The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków () in

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, 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

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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,

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's Factory, Under the Eagle Pharmacy, Pomorska street

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prison, Hipolit Manor, Town Hall Tower,

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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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, 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

, one of the best known examples of medieval defense structures in Poland, whose interior is made accessible to tourists each summer. Wojciech Stattler - Mikolaj Zyblikiewicz

Wojciech Stattler - Mikolaj Zyblikiewicz

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 The Eagle Pharmacy Museum (Polish: ''Apteka Pod Orłem'') is a branch of the Historical Museum of Kraków located in the Podgórze district of Kraków, Poland. Originally established as a private pharmacy in 1910, during World War II it operat ...

(permanent exhibition: Tadeusz Pankiewicz's Pharmacy in Kraków Ghetto) * Pomorska Museum,

prison (permanent exhibition: Cracovians against terror 1939-1945-1956) * The Hipolit House (permanent exhibition: Bourgeois house) * Town Hall Tower *

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museum (''

'') * 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

)History of

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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)

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 Kraków 1899 establishments in Poland History museums in Poland Registered museums in Poland 1899 establishments in Austria-Hungary

Organization

Museum branches

See also

References

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