Krzysztofory Palace
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square)
31-011 Kraków
Secretariat
phone: (+48 12) 422-32-64, (+48 12) 619-23-02
fax: (+48 12) 422-32-64
switchboard (+48 12) 619-23-00
e-mail: dyrekcja@mhk.pl
Director
Michał Niezabitowski MA
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-32-64
e-mail: m.niezabitowski@mhk.pl
Deputy director for scientific matters
Jacek Salwiński MA
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-32-64
e-mail: j.salwinski@mhk.pl
Deputy director for organizational matters
Anna Śliwa-Suchowiak MA
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-44
e-mail:a.suchowiak@mhk.pl
Deputy director for technical and administrative matters
Adam Świerz MA
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-12
e-mail: a.swierz@mhk.pl
Accounts department
Main accountant
Monika Synowiec
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-04, 619-23-09, 423-10-86
e-mail: ksiegowosc@mhk.pl
m.synowiec@mhk.pl
Administration department
manager
Joanna Boczoń
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-29, 422-32-41
e-mail: administracja@mhk.pl
The department is responsible for totality of planning, arranging, supervising and managing the museum renovation related issues. We are also responsible for routine supervising our buildings and equipment. We provide transportation services.
Curator of Kraków's Historical Museum
Certified Custodian
Grażyna Lichończak - Nurek PhD
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-33
e-mail: kurator@mhk.pl
The curator is in charge of science work for Krakow's Historical Museum co-ordination; in addition to that, from January 3, 2005 until December 31, 2007 she is one of the museum’s action co-ordinators for program of the 750th anniversary of Krakow's city location.
International Cooperation department
dr Anna Gabryś
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-33
e-mail: international@mhk.pl
Dept. responsible for all international museum’s action, maliny for cooperation with foreign partners but also for Communications with Polish institutions representing foreign culture.
Department of Kraków's History and Arts of the Middle Ages
manager
Senior custodian Aleksandra Radwan
4 Lipowa Street, 30-702 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 257-10-17 extension 109
e-mail: sredniowieczny@mhk.pl
Department's interest is a period between 1000 and 1500, except collections not limited in time. Collection items are divided into two basic groups: medieval collection and military related items.
Department is responsible for research of city functioning in early ages of its life.
Department of Kraków’s Modern History and Arts
manager
Senior custodian Marta Marek
Plac Mariacki 3 (3 St. Mary's Square), 31-042 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-42-19 extension: 27, 411-99-18 extension: 27
e-mail: nowozytny@mhk.pl
Department interests in a period between 1500 and 1800, except collections not limited in time. Collections are divided in three main groups: art works, numismatics and graphics.
Department of Kraków’s latest History and Arts
manager
Senior custodian Janusz T. Nowak
4 Lipowa Street, 30-702 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 257-10-17 extension 107, 108
e-mail: nowoczesny@mhk.pl
Department interests in a period since 1800 until the present time. Collection contains various elements: paintings (with particular focus on Krakow's pictures), sculpture, fabrics and clothes, as well as many valuable patriotic memorabilia, related to polish fight for independ-ence. In the collection there is a group of Scouting memorabilia.
Department of Kraków's present-day History and Art
manager
Senior custodian Maria Zientara
4 Lipowa Street, 30-702 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 257-10-17 extension 107
e-mail: wspolczesny@mhk.pl
This department refers to the period after year 1945. The department’s collection is very thematically and specifically diverse (paintings, sculptures, craftsmanship, furniture, fabrics, clothes, historical memorabilia). Collected works of art and objects are related to city’s history and its cultural, political and economical development, but also life and activities of people meritorious for the city. The department looks after the collections of modern art (painting, sculpture) of famous Kraków’s artists. You can find here sights of Kraków, portraits of culture, art and politics representatives. Moreover here are collections showing various trends in Kraków’s art, from the Post-impressionism to the electric art of young generation.
Department of Kraków's photography
manager
Senior custodian Ewa Gaczoł
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-39, 619-23-08
e-mail: fotozbiory@mhk.pl
Department's collection includes huge set of glass plates, negatives, photos and photo albums. Apart from it collects old photo equipment and other photography related accessories.
Collection covers photos of Krakow since beginning of the photography era. It is a precious iconographic source for city's history research as well as for research about Krakow's photog-raphy.
Department of printing, binding and Kraków's press
16 Lubicz Street, 31-504 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 429-37-91
e-mail: drukarstwo@mhk.pl
Department owns machines and devices used in printing and binding in 19th and 20th century, printers' tools and decorative, books and diplomas in artistic bindings, and binders' bits and pieces, mostly from Robert Jahoda Binding workshop.
Department of folk and traditions of Kraków
manager
Assistant Łukasz Olszewski
16 Lubicz Street, 31-504 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 429-37-91 extension 22
e-mail: folklor@mhk.pl
Department is looking after old customs and folk tradition of Krakow, mainly the Lajkonik holiday and annual Kraków's cribs competition. Additionally, it organizes crib exhibitions, both locally and abroad.
Department of cataloguing and amassing collections
manager
Senior custodian Andrzej Malik, Main cataloguer of the Museum
21 Szpitalna Street, 31-024 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-68-64, 431-29-61e-mail: zbiory@mhk.pl
The department looks after all museum’s collections. It is responsible for cataloguing and supervises digital record-keeping. This is a place where you can get information about owed by the museum objects, order a query or with the director’s approval, use the scientific collection’s catalogue. Moreover the department is responsible for renting procedures.
Main cataloguer is a line manager of: collection’s store manager – custodian Bożena Urbańska, and section of collection’s digitalization – senior master Wacław Pyzik.
Together with the department of cataloguing and amassing collections cooperates section of gaining collections supervised by senior custodian Danuta Radwan. The section monitors antiquarian market to find new works of art and objects of material culture related to Kraków to the museum’s collections. The section accepts offers from individuals who want to present or sell to the museum valuable objects.
Promotion and Marketing Department
manager
Main specialist Dorota Kurzawska
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-31
e-mail: promocja@mhk.pl
Museum is continuously in touch with mass media and information agencies, forwarding in-formation about exhibitions and events to tourist and cultural information publishers. We are looking for sponsors and founders of prizes for contests and events organized by museum.
We are also looking for medial patronage for all major events related to Museum. We organ-ize press conferences, interviews related to ongoing exhibitions and events.
Workshop of architecture’s documentation and town planning of the city of Kraków
manager
Senior custodian Elżbieta Firlet
Plac Mariacki 3 (3 St. Mary’s Square), 31-042 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-42-19 extension: 29, 411-99-18 extension: 29
e-mail: architektura@mhk.pl
The workshop keeps photo and stock documentation on the city and its suburbs (former villages, current districts of Krakow) architecture monuments especially from the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Simultaneously, it documents stages for restoration works, demolitions and rebuilds.
National Library and Archive
manager
Senior custodian Maria Kwaśnik
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-25
e-mail: biblioteka@mhk.pl
Opened from Monday to Friday between 9:00 and 14:00.
Apart from books and press issues museum owns precious and huge collection of old prints and archives. There are philosophical, ethical, philological, hisorical and Judaic works. Very precious is a unique old maps and plans collection.
Education department
manager
Custodian Piotr Hapanowicz
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-20, 619-23-35
phone/fax (+48 12) 422-15-04
e-mail: edukacja@mhk.pl
The department organizes the museum’s workshop classes and provides guidance for permanent exhibition Krakow's history and culture.
Subjects' pattern for the museum’s classes for elementary, grammar and secondary schools is concurrent with the current educational program.
Subjects are inspired by presented at the exhibitions art crafts and important events in Kraków and the history of Poland.
The department is responsible for the Town Hall Tower, The Barbican and the City Defence Walls.
Publishing board
manager
Senior specialist Anna Biedrzycka
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-32
e-mail: redakcja@mhk.pl
The Museum publishes many types of printed material: albums, catalogues, books, folders and science magazine related to the museum’s exhibitions. It edits and prepares for printing publications like: yearbook “The Krzysztofory Palace. Scientific Books of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków” (since 1974), monographic series “The Krzysztofory Palace’s Library” (since 2005) and The Catalogues of the Museum’s Collections (since 2006)
IT Workshop
manager
Wojciech Adamczyk
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-42, 421-88-86
e-mail: komputery@mhk.pl
Last years brought to the museum significant development of the IT infrastructure. We have built local computer network with servers (over 50 PC’s) in the Krzysztofory Palace. The museum’s branches have been computerized too. Currently we are working hard on digital cataloguing museum’s objects with Musnet Niebieski (Infogenia) application, and implementing Linfo - Lotus (Macrologic), administering circulation of financial documents and managing information system. Very important subject is creating of the collections’ digitalization system. Digital pictures, scanning and digital processing, supported by the server’s resources and relevant DB software will help us in the future to collect and secure storing full information about the look of the historical objects. The workshop plays significant role in this project.
Museum objects preservation workshop
Main restorer
Custodian Anna Per-Żywolewska
41 Królowej Jadwigi Street, 30-009 Kraków
e-mail: konserwacja@mhk.pl
phone: (+48 12) 427-30-38 ext. 3, 4
Workshop of the fabrics preservation
16 Lubicz Street, 31-504 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 429-37-91
Due to various items in museum's collection, restoration workshop provides services in restoration and renewing objects joining different specialities. (e.g. painting on metal plates which are parts of clocks)
Workshop is divided into sections providing particular restoration process for:
- Paper - graphics, books, maps etc.
- Metal - white arms and firearms, art crafts, fittings, clocks cases,
- Paintings and sculpture - oil paintings, wooden and stone sculptures, frames, gold plating
- Furniture - inlays, inlaid, carvings, carpentry,
- Clocks - clockworks and cases
- Fabrics - fabrics securing, filling in lacks, protection of historical fabrics
The workshop prepares exhibits for rent and for permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Art Workshop
manager
Bożena Jarosz
3 St. Mary Square, 31-042 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-42-19, 411-99-18, extension: 31
e-mail: plastyka@mhk.pl
As per museum's needs the workshop prepares designs and graphical works of posters and banners. Moreover it designs graphical designs of publications, diplomas, flyers and folders.
Together with the workshop clabarates a graphics specialist providing modelling and visualization of historical objects in 3D techniques.
Photographic Workshop
manager
Master Tomasz Kalarus
21 Szpitalna Street, 31-024 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-68-64, (12) 431-29-61e-mail: pracfoto@mhk.pl
This section produces requests in photography, both for museum and other institutions and individuals. Although most of work is being done digitally, the workshop can provide traditional, contact reprints from glass plates. Workshop provides photographic documentation of museum's events and work as well as other important events in the city's life.
Section of the public orders, expenses monitoring and contracts registration
manager
Sylwia Skrzypek
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-43, 619-23-06
e-mail: przetargi@mhk.pl
This sections is responsible for preparing and conducting actions related to executing public orders. It plans orders and prepares reports of given ones. The section makes a general registration of contracts and monitors expenses.
Exhibitions’ planning department
manager
Exhibitions’ planning specialist Zuzanna Miśtal
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-45
e-mail: wystawy@mhk.pl
The department plans and coordinates all actions related to the particular stages of temporary exhibitions’ emergence.
Reproductions and sales section
manager
Iwona Butrycz-Nuckowska
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-52
e-mail: repro@mhk.pl, sklep@mhk.pl
The section is responsible for orders for photographic services. It provides institutions and individuals with museum’s collections for reproducing, researches, popularizing and commercial purposes. The section bases on the pricelist of the photographic services.
The workshop is also responsible for supervising internet shop, publications’ distribution, purchase and sells of the museum’s memorabilia and extraneous publications.
The Museum’s shop
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square),
Tel. (+48 12) 619-23-10
e-mail: sklep@mhk.pl
Opened from Tuesday to Sunday between 10.00 and 17.30
The museum’s shop would like to invite tourists and Kraków citizens, individual clients, schools and libraries. We offer you publications of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków, Kraków’s History and Historic Buildings Fans Society and Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. In our shop you will find interesting cracoviana, multimedia guides, unique souvenirs from Kraków, extraordinary gifts, i.a. replicas of historical coins, medals, jewllery, old maps and sights of Kraków. We invite you also to the internet shop.
Main Square’s underground workshop
manager
Senior assistant Łukasz Walas
Plac Mariacki 3 (3 St. Mary’s Square), 31-042 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-42-19 extension: 30, 411-99-18 extension: 30
e-mail: rynek@mhk.pl
The workshop’s objective is to protect historical and cultural objects, including social, economical and political life and natural environment on the area of the Kraków’s Main Squre.
Section of strategy and development
manager
Senior specialist Agnieszka Szostak
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-15
e-mail: strategia@mhk.pl
This is a centre of coordination the museum’s strategy and raising funds for the museum’s activities. Moreover the section coordinates implementation of the project management. It cooperates with external consultants and consulting companies. It monitors process of the strategic project management.
Human resources department
management
Beata Furtak
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-19, 423-08-28
e-mail: kadry@mhk.pl
Human resources department is responsible for staff management through: analysing the museum’s human resources, planning personnel according to the policy and strategy of the museum, staff recruitment, developing assessment system, salaries and promotion system, personnel development and trainings, programme of professional career planning, influencing working conditions and relations, negotiating collective and individual job contracts, solving conflicts, personnel controlling, cooperating with trade unions. The section manages departments of personnel and pay-roll.
Section of Museum Collections’ acquisition
manager
Senior custodian Danuta Radwan
21 Szpitalna Street, 31-024 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 422-68-64, extension 14
e-mail: gromadzenie@mhk.pl
The department monitors the market of Krakow related works of art to find and extend the museum’s collections for fresh exhibits and objects of material culture. At the same time the department accepts offers from private collectors who want to sell or present the museum with valuable items.
Bookbindery
Adam Wróblewski
21 Szpitalna Street, 31-024 Kraków
phone (+48 12) 422-68-64, (+48 12) 431-29-61, ext. 12
Legal adviser
Janina Mędrala
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-46
e-mail: radca@mhk.pl
HSSE Department
HSSE specialist Małgorzata Majka
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-46
e-mail: m.majka@mhk.pl
Senior conservator
Genowefa Zań-Ograbek
Rynek Główny 35 (35 Main Square), 31-011 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 619-23-46
e-mail: g.ograbek@mhk.pl
Pracownia modelarska
manager
custodian Robert Gaweł PDEng
7 Stanisława ze Skalbmierza Street, 31-436 Kraków
phone: (+48 12) 411-00-29
e-mail: makiety@mhk.pl
