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National Museum's Main Building

The huge collection of militaria kept here, second in Poland only to the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, is housed in the Main Building of the Museum together with Polish and West European craftwork. Selected items of Polish art from the 19th and 20th centuries are displayed in an exhibition area of over 3000 sqaure metres... »

Venue/Address:

al. 3 Maja 1

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Stanisław Wyspiański Museum

The very varied work of Wyspiański is juxtaposed in Szołayski House, where the Wyspiański museum is based, with the work of his contemporaries from the Kraków milieu who used a different formal language... »

Venue/Address:

ul. Szczepańska 11

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Princes Czartoryski Museum

The most precious exhibits owned by the Czartoryski Museum include Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine, and Landscape with the Good Samaritan by Rembrandt Van Rijn.

Please note! Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine is currently not on display!... »

Venue/Address:

ul. św. Jana 19
ul. Pijarska 8 (Arsenal)

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Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace

In 2007, two permanent galleries presenting works of Polish mediaeval, Renaissance, and baroque art were opened in the Palace. The large collection of icons is especially worth a visit... »

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ul. Kanonicza 17

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Józef Mehoffer House

The artist’s house has been turned into a museum where one can see historical furniture, chandeliers, wall hangings, clocks, books, and other works of art, including numerous pieces by the artist. The most precious include the stained-glass windows entitled Vita somnium breve, Caritas, Faith, Hope, and Love... »

Venue/Address:

ul. Krupnicza 26

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Sukiennice (Cloth Hall)

Terraces with splendid views over the Main Market Square, a media library, a lecture hall for children, but above all over 200 artworks presented in a contemporary and attractive manner... »

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Main Market Square 1

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Jan Matejko House

House of Jan Matejko is the oldest biographical museum in Poland. The authentical house if the artist was turned into a museum in the 1890s. Since September 2009 we can see an exhibition in a new, modern arrangement... »

Venue/Address:

ul. Floriańska 41

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Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum

Surrounded by gardens, the reconstructed mansion and pavilion house a museum and library that are home to a collection brought here by Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (182801896): coins, medals, books, prints, works of art and craft... »

Venue/Address:

ul. Piłsudskiego 12

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Historical Museum of the City of Kraków

The wartime history of the factory, its owner Oskar Schindler, and the Jewish prisoners of the Płaszów camp became known primarily thanks to Steven Spielberg... »

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Wawel

Although there are few who can guess which church bears the official name of the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr and St Wenceslas,...  »

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