As is tradition, we’re joining Warsaw’s Night of Museums once again. On May 17, starting at 7:00 PM, visitors will be able to take part in exceptional events – the opening of the documentary photography exhibition “Norblin Factory. Then / Now”, guided walks through the historic factory grounds, and the bold artistic confrontation “Hybris – Creative Audacity” at the Aneta Barglik Gallery.

For the 2025 edition of the Night of Museums, we are once again opening our doors to all lovers of history and art. This year’s program brings together events that, though different in form, are united by a story of courage – the kind that shaped the transformation of the Warsaw factory over decades, and the kind that emerges in daring contemporary artistic expression.

At 7:00 PM, the Norblin Factory Museum will host the opening of the exhibition “Norblin Factory. Then / Now”. The show presents a photographic juxtaposition of two perspectives: Michał Jaszowski’s 2012 documentation of the neglected and decaying factory halls, and Marcin Czechowicz’s photographs of the same spaces in 2025 – following the extensive revitalization carried out by Capital Park Group between 2017 and 2021. It’s a direct “before and after” comparison, revealing the scale of transformation and a deep respect for the material traces of history, including wartime destruction and postwar reconstruction. The exhibition will be accompanied by evening guided walks along the historic factory path (from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM, every 30 minutes), allowing visitors to compare archival frames with their present-day counterparts in the real space of the factory. The photographs will be displayed on level +1 of the Plater building. Tours will start from the Tickets/Info point on level 0 (entrance from Żelazna Street).

Simultaneously, from 7:00 PM to 1:00 AM, the Aneta Barglik Gallery will present the exhibition “Hybris – Creative Audacity”. This is a meeting of two radically different visual languages: the expressive abstraction of Aneta Barglik and the precise symbolism of Well Done Kris. The artists paint on each other’s canvases, letting go of control in favor of creative experiment. The result? A bold, emotional narrative about the coexistence of extremes and the crossing of artistic boundaries.

We invite you to join us on a journey through a place where past and present merge into one story – about the city, about creativity, and about the courage to change.