The Szołayski house is a two-storey corner building situated near the Market Square. With its impressive façade overlooking Szczepański Square and partially Szczepańska Street, the house is adjacent to the edifices of the Stary Theatre and the Palace of Art.The oldest part of the building was erected in the 15th century, while its present shape was achieved as a result of renovations in the...

The Old Granary, a building erected in the 18th century outside the city walls, belonged to the Wielopolski family, then to the Jabłonowski family, and in 1905 it came under the city’s administration. It served various functions: as a granary, a carriage factory, a warehouse, a dairy, a shop, and during the Second Republic as the seat of the Association of Architects of the Republic. After...

The Seat of the District Museum in Tarnów is located in a town house at the Market Square in Tarnów. This building contains: the Art Department, the Administration Department, the Financial Department and the directorate. On the ground floor and in the basement, there are exhibition rooms where temporary exhibitions are presented.

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...

The permanent exhibition is housed in the family home of Jan Matejko (1838-1893), the greatest Polish artist working in the genre of history painting, a collector and an enthusiast for monuments, particularly those in Krakow. The old Krakow building (rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries) is the place where Jan Matejko was born, lived with his family, created his paintings and passed away....

KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here. The authentic Memorial consists of two parts of the former camp: Auschwitz and Birkenau. A visit with an educator allows better understanding of this unique place. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was created by an act of the...

Since 2016, the directorship of the theatre has remained in the hands of Krzysztof Głuchowski, while Bartosz Szydłowski has curated its artistic programme. They chose Stanisław Wyspiański as the spiritual patron for the theatre – it would be difficult to find a more fitting and relevant one for this place. Wyspiański’s idea of search for more profound meanings, of stripping this theatre,...

The Józef Mehoffer House is a Museum branch located in the former residence of the painter at Krupnicza Street and is listed in the Register of Historical Monuments. It boasts an adjacent garden extending to the south. Erected as a one-storey brick building on the site of a former wooden manor that burnt down in a 1850 fire, it owes its present shape to the reconstruction carried out in the...

The villa 'Atma' in Zakopane houses the world's only biographical museum of Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937). The Polish composer, second greatest after Frederic Chopin, had enjoyed staying in Zakopane from his early youth, and towards the end of his life settled there permanently, living in a villa in Kasprusie street. The idea of establishing the Szymanowski Museum in „Atma” was suggested by...

The Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) is a large market hall erected in the 13th century in the middle of the Market Square, extended in the 14th century in the Gothic style and remodelled in the mid-16th century after Renaissance fashion. Following its restoration in the years 1875-1879, it began to serve a representative function and became a venue for grand balls and patriotic celebrations. Due to...