Arranged exhibitions are flagships of every museum. The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków presents permanent and temporary exhibitions. The permanent ones are exhibitions related to the museum’s branches – the Krzysztofory Palace, Hipolit House, Old Synagogue, Eagle Pharmacy, Silesian House at Pomorska Street, Celestat, History of Nowa Huta Quarter and Zwierzyniec Artistic Salon. The Town Hall Tower, City Defence Walls and the Barbican and exhibitions by itself, a walk through its brick-stone interiors brings everyone closer to the history of the Kraków’s defence. Similar can be tour through the Celestat, a place dedicated to the Kraków’s Marksmen Fraternity. This is a place where you can see not only portraits of the Marksmen Kings, but also a treasury and armoury.
The Hipolit House and Zwierzyniec Artistic Salon are places which in very interesting and educational way present everyday life of Kraków citizens. In the Hipolit House, walking from the Young Lady’s Room to the Granma’s Room, we walk through the staid living room. The room says much about, built form many years by proper homes’ decorations, prestige of the Kraków’s citizens. Very similar character has exhibition in the Zwierzyniec. Rebuilt interiors of the bricklayer’s - Jan Florczyk – apartment, by articles of daily use like dishes, cutlery and chairs, shows a history of one of Kraków’s quarters.
In the Kazimierz district there waits for us the Old Synagogue – the oldest synagogue with objects used by faithful Jews to carry out religious duties, and objects being indispensable element of everyday life inside. Menorah and Talliths, Gets - notes of dismissal and containers for fragrances show multicultural history of Poland, brutally interrupted by the World War II. The history of extermination of Jewish people is shown in the Eagle Pharmacy. This branch is located in the Podgórze district, on the area of former Kraków’s Ghetto. Multimedia presentations show cruelty of the events which took place between years 1939 and 1945. In the Silesian House, former torture chamber of Gestapo and the headquarter of the Office of Security at Pomorska Street, we present the history of the same times, but with emphasis on martyrdom of Polish nation in consequence of Nazi activities, and later Stalin’s repressions.
At the same time as permanent exhibitions, every branch arranges temporary shows like: the wardrobes of our forefathers in the Hipolit House, the history of the Kraków’s Marksmen Confraternity in the Celestat, the history of the quarter built in the nearby of the factory in the “History of Nowa Huta Quarter” branch. These are only examples of the museum’s activities from the last few months.
Coming back to the Main Square, once again we are in front of the Krzysztofory Palace. Currently the complete renovation works start in here. A purpose of this project is to make the museum’s headquarter a modern and interesting for the visitors, museum post, which giving fun will teach extremely wide history of Kraków. Anyway, memories of the exhibition commemorating 750th anniversary of Kraków foundation has only just passed and we are about to present temporary exhibitions: The Way to Vatican and an exhibition dedicated to Helena Modrzewska. Meanwhile we are going to present Kraków’s Christmas Cribs – and we have to remember that this is the exhibition the most often presented abroad. Kraków’s Christmas Cribs will be shown in Spain, Estonia, Sweden, Italy and Switzerland.
Welcome to the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków, as well on permanent as temporary exhibitions.
The Hipolit House and Zwierzyniec Artistic Salon are places which in very interesting and educational way present everyday life of Kraków citizens. In the Hipolit House, walking from the Young Lady’s Room to the Granma’s Room, we walk through the staid living room. The room says much about, built form many years by proper homes’ decorations, prestige of the Kraków’s citizens. Very similar character has exhibition in the Zwierzyniec. Rebuilt interiors of the bricklayer’s - Jan Florczyk – apartment, by articles of daily use like dishes, cutlery and chairs, shows a history of one of Kraków’s quarters.
In the Kazimierz district there waits for us the Old Synagogue – the oldest synagogue with objects used by faithful Jews to carry out religious duties, and objects being indispensable element of everyday life inside. Menorah and Talliths, Gets - notes of dismissal and containers for fragrances show multicultural history of Poland, brutally interrupted by the World War II. The history of extermination of Jewish people is shown in the Eagle Pharmacy. This branch is located in the Podgórze district, on the area of former Kraków’s Ghetto. Multimedia presentations show cruelty of the events which took place between years 1939 and 1945. In the Silesian House, former torture chamber of Gestapo and the headquarter of the Office of Security at Pomorska Street, we present the history of the same times, but with emphasis on martyrdom of Polish nation in consequence of Nazi activities, and later Stalin’s repressions.
At the same time as permanent exhibitions, every branch arranges temporary shows like: the wardrobes of our forefathers in the Hipolit House, the history of the Kraków’s Marksmen Confraternity in the Celestat, the history of the quarter built in the nearby of the factory in the “History of Nowa Huta Quarter” branch. These are only examples of the museum’s activities from the last few months.
Coming back to the Main Square, once again we are in front of the Krzysztofory Palace. Currently the complete renovation works start in here. A purpose of this project is to make the museum’s headquarter a modern and interesting for the visitors, museum post, which giving fun will teach extremely wide history of Kraków. Anyway, memories of the exhibition commemorating 750th anniversary of Kraków foundation has only just passed and we are about to present temporary exhibitions: The Way to Vatican and an exhibition dedicated to Helena Modrzewska. Meanwhile we are going to present Kraków’s Christmas Cribs – and we have to remember that this is the exhibition the most often presented abroad. Kraków’s Christmas Cribs will be shown in Spain, Estonia, Sweden, Italy and Switzerland.
Welcome to the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków, as well on permanent as temporary exhibitions.
