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The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków ( pl, Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa) in
Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
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Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...
, was granted the status of an independent institution in 1945. Originally, it was a branch of the Old Records Office of Kraków, in operation from 1899.Museum's History at the Museum's Home page
 The museum's main location is the baroque Krzysztofory Palace.


Organization

The Historical Museum is made up of 14 divisions scattered around the city, including its main branch as well as Old Synagogue, Schindler's Factory, Under the Eagle Pharmacy, Pomorska street
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prison, Hipolit Manor, Town Hall Tower, Barbakan,
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, Celestat, Muzeum of
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, Zwierzyniecki Manor, Under the Cross Manor, and the Main Market Square tunnels. The divisions preserve and display artifacts of the history of the city, the history of Jews, the history of the theatre and many others.Marek Strzala
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s, paintings, prints, photographs, guild objects and works by Kraków artists and artisans, as well as portraits of nobility from the sixteenth to the twentieth century; fourteenth through twentieth century weapons; a collection of sixteenth through twentieth century clocks; famous Kraków nativity scenes ('' szopka''); artifacts related to theatre; Judaica; items commemorative of the
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of the nineteenth century and of
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and II. The museum houses a permanent exhibit of the History and Culture of Kraków, a collection of the militaria (
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, firearms, defense and sharp weapons), clocks and watches. The Town Hall Tower in the Main Market Square is the venue of the Photographs of the Market Square exhibition. Since 1999, under the museum's jurisdiction is the Barbakan, one of the best known examples of medieval defense structures in Poland, whose interior is made accessible to tourists each summer.


Museum branches

* Krzysztofory Palace Museum (permanent exhibition: Cyberteka. Kraków − time and space) :
Main branch location at: Krzysztofory Palace on Main Market Square (''Rynek Główny'') 35, Kraków * The Old Synagogue (permanent exhibition: The history and Culture of Jews in Kraków) * Oskar Schindler's Factory (permanent exhibition: Kraków – the time of occupation 1939–1945) * The Eagle Pharmacy (permanent exhibition: Tadeusz Pankiewicz's Pharmacy in Kraków Ghetto) * Pomorska Street,
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prison (permanent exhibition: Cracovians against terror 1939-1945-1956) * The Hipolit House (permanent exhibition: Bourgeois house) * Town Hall Tower * The Barbican museum ('' Barbakan'') * City Defensive Walls (temporary exhibition: Defence route Defence Walls - Barbakan - Celestat) * Celestat (permanent exhibition: Brotherhood of the Rooster in Kraków and City defence) * The History of the Nowa Huta Quarter (temporary exhibition - about
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)History of
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br>(Dzieje Nowej Huty) Museum branch
located at Os. Słoneczne 16, not associated with the new PRL Museum at os. Centrum E 1. * The Zwierzyniec House * Rynek Underground (permanent exhibition: Following the traces of European identity of Kraków) * The Cross House (under renovation as of March 2008 - closed) * Thesaurus Cracoviensis * The Podgórze Museum (permanent exhibition: In the Shadow of Krak's Mound) * KL Plaszow (temporary exhibition: Former KL Plaszow)


See also

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Culture of Kraków Kraków is considered by many to be the cultural capital of Poland. It was named the European Capital of Culture by the European Union for the year 2000. The city has some of the best museums in the country and several famous theaters. It became ...
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Archaeological Museum of Kraków The Archaeological Museum of Kraków ( pl, Muzeum Archeologiczne w Krakowie) is a historic museum in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It was established in 1850. History The Archaeological Museum in Kraków is the oldest archaeologica ...


References


Szołayski Museum


(History of Theatre)



the Residence of Sharpshooters’ Society
Artistic Salon of the District of Zwierzyniec


at "Under the Eagle Pharmacy"


External links


Official website

How to get there?

Article about the Museum at www.culture.pl

www.JewishKrakow.net
Information on the Old Synagogue as well as information on Kazimierz, Kraków's Jewish quarter {{DEFAULTSORT:Historical Museum of Krakow Museums established in 1899 Art museums and galleries in Poland Museums in Kraków Palaces in Poland 1899 establishments in Poland History museums in Poland Registered museums in Poland 1899 establishments in Austria-Hungary