Temporary exhibitions (21)

Roly-Poly. Statue of Lenin in Nowa Huta

Although the bronze statue of the revolutionary leader stood in Nowa Huta for just 16 years, it left an indelible mark on the district’s history. There were unsuccessful attempts to blow up or...

Museum of Nowa Huta, os. Centrum E 1

The Case of Stanisław Pyjas

In 1977, Cracovian student Stanisław Pyjas was murdered by the security services. The case has never been fully solved, and ongoing attempts to uncover the truth keep coming up against further...

Bunkier Sztuki, pl. Szczepański 3a

Publishers – Binders – Goldsmiths. Historical book covers from the collections of the National Museum in Krakow

A presentation of seventy old prints with covers made of leather applied to boards and embossed with bookbinding tools in the style corresponding to the era of their printing. Boards used to be a...

The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum , ul. Piłsudskiego 12

Dawid Czycz. Golden Years: Are You Ready?

Golden Years is the latest series of paintings by Dawid Czycz, a pictorial story about our present. An era of excessive virtual stimuli. A world flooded with the colourful light from LED screens,...

Shefter Gallery, ul. Jabłonowskich 6, Kraków

Gardens, Courtyards, St Gereon’s Church

Wawel Castle is perhaps best known for its beautiful Renaissance Sigismund Chapel or its arcaded courtyards. Yet the walls of the castle and the cathedral conceal fragments of far earlier...

Wawel Royal Castle, Wawel 5

Szymborska's Drawer

On 1 February 2013, the first anniversary of the death of Wisława Szymborska, the exhibition Szymborska’s Drawer opened at Szołayski House, a Department of the National Museum in Krakow.

The Feliks Jasieński Szołayski House, pl. Szczepański 9

World War II – Drama, Symbol, Trauma

Open again from 19 May! On 6 November 1939, the Nazis rounded up well over a hundred professors at the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Novum. The majority were transported to the...

MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, ul. Lipowa 4

Mikołaj Smoczyński. Private Exhibition

Exhibtion reopens on 12 May! The oeuvre of Mikołaj Smoczyński (1955–2009) continues to be discovered anew. This is the result of the abundance of material that this unusually productive...

MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, ul. Lipowa 4

Małopolska's Virtual Museums

Małopolska's Virtual Museums website (WMM) provides over 1000 digitized exhibits from 41 Museums in Małopolska. There are both 3D and 2D exhibits, as well as texts and audio recordings that put them...