 years, until his death. The works he created in that period differ from the ones that came before. The speaker will strive to answer some key questions: why did the artist renounce the subject matter of his previous works? What inspired him? Which paintings were made in Kuklówka? How to assess the works produced in that period against the background of his entire oeuvre?

the lecture will be presented by: dr Arkadiusz Krawczyk, co-curator of the Poznań edition of the exhibition (National Museum in Poznań)

A controversial fusion between Chełmoński, who celebrated the beaty of the „Polish” countryside, with Reymont, who described the tragic fate of Jagna against the background of the scenic village of Lipce, was created in the last film adaptation of „The Peasants” („Chłopi”). This distinctive combination seems to solidify a certain definite, discussion-worthy image of Polish folklore. What is more, each of the three fields: art, literature, and film is accompanied by a process of creation that may have a different justification – a desire for seeking the truth or, on the contrary – idealisation. Is there such a phenomenon as peasantmania? How was the Polish countryside imagined, and what motivated artists and writers to take up folkloric themes? How does all this translate into the language of the modern, moving image, and how does it influence our perception of that reality?

the panel will be moderated by: Michał Błaszczyński, head of the Museum of Applied Arts in the Royal Castle of Poznań, department of the National Museum in Poznań

panel members: dr Aleksandra Krypczyk-de Barra, curator of the Kraków edition of the exhibition (National Museum in Kraków), prof. Radosław Okulicz-Kozaryn (Department of Positivist and Young Poland Literature of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), dr Agnieszka Powierska-Domalewska (State Academy of Applied Sciences in Włocławek)

A shepherdess toying with gossamer strands, breakfast on the grass accompanied by a spectacle of living nature, a farmhand at work in the nimbus of the rising sun – these are just some of the snapshots from Chełmoński’s iconic works documenting the life of peasants. How much do these images differ from the shocking stories told by Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak in her best-selling „Peasant Women” („Chłopki”)? The images may be separated by a hundred years, but was the reality much different in the 19th century? The meeting with the author of said book and ethnographer will bring the customs of the Polish countryside closer and allow to verify the artist’s vision.

the panel will be moderated by: Aleksandra Sobocińska (National Museum in Poznań)

panel members: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak, prof. Joanna Minksztym (Ethnographic Museum, department of the National Museum in Poznań)

the lecture will be presented by: Agnieszka Kunicka-Goldfinger (Chief Conservator, National Museum in Poznań)

Workshops:

Registration is required to participate in a workshop. The number of participants is limited. More information are available next to the description of each event.

  • March 30, 2025 (Sunday), 11:00 – INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY – A nature lesson with Chełmoński, or how paintings and books reveal to us the natural world
    workshop for children aged 6-10

Is it possible to be transported to a meadow full of flowers or hear the sound of the wind by looking at a painting? Of course! Together with Chełmoński, we will journey to the amazing world of nature, where painting and literature will help us uncover the secrets of plants and animals. Colourful stories will become an inspiration for creative play and artistic activities. We will carefully survey artworks, listen to stories, and then become little artists and naturalists ourselves. Join us and dive into the magic world of art, books, and creative play which will spark your imagination and allow you to see nature through the great artist’s eyes!

host: Katarzyna Drozdowska-Sawińska, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań and Barbara Górecka, Poster and Graphic Design Gallery of the National Museum in Poznań
ticket: PLN 20 (the guardian accompanies the child free of charge)
Registration by phone at 61 85 68 136 or by email at katarzyna.drozdowska@mnp.art.pl (please specify „Book Day” as the subject of the message)

  • April 2, 2025 (Wednesday), 10:30 – INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY – A nature lesson with Chełmoński, or how paintings and books reveal to us the natural world
    workshop in the „LITTLE ONES AT THE MUSEUM” series, for children aged 2-5

Is it possible to be transported to a meadow full of flowers or hear the sound of the wind by looking at a painting? Of course! Together with Chełmoński, we will journey to the amazing world of nature, where painting and literature will help us uncover the secrets of plants and animals. Colourful stories will become an inspiration for creative play and artistic activities. We will carefully survey the artworks, listen to stories, and then become little artists and naturalists ourselves. Join us and dive into the magic world of art, books, and creative play which will spark your imagination and allow you to see nature through the great artist’s eyes!

host: Katarzyna Drozdowska-Sawińska, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań and Barbara Górecka, Poster and Graphic Design Gallery of the National Museum in Poznań
ticket: PLN 20 (the guardian accompanies the child free of charge)
registration: https://forms.office.com/e/V06Ef7aSpB

  • April 3, 2025 (Thursday), 15:30 – Does realist art still exist?

workshop in the „MATURALLY ABOUT ART” series for adolescents

When does realism begin and idealisation end? By discussing selected works (including those by Józef Chełmoński), we will retrace the idealistic trends present in the art of different eras.

host: Agata Migdalska, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
ticket: PLN 10
registration starts on March 31, 2025, by mail at agata.migdalska@mnp.art.pl

  • April 12, 2025 (Saturday), 11:00 – There are no wings without roots: Our great ancestors – Józef Chełmoński
    workshop in the „CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ACADEMY” series, for children aged 6-12

Let’s get to know Józef Chełmoński, the painter whose works we can see in the grand exhibition at our museum.

host: Paulina Broniewska, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
ticket: PLN 20 (the guardian accompanies the child free of charge)
registration starts on April 7, 2025, by phone at 61 85 68 137

  • May 22, 2025 (Thursday), 16:00 – Horticultural therapy – well-being with Chełmoński
    workshop for adults (90 minutes)

It has been known for ages that plants can influence a person’s well-being. Chełmoński, too, confirms this in his paintings. Let us then dive into the world of selected plants pictured in the Master’s paintings. During the workshop, we will feel them with all our senses, improve our well-being, sample healthy herbal infusions, and create our own amulet of welfare.

host: prof. Agnieszka Krzymińska-Bródka, University of Life Sciences in Poznań
tickets: exhibition ticket (PLN 30/20/0)*
registration starts on May 12, 2025, by phone at 61 85 68 157

  • May 23, 2025 (Friday), 17:00 – Horticultural therapy – well-being with Chełmoński
    workshop for adults (90 minutes)

It has been known for ages that plants can influence a person’s well-being. Chełmoński, too, confirms this in his paintings. Let us then dive into the world of selected plants pictured in the Master’s paintings. During the workshop, we will feel them with all our senses, improve our well-being, sample healthy herbal infusions, and create our own amulet of welfare.

host: prof. Agnieszka Krzymińska-Bródka, University of Life Sciences in Poznań
tickets: exhibition ticket (PLN 30/20/0)*
registration starts on May 12, 2025, by phone at 61 85 68 157

  • June 1, 2025 (Sunday), Children’s Day with Chełmoński – Detective Drop on the trail
    workshop for families with children aged 6-10

Nature doesn’t like boredom, something’s happening all the time! Who do the mysterious tracks belong to? Who’s lost a feather? Whose moustache is this?! Detective Drop has his wings full. Let’s help him solve nature’s mysteries.

host: Sabina Mayer, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań and Agata Migdalska, Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań
tickets: PLN 20 (the guardian accompanies the child free of charge)
registration starts on May 26, 2025, by phone at 61 85 68 136

Guided tours and museum lessons:

  • adults, seniors, adolescents – exhibition tour (approx. 60 minutes)
  • nursery schools – Four seasons (45-75 minutes)
  • classes I-III (primary school) – Birds, mammals, and worms (45-75 minutes)
  • classes IV-VIII (primary school) – Chełmoński’s natural trails (45-75 minutes)
  • secondary schools: Chełmoński – a realist or a romantic? (45-75 minutes)
    attention! Lesson for groups with an established basic knowledge on romantism and realism. The class requires contextual knowledge.

Cost:

  • guided tour: PLN 150 (per group)
  • class w/o workshop (45-60 minutes): PLN 110 (per group)
  • class with workshop (activities / art workshop – approx. 75 minutes): PLN 130 (per group)

additionally, an admission ticket for each participant at PLN 10 (for groups of 10 or more) or PLN 30/20 (for groups of less than 10)

Two school group chaperones are admitted free of charge – additional persons must purchase an exhibition ticket.

Registration by phone at 61 85 68 136 (Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 15:00.)

The museum reserves the right not to accept a booking if there are no available dates. If you wish to guide a group on your own, please consult the Education Department at 61 85 68 136! The number of visitors to the exhibition is limited. Groups guided by museum staff have priority.

* standard ticket: PLN 30
* discount ticket: PLN 20
* free ticket: children under 7
group ticket for 10 or more persons: PLN 20/person
school group ticket for 10 or more persons, with a museum lesson: PLN 10/person
standard combination ticket (entitles you to enter the museum and the exhibition „Józef Chełmoński 1849-1914”): PLN 40
discount combination ticket (entitles you to enter the museum and the exhibition „Józef Chełmoński 1849-1914”): PLN 26.50

Tickets available at the museum’s box office at Aleje Marcinkowskiego 9 and on the online ticket sales platform ToBilet.pl.