Arsenal City Gallery

Municipal Gallery Arsenał is located at the Market Square in Poznań. It is one of the main municipal cultural institutions. About 30 exhibitions are held there every year. First of all, works of artists connected to Poznań are presented in the gallery.

The gallery is situated in the modernist buildings of complex rebuilt after the destruction of World War II. This is one of the most controversial post-war buildings in Poznań. In the place of the destroyed cloth hall, a building modeled partly on a historical shape and partly modern modernist pavilions have been built. This place has both its supporters and opponents until today.

The gallery had been established in 1946 and has been functioning under various names and in various locations continguily until today. It has had its headquarters in the Poznań market since 1962. The building has three levels of exhibition rooms. The paintings, graphics, and sculptures of Poznań artists are presented there. Often, there are also multimedia exhibitions and performances by independent, avant-garde artists.