National Museum in Kraków

In the Paris Atelier of Stanisław Wyspiański and Józef Mehoffer

The fifth edition of the exhibition at the Wyspiański Museum, a branch of the National Museum in Kraków, will be expanded with two additional presentations in the ground-floor gallery: “In the Paris Atelier of Stanisław…

Vincent van Gogh: ‘Country Cottages Among the Trees’

Miłosz Kargol, Dr Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus, Dr Adam Spodaryk

At the European Art Gallery of the National Museum in Kraków, we are exhibiting the only painting by Vincent van Gogh in Polish public collections, entitled Country Cottages Among the Trees, from the John Paul II…

The Faces of Czapski

Dr Magdalena Ludera

Pre-war art critics of Józef Czapski (1896–1993) emphasised the stylistic diversity of his paintings. In 1938, Roman Kołoniecki observed that Czapski does not present the viewer “with a choice between creative…

Landscape of the Polish Soul – an exhibition at the Presidential Palace

dr Beata Studziżba-Kubalska

“Landscape of the Polish Soul” is an exhibition that forms part of a tradition, now spanning more than a decade, of presenting Polish art within the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Poland, organised by museum…

Satire and comics by Jan Matejko

The Jan Matejko House Museum was established in the family home of Jan Matejko (1838–1893), the most eminent Polish representative of the historical painting movement, collector, pioneer of conservation and…

Picasso and the Pikasiaks. Modern Ceramics

dr Bożena Kostuch

When Pablo Picasso visited Poland in late summer 1948, he brought with him 20 large earthenware platters featuring painted and engraved decorations. Created at the Atelier Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris in the…

Under sails and stars – seas, ports and sailors

Iwona Długopolska, Patryk Niemiec

Since time immemorial, the vastness of the seas has presented a challenge to humankind, but has also been a realm of bold dreams, undiscovered mysteries, and mortal dangers. Venturing out onto the open seas required not…

Precious, most precious. Works from the Princes Czartoryski Library

Jadwiga Klima

The impressive collection of the Princes Czartoryski Library is part of Polish national and European heritage. Started by Adam Kazimierz and Izabela Czartoryski in the 18th century and expanded by subsequent…

Citizen Cepelia

Prof. Piotr Korduba, PhD, Dr Anna Wiszniewska, prof. UAM dr hab. Piotr Korduba

“Citizen Cepelia” is the first critical, comprehensive exhibition in Poland devoted to one of the most influential yet least understood institutions involved in the production and distribution of artistic objects and…

Révolution, progrès, impérialisme… Le papier-monnaie du XIXe siècle

Barbara Zając, dr Barbara Zając

Le XIXe siècle fut une époque de profonds changements technologiques, économiques et culturels, qui ont également eu une influence considérable sur l’évolution de la monnaie. L’exposition vise à éclairer l’histoire et…

“Moda polska” Polish fashion state enterprise in the collection of the National Museum in Krakow

At another exhibition of the achievements of “Polish Fashion” [Moda Polska], the National Museum in Kraków presents a selection of garments from three outstanding designers: Kalina Paroll, Magda Ignar and Jerzy…

Arms and Colour

Michał Dziewulski

Where can you find the largest collection of historical arms and armour in Krakow? The answer is the National Museum in Krakow. It is also one of the most important collections of its kind in Poland. But does weaponry,…

Art of Old Poland: 12th–18th centuries

The Gallery of Art of Old Poland is located in the restored historical interiors of the former palace of Bishop Erazm Ciołek, at the foot of the Wawel Hill, Kanonicza Street, called the oldest street in Krakow. The…

Collection of old prints and manuscripts

The manuscripts collection was initiated through a donation from the Czapski family in the form of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski’s library containing over eight thousand items. Presently, after the incorporation of the…

European Art Gallery

Miłosz Kargol, Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus, PhD, Adam Spodaryk, dr Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus, dr Adam Spodaryk

The new gallery is to present, deliberately in reverse chronological order, the most interesting and best works of European painting and sculpture from the collections of the National Museum in Krakow, created between…

The Numismatic Room

The collection of numismatics of the National Museum in Krakow consists of approximately 109,000 objects. It consists of, among others: antique coins (approx. 9000), Polish and foreign coins (approx. 60,000), medals…

Józef Czapski

The biographical exhibition devoted to Józef Czapski (1896–1993) is a permanent part of the gallery of the Józef Czapski Pavilion, located in the garden of MNK branch – The Czapski. Józef Czapski was a painter, writer…

Krakow within your reach

The exhibition “Krakow within your reach” presents 800 fragments of the most valuable architectural sculptures from all over Poland, coming from St. Mary’s Basilica, the Wawel Royal Cathedral or the Royal Gniezno…

Memento vitae. Paintings by Józef Czapski in the collections of the National Museum in Krakow

Agnieszka Kosińska

“Friday. I only wrote on the cover of this new notebook: memento! Because here I wasn’t talking only about memento Mori, but about memento Vitae, which still awaits me, whether this life will last a day or a few years!”…

MNK Czartoryski Museum

Curators at the MNK Czartoryski Museum of the National Museum in Kraków, under the leadership of collections curator Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus: Paulina Chełmecka, Bożena Chmiel, Mateusz Chramiec, Dorota Dec, Jan Jakub Dreścik, Dorota Gorzelany, Natalia Koziara, Barbara Konig, Tomasz Kusion, Elżbieta Musialik, Janusz Wałek, Paweł Wierzbicki, together with the team of curators at the Czartoryski Library, Kustosze MNK Muzeum Czartoryskich pod kierownictwem kuratora zbiorów Katarzyny Płonki-Bałus: Paulina Chełmecka, Paweł Wierzbicki wraz z zespołem kustoszy Biblioteki Książąt Czartoryskich

The Czartoryski Museum houses a unique, most valuable collection of art in Poland and Europe. The collection was founded by Izabela Czartoryska (1746–1835), belonging to one of the most influential magnate families of…

Gallery of Decorative Art

The presentation of material culture artefacts in the Main Building of the National Museum in Kraków is the largest comprehensive exhibition of its kind in Poland: nearly 4,000 objects are displayed within the…

MNK Matejko

The Jan Matejko Biographical Museum (1838–1893) is located in the family home of the artist, pedagogue, social activist, collector and pioneer in the field of monument protection. It is an old Krakow tenement house,…

MNK Mehoffer

The Józef Mehoffer House is a museum-artist’s home, in this case featuring a rich collection of authentic furnishings. The painter’s grandson, Ryszard MNK Mehoffer (1922–2010), donated – or placed on loan – numerous…

The Sukiennice

The Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art is located in the rooms on the first floor of the Sukiennice (Cloth Hall), in the heart of Krakow’s Main Market Square. The spaces of the Cloth Hall were made available to the…

MNK Wyspiański

Magdalena Laskowska, Danuta Godyń, Łucja Skoczeń-Rąpała, Andrzej

The creative personality of Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907) undoubtedly left its mark in many fields of art. A painter, graphic artist, theatre reformer, architectural visionary – these are just a few incarnations of…

Monastery at the Czartoryski Museum

dr Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus

The exhibition in the Monastery [Klasztorek] at the Czartoryski Museum refers to the character of the first museum in Polish lands, created in Izabela Czartoryska’s residence in Puławy, in the Temple of the Sibyl…

Objects at MNK Szołayscy

Andrzej Szczerski, Magdalena Czubińska, Alicja Kilijańska, Bożena Kostuch, Joanna Kowalska, Monika Paś

“Objects. Gallery of Polish Design of the 20th and 21st centuries” is a continuation of the story of material culture and everyday belongings, started in the Gallery of Decorative Art in the Main Building of the MNK.…

The Gardens Of Women Sculptors

The ‘Gardens of Women Sculptors’ project is an educational trail that combines the pleasure of a stroll with learning about women’s art. By visiting the gardens of our museum branches, you will be able to discover the…

Gallery of Orthodox Art

The exhibition of Orthodox art presents one of the oldest and most valuable collections of sacred painting from Eastern rites in Central Europe. Its core is works from the region of the south-eastern borders of the…

Sections at MNK Szołayscy

Weronika Grzesiak, Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk, Kacper Kępiński

What is architecture, and what can it be? What are its relationships with users and the environment? How does it function, and how is it shaped by the natural environment, as well as by the social and cultural context?…

The Origins. Ancient Art Gallery

Dorota Gorzelany-Nowak

The exhibition of antiquities of ancient art consists of the collections of the National Museum in Krakow and the included collections of the Potocki families from Krzeszowice and Władysław Czartoryski (1828–1894),…

Theatrum Mulierum

The exhibition organized as part of the project ‘Woman Knowledge Power’ will present works by Václav Hollar (1607-1667), one of the most talented printmakers of the 17th-century Europe, an artist particularly skilled in…

XX + XXI. Sculpture

Agata Małodobry

In June, “XX + XXI. Gallery of Polish Art” will expand to include a space dedicated to sculpture from the mid-20th century to the present day. This is the last room in the visiting order, which complements the sculpture…

XX+XXI. Polish Art Gallery

Andrzej Szczerski, Anna Budzałek, Magdalena Czubińska, Alicja Kilijańska, Bożena Kostuch, Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha, Światosław Lenartowicz, Agata Małodobry

XX+XXI. The Polish Art Gallery in the Main Building of the MNK shows a panorama of the history of Polish art of that period. The exhibition presents an overview of important phenomena, movements, and artistic trends…