The Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory, a branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow, is located in Zabłocie District in Krakow, in the administrative building of the former enamelware factory known as Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) of Oskar Schindler. Prior to DEF, it was the facility of the First Małopolska Factory of Enamelware and Tin Products “Rekord”, which was established...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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 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....

The Centre is located in the renovated storage for staging instruments of Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Cracow at ul. Radziwiłłowskiej 3. It has been entered into the Register of Monuments. A storage for costumes, rehearsal room and tailors room can be found there. The Craft Centre also houses an extraordinary exhibition “Myśląca ręka” (A thinking hand) dedicated to theatrical craft and...