Kraków: History Museum

Places and attractions in the History museum category

Wawel Castle

Medieval royal castle museum complex Wawel Castle, a majestic royal residence and fortress, stands as a crowning jewel of Kraków, Poland. Perched atop Wawel Hill, the castle is not only a significant museum but also a testament to Poland's rich history, having been the political and cultural heart of the...

Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory

Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory, now a poignant museum located in Kraków, Poland, stands as a testament to the heroic efforts of Oskar Schindler during World War II. Once a production site for enamelware, the factory became famous for being the place where Schindler...

Galicia Jewish Museum

Modern site commemorating Jewish culture Nestled in the historic district of Kazimierz in Kraków, Poland, the Galicia Jewish Museum stands as a poignant testament to Jewish culture in the region and a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. This unique institution was founded to commemorate the lives of the...

Polish Aviation Museum

Museum of military and commercial aircraft Nestled in the heart of Kraków, the Polish Aviation Museum stands as a tribute to the rich history of aerospace achievements in Poland. Housed in the former Rakowice-Czyżyny airfield, this museum is a treasure trove for aviation enthusiasts and history buffs alike.

Collegium Maius

14th-century university with a museum Nestled in the heart of Kraków, Collegium Maius beckons as a historical gem and a repository of knowledge. As the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University, it represents the cradle of academic life in Poland, with roots stretching back to the 14th century.

Old Synagogue

Synagogue museum of Jewish culture The Old Synagogue was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue situated in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland. In Yiddish it was referred to as the Alta Shul.

Rynek Underground

The underground square central museum of Kraków is situated below the market square of the city. The museum is approximately 4000 square meters in size. Work on the underground square first began at the start of 2009 and cost 38 million zloty. The museum first opened on 24 September 2010, at the time only displaying regular exhibitions.

National Museum

The National Museum in Kraków, popularly abbreviated as MNK, is the largest museum in Poland, and the main branch of Poland's National Museum, which has several independent branches with permanent collections around the country.

Ethnographic Museum

The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum of Kraków is a museum in Kazimierz, Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1902.

Archaeological Museum of Kraków

The Archaeological Museum of Kraków is a historic museum in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It was established in 1850.

Czartoryski Museum

Palatial museum of fine art and handicraft The Princes Czartoryski Museum – often abbreviated to Czartoryski Museum – is a historic museum in Kraków, Poland, and one of the country's oldest museums. The initial collection was formed in 1796 in Puławy by Princess Izabela Czartoryska. The Museum officially opened in 1878.

Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa

The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków in Kraków, Lesser Poland, was granted the status of an independent institution in 1945. Originally, it was a branch of the Old Records Office of Kraków, in operation from 1899.

EUROPEUM – European Culture Centre

The EUROPEUM – European Culture Centre is a division of the Kraków National Museum housing a permanent exhibition of European art. Placed on two floors in a restored 17th century granary, the museum was opened to the public on 13 September 2013.

PRL Museum

The PRL Museum is a museum in Kraków, Poland devoted to documenting the forty-year history of the communist People's Republic of Poland. It occupies the building of the old Kino Światowid, a formerly state-owned cinema in the Nowa Huta district of Kraków.

Royal Garden in Kraków

Ogrody Królewskie na Wawelu is a botanical garden and museum in Kraków, Poland.

Jan Matejko Manor House

Dworek Jana Matejki w Krzesławicach is a museum in Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1965 in Krzesławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Armia Krajowa Museum in Kraków

The Home Army Museum in Kraków was created in Kraków, Poland in 2000, to commemorate the struggle for independence by the underground Polish Secret State and its military arm Armia Krajowa, the largest resistance movement in occupied Europe during World War II. The museum is named after general Emil August Fieldorf "Nil".

Krzysztofory Palace

The Krzysztofory Palace is a small, baroque palace located on the main square of Kraków, in Małopolska region of southern Poland. It is the location of the Historical Museum of Kraków.

Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego is a museum on Floriańska Street, Kraków, Poland, specializing in the history of pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology. It was established in 1946. The founder and first director of the museum was Dr.

Under the Eagle Pharmacy

The Eagle Pharmacy Museum is located on the southwest edge of the Bohaterów Getta Square, under number 18 in Kraków, Poland. Since 1910, its proprietor was Jozef Pankiewicz and after him Tadeusz Pankiewicz, his son who ran it since 1933. Before World War II, it was one of the four pharmacies in Podgórze district.

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