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Libraria

Permanent exhibition
turturi level
The Libraria is the former library hall of Collegium Maius which was constructed in 1516-1540. The decorative gilded Golden Portal (Porta Aurea) leads to the interior currently used as museum exhibition space. A distinctive element of the interior is the late-Gothic net vault. Neo-Baroque cabinets contain books from the Pusłowski family collection (18-19th c.) and historic library catalogue... read everything »
Address
Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius - Jagiellonian University
ul. Jagiellońska 15
31-010 Kraków
Małopolskie
coffeehouse
coffeehouse
Day of the week Opening hours
Monday
10:00 - 17:00
Tuesday
10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday Wednesday 10:00 - 17:00
Thursday
10:00 - 17:00
Friday
10:00 - 17:00
free
free entrance
Holidays Opening hours
2024.12.25 (Wednesday) x
2024.12.26 (Thursday) x
Tickets
normal 17.00 PLN
reduced 10.00 PLN
family 45.00 PLN
The above price list applies to the entire place.

The Libraria is the former library hall of Collegium Maius which was constructed in 1516-1540. The decorative gilded Golden Portal (Porta Aurea) leads to the interior currently used as museum exhibition space. A distinctive element of the interior is the late-Gothic net vault.

Neo-Baroque cabinets contain books from the Pusłowski family collection (18-19th c.) and historic library catalogue boxes.

The busts displayed in the library depict people of culture from antiquity to the 19th century. The walls are decorated with portraits of personages who made essential contributions to the development of the Jagiellonian Library and the Jagiellonian University Museum, including the portrayals of Benedykt of Koźmin (16th c.), Józef Łepkowski (19th c.), and Karol Estreicher junior (20th c.).

Of particular note is the set of three reconstructed wooden astronomical instruments identical to those used by Nicholas Copernicus (quadrant, triquetrum and armillary sphere), as well as a 19th-century reading wheel.

The Libraria is the place for monthly sessions of the Jagiellonian University Senate.

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