Kraków: Museum

Places and attractions in the 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...

Sukiennice Museum

Museum showing 19th-century Polish art Nestled in the heart of Kraków's Main Market Square, the Sukiennice Museum, also known as the Gallery of the 19th-Century Polish Art, is a cultural gem that beckons art enthusiasts and history buffs alike. This illustrious museum is housed in the upper floor 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...

Barbican

Late 15th-century fortified gateway The Barbican of Kraków stands as a historical fortress and a relic of the city's medieval defensive walls. This circular bastion, constructed in the late 15th century, is one of the few remaining examples of such fortifications in Europe and is considered an...

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.

Cloth Hall

Market hall with a Polish art museum The Cloth Hall, known locally as Sukiennice, is a historic trading hub and one of the most recognizable landmarks in the heart of Kraków, Poland. This Renaissance-era gem, nestled in the center of the Main Market Square, dates back to the 14th century and was a major...

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.

Italian House

The Italian House, also known as Dom Włoski, is an architectural gem nestled in the heart of Kraków, Poland, reflecting the city's rich historical tapestry. Located at Szpitalna 32, this building is a testament to the cultural and artistic exchanges between Poland...

Manggha

Museum of Japanese art and culture Manggha is a museum in Kraków, Poland. Until 2005, it was a branch of the National Museum of Kraków.

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.

John Paul II Cathedral Museum

The John Paul II Cathedral Museum is a museum in Kraków, Poland. It is situated on Wawel Hill, between the Vasa Gate and the former seat of the Castle Seminary, in the Cathedral House, which is composed of two 14th-century buildings.

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.

Geological Museum

Muzeum Geologiczne Instytutu Nauk Geologicznych PAN w Krakowie is a museum in Kraków, Poland. The collection dates back to 1865.

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 Archidiecezjalne

The Archdiocesan Museum in Krakow is a museum consisting of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła's former residence in Krakow in houses no. 19–21 at Kanonicza Street. The museum was established in 1906 by Cardinal Jan Puzyna, but in its present form has existed since 1994.

Magazyn Kultury

The Judaica Foundation is a foundation located at ul. Meiselsa 17 street in Kraków, Poland, dedicated to preserving the city's Jewish culture. It was created in 1991. The idea for the foundation was established already in the 1980s, influenced by the President of the Jewish community of Kraków.

Jewish Community Centre

Jewish Community Centre of Kraków is a secular cultural and educational centre that opened in 2008 as the result of an initiative by the Prince of Wales. The site is leased from the official Jewish Community of Krakow. "JCC" is located in the Kazimierz district of Kraków on ul. Miodowa.

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.

MOCAK

Multimedia contemporary art gallery The Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, is a contemporary art gallery in Kraków, Poland that opened on 19 May 2011.

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.

Town Hall Tower

Town Hall Tower in Kraków, Poland is one of the main focal points of the Main Market Square in the Old Town district of Kraków. The Tower is the only remaining part of the old Kraków Town Hall demolished in 1820 as part of the city plan to open up the Main Square. Its cellars once housed a city prison with a Medieval torture chamber.

Muzeum Historii Fotografii w Krakowie

The Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków is a state-run photography museum in Kraków, Poland, established as the only one of its kind a mere three years before the collapse of the Soviet empire. The venue survived the transition successfully owing to new programmes.

Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej w Krakowie

The Museum of Municipal Engineering in Kraków or the Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej w Krakowie is a municipal museum in Kraków, Poland; located at ul. św. Wawrzyńca 15 street in the centre of historical Kazimierz district.

Royal Garden in Kraków

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

Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków

Natural history and natural science museum Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków is a public aquarium and museum at St. Sebastian 9th in Kraków, Poland. There is a crafted, perfectly preserved, prehistoric woolly rhino, the only completely preserved specimen of this animal that went extinct more than 12 thousand years ago.

Museum of Insurance

The Kraków Museum of Insurance is a former museum in Kraków, Poland which was dedicated to insurances. It was established in 1987. It was the only such museum in existence devoted to all aspects of the history of insurance in Poland and in formerly Polish lands. The director of the museum was Marianna Halota.

Palace of Art

The Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts is a social group of artists, artisans and their supporters founded in Kraków in 1854, under the Austrian Partition of Poland. Today, the Society operates from the Art Nouveau Palace of Art erected by its own members in 1901 at the Szczepański Square in Kraków Old Town.

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.

Muzeum Witrażu w Krakowie

Stained Glass Workshop and Museum - a specialty museum in Krakow, Poland dedicated to stained glass art and history.

Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection

The Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection is the residence museum and collection housed in the historic Wawel Castle of Kraków. The collection was inaugurated officially in 1930, with its current name introduced in 1994.

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".

Zwierzyniecki Salon Artystyczny

Zwierzyniecki House is a branch of the Museum of Krakow located at 41 Queen Hedwig Street in Zwierzyńec, Krakow, at the foot of The Mountain of St. Bronisławy, near the monastery of Ss. Norbertanek, the Church of the Holy Salwator and the Kosciuszko mound.

Museum of Armed Deed

Museum of the Armed Act is a museum in Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1963 and by 1970 had 3000 artifacts.

The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum

The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum is a branch of the National Museum of Kraków, 12 Pilsudski Street, Kraków. Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, was a Vice-Governor of St Petersburg and an important collector of books, prints, and numismatics.

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.

Galeria Olympia

Galeria Olympia is an art gallery in Cracow, Poland established in 1999, that shows works by contemporary artists. Its name refers to the name of the founder, Olimpia Maciejewska, and to the title of a 1863 painting by Edouard Manet. The gallery is located in the Podgórze district, at Limanowskiego Street 24/4b.

Grodzka Street

Grodzka Street - one of the oldest streets in Kraków, Poland. Grodzka was part of a former north-south trade route. The street is part of the Royal Route, used by Polish kings to reach Wawel Castle. The earliest documents referencing its name date from the thirteenth-century.

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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