Poster Museum at Wilanów

• Name — Poster Museum • Native Name — Muzeum Plakatu • Established — 1968 • Location — 10/16 St Kostki Potockiego Street, 02-958 Warsaw, Poland • Type — Art museum • Curator — Maria Kurpik • Website — postermuseum.pl

The Poster Museum located in Wilanów is part of the National Museum in Warsaw. It was established through a grant of several thousand posters belonging to the National Museum, made by the museum's director, Stanisław Lorentz. The Poster Museum opened in June 1968, becoming the world's first museum dedicated to this art form. At its founding, the museum had 13,000 items in its collection, including around 500 posters preserved from the World War II era. Its collection is continually growing, through gifts from Polish and international donors. During the mid-20th century, Polish interest in poster art, and poster collecting, grew substantially, influenced by the visual style of national filmmakers such as Andrzej Wajda. Collectors sought posters advertising films, plays, and musicals in particular. Warsaw's annual poster art competition gained a worldwide reputation, ultimately leading the founding of the Poster Museum in 1968. • Illustration — Exhibition space at the museum 2013 The Poster Museum is housed in a modern exhibition space erected behind the historic Wilanów Palace, a 19th-century riding school located on the outskirts of Warsaw. In 2026 the museum reopened after a five year refurbishment project. A new exhibition featuring the works of members of the Polish School of Posters was prepared for the occasion.

The International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, which was launched in 1966, moved to the museum in 1994, where it is still held biannually. The International Poster Biennale was the world's first poster biennale. Today, it attracts more than 2000 entries from around the globe when it is held. In 2016, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of International Poster Biennale, 25th IPBW invited fifty eminent artists to take part in the exhibition 50/50/50. Their work reproduced in the form of digital print in city light boxes situated in Warsaw. Participants in the exhibition included Michel Bouvet, Milton Glaser, Harmen Liemburg, Finn Nygaard:fr:Kari Piippo, Paula Scher, Niklaus Troxler, and Catherine Zask amongst others.