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...

The Library of the University of Gdańsk, apart from being an academic unit, serves as an educational and service centre of the University information system. The Main Library of the University of Gdańsk in Gdańsk-Oliwa, together with six specialised libraries constitutes the basis for the academic library and information system. It is available for all readers, with the scientific library and...

Lengrenówka (Lengren's House) is an additional location of the Museum of Caricature. It is an adaptation of the former flat and studio of Zbigniew Lengren (1919-2003) – a famous Polish cartoonist at 6/8 Brzozowa Street in Warsaw. Lengrenówka will serve as a year-round cultural and educational facility. Its activities will focus mainly on educating children and young people through contact with...

Apart from its permanent exhibition, the Museum of Crafts in Krosno also has display and concert hall, the Piwnica PodCieniami. Exhibitions, chamber concerts, conferences, read-outs, lectures and official meetings are organised there.

The Orientarium is Europe's most modern pavilion dedicated to the fauna and flora of South East Asiaj. The building, enclosures and aviaries take up an area of almost 10 football pitches. The animals are kept in large spaces with other species and in a diverse environment. Our visitors can observe the Orientarium denizens from three perspectives: underwater, land and from above. The...

Next to the parish church stands a 38-metre high tower, whose tented roof towers over the Krosno Old Town. Both the tower and its bells were founded in the 17th century by Robert Portius, a Scotsman who made his fortune by trading in Hungarian wine. The largest of the bells – known as Urban – is 490 cm wide in its lower perimeter and is one of the largest historic bells in Poland. Inside there...

"The city of weavers an shoemakers" that’s how Prudnik was called centuries ago in relation to the professions which were the domain of Prudnik's residents at that time. The biggest development of weaver craf happened in XIX and XX century , mainly thanks to Fränkl nad Pinkus family- owners of one of the biggest linen factories in Europe. The factories of this influential and generous family...

Wok's Tower – remnant of XIII century castle is the oldest landmark of Prudnik and one of the oldest of this type of objects in Poland. The decision about building the stronghold made in 1255yr. Wok from Rosenberg, after whom antique building got its name. In the past this cylindrical construction was last defense line in time the castle had been in danger, thick walls and entrance to the...

Discover the secrets of a newly discovered adit, shrouded in many legends.

The time travel full of mystery, science and fear to the Medieval Technology Park.