Museums in Cracow

Here, I run a list of main museums in Cracow. We may visit them together, if you wish.
My e-mail: anita@cracow-guide.net

•Historical Museum of Cracow City - Rynek Glowny 35. Exhibitions connected with Cracow. Worth visiting.

•National museum - 3 Maja 1 str. Painting and sculpture. Permament and temporary exhibitions. It has rich collections of modern art. I invite you to see museum’s website, there you will find actual topics of exhibitions. www.muz-nar.krakow.pl

•Czartoryski Museum - Jana 19. The first museum on polish land. Painting, sculpture, very interesting collection of souvenirs. Famous painting of Leonardo Da Vinci : “Lady with Ermine” (also called "Lady with little weasel") – is the ‘icon’ of Cracow. One of the 13 confirmed pictorial masterpieces of Leonardo Da Vinci. The master art of light-shadow. Anyone who visits Cracow should see this masterpiece. “Countryside with merciful good Samaritan” - painting of Rembrandt from 1638 . It is one of the six oil landscapes painted by Rembrandt. Baroque act of light and shadow. 

•Galery of Sukiennice - Rynek Glowny 1-3. For the duration of the renovation, gallery is moved to the Castle in Niepolomice (info -  eighbourhood of Cracow) painting and sculpture. I encourage to see it.

•Museum of Stanislaw Wyspianski - Szczepanska 11. On the groundfloor interesting temporary exhibitions. First floor – personage of Stanislaw Wyspianski, his paintings, drafts, graphics, stained glasses… Very beautiful! On the last floor – personage of Feliks Jasinski-Manggha, part of japanese art collection, which he gave to the Museum of Japanese art and Technique Manggha.

•Centre of Japanese art and Technique "Manggha" - M. Konopnickiej 26. It was founded by famous director Andrzej Wajda and his wife Krystyna Zachwatowicz. The land of the rising sun in Cracow. This is the buiding with undulating roof on the right riverside. www.manggha.krakow.pl 

•House of Jan Matejko - Florianska 41. Home of a great artist painter. Souvenirs, paintings, drafts, projects. I encourage to visit.

•House of Józef Mehoffer - Krupnicza 26. Artist of "Young Poland", the student of Jan Matejko and friend of Stanislaw Wyspianski. His works of arts found appreciation in Cracow and abroad. Worth visiting, and in the summer walk through Mehoffer’s Gardens. 

•Archidiocesan Museum - Kanonicza 19. Museum connected with the Pope John Paul II. Bedroom and apartament where he lived. Collection of gifts, that he received and then he gave them for exhibition. Painting, sculpture, galery of photographs. 

•Palace of bishop Erazm Ciolek - Kanonicz 17.
Art from romanizm till baroque.

•Museum of Archeology - Poselska 3. The sculpture of "Swiatowid" from roman limes found in the river Zbrucz. Reconstruction of dresses over the centuries. Archeological finds in Poland and e.g. in Egypt - rich collection of mummy, both human and animal. Very interesting museum for children

•Museum of Hipolit’s Family - Jana 19. Reconstruction of bourgeoin house. 

•House under the Crucifix - Szpitalna 21. History of cracowian theatre. Personage of famous Helena Modrzejewska who is known also beyond the ocean.

•Museum of Pharmacy - Florianska 25. History of pharmacy from the middle ages till nowadays. Moreover, at museum, interior of the pharmacy from the XVIIIth century was reconstructed.

•Museum of Jagielonski University Collegium Maius - Jagiellonska 15. (info Cracow extra) 

•Cracowian factory of stained glasses - Krasinskiego Av. 23. It came into existence in 1902. Those stained glasses decorate many objects in Cracow. Today we can admire them in the Centre of Information & Exhibition on the square All Saints. Three beautiful stained glasses designed by Stanislaw Wyspianski, which were to decorate Wawel cathedral: Prince Henryk Pobozny, St. Stanislaw and King Kazimierz the Great. Guess who is who…???

•Slaski House - Pomorska 2. History of Cracow from 1939 to 1956. This cracowian museum is dedicated for all polish victims, who suffered during the II World War. 

•Museum of Etnography - Pl.Wolnica 1 

•Old Synagogue - Szeroka 24. History and culture of cracowian Jews.

•"Eagle Pharmacy" museum - Bohaterow Getta 18 (info visiting Cracow, Kazimierz quarter)
 
•Museum of Aviation - Jana Pawla II 39. Place for those who are interested in aviation. 

•Museum of Civil Engineering - st.Wawrzynca 15; His first steps on-kart races put Robert Kubica Formula 1 Driver