Museum of John Paul II Collection

Zbigniew and Janina Porczyński have been amassing the collection since 1981. In the first three years, the couple concentrated on adding paintings with biblical themes but later portraits and impressionistic works were added. In 1986 the couple transferred about 400 exhibits to the Archdiocese of Warsaw and the Polish nation and created a foundation to supervise the collection. The first part of the collection was displayed publicly on 5 November 1987 at the Museum of the Warsaw archdiocese (Muzeum Archidiecezji Warszawskiej) at Solec Street. The second part was displayed from 14 September to 30 December 1988. The city of Warsaw provided the collection with a permanent home in a building designed by Antonio Corazzi in 1825 - the former stock exchange rebuilt after the Second World War destruction. == Criticism ==

Since 1987 various art experts put in doubt the authenticity of many important works in the collection. A painting signed by Alfred Sisley (River landscape) is a forgery by Tom Keating. Apart from forgery allegations and unclear financing of the foundation by the public sector, some other activities of the foundation were criticized (the organization of commercial events in the museum premises). == Collection ==

The collection is displayed in eight rooms and arranged thematically: Impressionists, mythology and allegory, portraits and self-portraits (in the two-story hall "Rotunda"), mothers and children, effigies of the Madonna and Child, biblical themes, still lifes and landscapes (in the gallery) File:Van Gogh Farm in Hoogeveen.jpg|Farmhouses Among Trees (1883), Vincent van Gogh File:Renoir Cauliflower and pomegranates.jpg|Cauliflower and Pomegranates (c. 1890), Pierre-Auguste Renoir File:Dürer Virgin and Child.jpg|Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Albrecht Dürer File:Pontormo Virgin and Child.jpg|Virgin and Child, Jacopo Pontormo File:Bordone Daphnis and Chloe.jpg|Daphnis and Chloe, Paris Bordone File:Haarlem Nailing to the Cross.jpg|Nailing to the Cross, Cornelis van Haarlem File:Vos Portrait of mother and daughter.JPG|Portrait of Mother and Daughter, Cornelis de Vos File:Ribera Philosopher.jpg|A Philosopher, José de Ribera File:Constable Donkeys in the stable.JPG|Donkeys in the Stable, John Constable File:Gerome Egyptian water carrier.jpg|Egyptian Water Carrier, Jean-Léon Gérôme File:Bouguereau Venus and Cupid.jpg|Venus and Cupid, William-Adolphe Bouguereau File:Garreta Girl in pink dress.jpg|Portrait of a Young Girl in Pink Dress, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta ==See also==