Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka - a national cultural institution - has its exhibitions in facilities that were once the royal salt enterprise: the salt mine and the Wieliczka Saltworks Castle. Both of these objects are included in the UNESCO List. The museum presents the history of the royal enterprise, which had a huge impact on the economic development of Poland - in the times of...

Wawel Royal Castle-State Art Collection is a national cultural institution   The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill constitute the most historically and culturally important site in Poland. For centuries the residence of kings and the symbol of Polish statehood, the castle is now one of the country’s premier art museums. Established in 1930, the museum encompasses ten curatorial departments...

The Palace was erected in the years 1501-1503 for Erazm Ciołek - the Bishop of Płock and the secretary of King Alexander Jagiellon. Bishop Ciołek was a diplomat, humanist and a patron of artists. The architecture of the building features traditional Gothic elements (pillars in the vestibule) and influences of the Italian Renaissance (main portal). At the beginning of the 16th century, the...

The oldest documented roots of the history of the castle hill date back to the 11th century. At that time, there was an agricultural settlement consisting of several cottages. At the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries, a large part of it was burnt down. After the fire, a borough was located on the hill. The first source notes thereon date back to 1179, when the Oświęcim castellan was excluded...

The most valuable collection in Poland, and one of the most valuable ones in Europe. The Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci or the Landscape with the Good Samaritan by Rembrandt van Rijn, as well as many other masterpieces of not only painting, but also sculpture, crafts, military, applied arts, can be viewed in 26 exhibition halls, on two floors of the renovated Palace of the Princes...

The Nowa Huta Branch of the Archaeological Museum in Kraków is located in a manor and park complex in Branice. The village was first mentioned in written sources in 1250, when Bolesław the Chaste gave the voivode of Kraków Klemens, the son of Sulisław, the right to hunt for beavers in these areas. The archaeological relics, on the other hand, confirm the existence of settlements there as early...

We are pleased to present the Manor in Modlnica, a unique place in the heart of the Małopolska region, located just 11 kilometres from the centre of Kraków. Its history dates back to the 18th century, when the manor house was built on the initiative of the then owner of Modlnica - Józef Konopka. In 1959, the manor was donated to the Jagiellonian University by the Konopka family. Since that...