The National Museum in Krakow is the oldest and largest museum with the adjective "national" in its name in Poland. It was established in 1879 by a resolution of the Krakow City Council. Until the end of World War I, it was the only large museum open to the public in Poland, and to this day it remains the institution with the largest number of collections, buildings and permanent galleries....

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 Vodka Factory is an unusual museum located within the Fabryczna City complex. It is housed in a historic building of the former Vodka Factory No. 11 built in the 1930s, later the Polmos Distillery. It is a reminder and testimony to the identity of the place. The museum is made up of seven thematic galleries and at the same time seven main stories. The history presented includes: a...

Józef Czapski’s pavilion is the newest and smallest building, forming part of the Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum complex, department of the National Museum in Cracow. Built in the back of the former garden adjacent to the Łoziński tenement, the pavilion is dedicated to the grandson of the creator of the most valuable numismatic collection in Poland, the eminent Polish intellectual, writer,...

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the oldest enterprises in Europe. It was a production plant already in the 13th century, and over the following centuries it contributed to the power of the Polish economy. It supplied salt to the tables of almost all of Europe. Nowadays, it is one of the most frequently visited places in Poland and a still active mining plant, where intensive security...

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...

Since 1909, it was owned by Józef Pankiewicz, succeeded by his son Tadeusz (21/11/1908-5/11/1993), who ran it from 1933. Before the war, the customers of the pharmacy, one of four in Podgórze, included both Jewish and Polish residents of the district. It supplied medicines to, among others, the charitable society taking care of the sick, Bikkur Cholim. When in March 1941 the Germans...

In 1863, the great fire of the city of Oświęcim ravaged the old city hall, probably dating back to the 16th century, which was located in the central part of the market square. In 1873, the land for the construction of a new magistrate was purchased from Anna Kowalska. The works carried out between 1874-75 were initially supervised by the Oświęcim builder Leopold Michl, and then they were...

The six hectares of green parkland feature original, large-scale devices designed to stimulate thinking and teach, but also to entertain so that learning becomes a pleasure at every age. The devices are arranged in thematic groups covering optics, hydrostatics, acoustics, and mechanics. There are now more than 100 stations among the park’s greenery to perform simple physics experiments in...

The contents of the Princes Czartoryski Library originate from the family's personal book collections preserved in numerous residences. The beginnings of the library, founded by Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Czartoryska nee Fleming, date back to the year 1770, which marks the creation of the first collection catalogue of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski's private library...