Exhibition archives
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13.08.2021
05.12.2021
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI. PASSAGES...
Exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints from the collection of the National Museum in Krakow
"Leading the way is Hokusai, decrepit but wondrously young, full of fire and ardour…”[1] – was how Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was introduced by the eminent Polish collector Feliks Jasieński (1861–1929), a connoisseur and avid promoter of Japanese art.
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05.03.2018
01.12.2019
Rembrandt. Landscape with the Good Samaritan
Exhibition of painting "Landscape with the Good Samaritan" of the great Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). -
11.12.2018
01.09.2019
The Tatra Mountain landscapes of Stanisław Witkiewicz and Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski
The Tatra Mountain landscapes of Stanisław Witkiewicz and Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski from the collections of the National Museum in Krakow is an exhibition of landscapes created by the most significant 19th-century artists fascinated by the beauty of the mountains. -
02.07.2019
18.10.2020
Józef Czapski: painting drawing diaries
Józef Czapski: painting, drawing, diaries from the collection of the National Museum in Krakow, as well as the collections of Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda and Andrzej Wajda, is the most complete presentation of Józef Czapski’s paintings at the Józef Czapski’s Pavilion. -
30.07.2019
12.01.2020
FATA LIBELLI – the destiny of books and their owners
Habent sua fata libelli – Books have their destiny – as the ancients used to say, books travel and roam, often against their owners’ will. Sometimes, we are able to trace their routes between consecutive readers. -
14.01.2020
30.08.2020
Images of writing people – authors and their works
Woodcut portrait of Mikołaj Rej from the Krakow edition of Zwierzyniec (Bestiary) of 1574, and the lithograph bust of Adam Mickiewicz from the Warsaw edition of Poetry of 1833 – these and other portraits of wordsmiths are shown at the exhibition devoted to the images of authors and their works. -
06.03.2020
30.06.2021
The Matejkos. The Next Generation
The Jan Matejko House – a museum established in the 19th century as an innovative tribute to an outstanding man and his meritorious service to the Polish and European cultures – boasts an extremely interesting collection of exhibits. -
04.07.2020
04.10.2020
Józef Mehoffer – study of self-portrait and other drawings
In March 2019, on the 150th anniversary of Józef Mehoffer’s birthday, Dr Wiesław Zadęcki donated a set of his drawings and portraits to the NMK, a wide selection of which is presented at the exhibition. -
01.09.2020
30.05.2021
PUBLISHERS – BINDERS – GOLDSMITHS Historical book covers from the collections of the National Museum
A presentation of seventy old prints with covers made of leather applied to boards and embossed with bookbinding tools in the style corresponding to the era of their printing. -
05.02.2021
01.08.2021
Architecture as the Music of Space. 5 extraordinary concert halls in Europe
The exhibition at the Cracovia Hotel is the second exhibition, which was originally organised at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin in 2016. The starting point for its creation was the new Philharmonic building designed by the Barcelona-based Barozzi Veig studio, which was awarded the architectural Mies van der Rohe award. -
02.02.2021
05.09.2021
From the Princes’ Collection
The collection of the Princes Czartoryski Library is a vast repository with resources that keep surprising us. -
02.02.2021
05.09.2021
ROYAL PORTRAITS - VASES
The Cabinet of Drawings and Engravings of the Princes Czartoryski Museum presents assorted engravings from the collection with images of successive electoral kings of Poland from the Vasa dynasty. The portraits on display are works by prominent Dutch artists of the 16th to 17th centuries. -
09.07.2021
26.09.2021
Berestechko 1651. Silver frontage from the sanctuary of Our Lady of Chełm
Antependium is a decorative panel placed beneath an altar table (mensa). The silver antependium from the collegiate church in Chelm is the only remaining piece of the baroque furnishing of the temple. Until 1874 the church was a cathedral of the orthodox dioecese that was united with Roman catholic church. -
05.03.2021
11.07.2021
Aleksander Kotsis (1836-1877) Shades of Realism
Born in Ludwinów near Krakow and living in Podgórze, Aleksander Kotsis was one of the most valued Polish painters working in the mid-19th century. His work is associated with artistic circles in Krakow, Vienna and Munich. Kotsis's art represents the direction of 19th-century realism, and its analogies can be found in the works of the so-called painters of the people, e.g. Jean-François Millet (1814-1875). What is also worth-noting is the Romantic perception of the world.
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30.12.2020
16.05.2021
MUSEUM POWER
MUSEUM POWER is an experimental exhibition addressed to those of us who have visited a museum at least once in their lives and left it awestruck, or hated it or remained indifferent. We have been through that, too. What was happening to us then? How did our senses and cultural anchoring influence that experience? And how were we influenced by the museum itself?