Museum of Caricature, Warsaw

The Museum of Caricature (Polish: Muzeum Karykatury) (also known as the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature) is a special place in Warsaw, Poland, where people can see funny and clever drawings called caricatures. It was started by a man named Eryk Lipiński in 1978, and he led the museum until he passed away in 1991.

The museum is located in an old building called an orangery, which was once part of a big castle from the 1700s. Because the museum doesn’t have a lot of space, it doesn’t keep everything on display all the time. Instead, it changes its exhibits often, showing different groups of drawings from its big collection of more than 20,000 pieces made by artists from Poland and other countries.

People can also visit the museum’s archives, which are open to anyone who wants to learn more about the history of caricature. This makes the museum a great place for anyone interested in art and history.

Artists

The Museum of Caricature in Warsaw has artwork from many talented artists. Some of the artists in the museum’s collection include:

• William Hogarth
• Honoré Daumier
• Jean Effel
• Herbert Sandberg
• Roland Topor
• Franciszek Kostrzewski
• Kazimierz Sichulski
• Jerzy Zaruba
• Maja Berezowska
• Eryk Lipiński
• Andrzej Krauze
• Zbigniew Lengren
• Andrzej Mleczko
• Sławomir Mrożek