National Museum

The National Museum in Gdansk, set up in 1972 in Gdansk in spite of the fact that the history returns the second from last quarter of nineteenth century, is one of the principle branches of Poland's national exhibition hall framework. Its primary area is in the old late-Gothic Franciscan cloister, which has been utilized to house shows since the finish of the nineteenth century. Amid that period it was known as Stadtmuseum, which held a sizeable gathering of recorded masterpieces.

In 1884, the gathering was expanded with shows from another Gdansk-based exhibition hall - Kunstgewerbe museum when the two foundations blended. After the finish of the Second World War, 65% of the principle working of the historical center was obliterated and a great part of the gallery's accumulations were lost, including all the numismatic shows and additionally masterpieces from the Far East. Additionally the library and a portion of the gallery's records were lost or devastated.

The principal post-war show was opened in 1948 and the historical center changed its name to "Pomeranian Museum in Gdansk". In 1956, Hans Memling's artful culmination Last Judgment came back to Gdansk and in addition part of the accumulations of sketches and prints. Initially the gallery was situated in the Opatow Palace in Oliwa and constituted the enthnographic branch of the historical center. Since 1989, the royal residence houses the exhibition hall's accumulation of current craftsmanship.