Exhibitions (70)

All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021–1961–1921

For six months all of the tapestries from the collection of Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland will be displayed in the castle. The king commissioned this magnificent tapestry...

Wawel Royal Castle, Wawel 5

Aleksander Kotsis (1836–1877). Shades of Realism

Born in Ludwinów near Krakow and living in Podgórze, Aleksander Kotsis was one of the most valued Polish painters working in the mid-19th century. His work is associated with artistic...

The Feliks Jasieński Szołayski House, pl. Szczepański 9

From the Princes’ Collection

The collection of the Princes Czartoryski Library is a vast repository with resources that keep surprising us. Selected parchment documents show the formation of the borders of our homeland. In...

Princes Czartoryski Museum, ul. Pijarska 15, Kraków

Art of Old Poland. The 12th-18th century

The exhibition presents excellent works of the medieval and more modern art from the collections of the National Museum in Krakow, one of the oldest and best sets of old Polish art.  To the...

The Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace, ul. Kanonicza 17

Traces of Memory

The exhibition features photographs by the late Chris Schwarz and texts by Prof. Jonathan Webber (UNESCO Committee Chair for Jewish and Interdenominational Studies at the University of Birmingham,...

Galicia Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 18

Polish Folk Culture

OPEN FROM MAY 22, 2020 The “Polish Folk Culture” exhibition may be called a time machine. Walking through the renaissance interiors of the Town Hall on Plac Wolnica, the...

The history and Culture of Jews in Kraków

The exhibition in the main prayer hall is dedicated to the synagogue and the most important holidays of the religious Jewish Calendar, like Sabbath Day, Rosh Hashanah and the Day of Atonement, the...

Old Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24

Orthodox Art of the Old Polish Republic

The exhibition features a hitherto little known group of icons, one of the oldest and most precious collections of Orthodox painting in Central Europe. It contains mainly the works coming from the...

The Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace, ul. Kanonicza 17

Gallery of Decorative Art

The Gallery of Decorative Art at the National Museum in Krakow is the largest permanent exhibition of this type in Poland. The displayed objects are arranged in a chronological order from the...

The Main Building, al. 3 Maja 1

State Rooms

CLOSED UNTIL FURHER NOTICE The main exhibition of the castle’s interiors includes several rooms on the ground floor and guest apartments on the second floor.

Wawel Royal Castle, Wawel 5

Royal Private Apartments

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Four chambers located to the south of the Envoys’ Stairs were designated for the King’s guests. In this part of the palace there are original larch...

Wawel Royal Castle, Wawel 5

Crown Treasury and Armoury

The exhibition is located on the ground floor of the north-eastern corner of the castle. It is related to the historic institution of the Crown Treasury once located here, which was a visible sign...

Wawel Royal Castle, Wawel 5