Search results for the phrase "Kraków"

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The Edifice of the Former 'Cracovia' Hotel Bought for the NMK

The modernist edifice of the former 'Cracovia' Hotel will become the property of the National Museum in Krakow. The official signing of the purchase agreement regarding the building located in ul. Focha, along with the plot of land on which it is situated, was held on 29 December at 12.30 at the seat of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw.

• 16-12-2016
  12-03-2017
  

  One Has to Move On with the Living... Adam Asnyk Memorabilia in the NMK collections

  There are very few mementoes of Adam Asnyk – a poet, journalist, insurgent, Tatra climber, activist, Member of Parliament and Krakow councillor – preserved in Polish collections. Some of them – such as his oil portrait, ‘addresses’ on the occasion of his namedays – are stored at the National Museum in Krakow, and will be gathered for the first time in one exhibition to be presented to the public.

  MNK The Sukiennice

  Rynek Główny 3 view on map mon - closed
  Tuesday - sunday - 9:00-18:00 Check the ticket prices

• 12-12-2016
  14-01-2018
  

  Indigenous Customs and Rituals in Polish Art of the 19th and 20th Century

  The National Museum in Krakow has prepared its second art presentation in the Presidential Palace. It is centred around indigenous traditions and customs, which are reflected in Polish painting of the 19th and 20th century. The exhibition consists of 39 paintings depicting Polish religious and secular traditions associated both with folk customs and the ethos of the gentry.

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MNK The Main Building

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Guests at the Hungarian Art Exhibition

On 8 December, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland – Beata Szydło, and the Prime Minister of Hungary – Viktor Orban visited the exhibition 'Golden Age of Hungarian Painting' at the National Museum in Krakow.

• 07-12-2016
  28-05-2017
  

  Treasures of Cherven Cities

  The displayed treasures, consisting of silver ornaments for women, constitute some of the best and most intriguing examples of medieval jewellery found on the Polish territory, in the area of of former Cherven Cities.

  MNK The Ciołek

  ul. Kanonicza 17, 31-002 Kraków view on map Monday - closed
  Tuesday - 10.00-18.00
  wednesday-sunday - 10.00-16.00 Check the ticket prices

MNK The Main Building

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Images of Women in Japanese Painting and Woodblock prints

It is the first time in the history of Polish exhibitions that we are presenting impressions from the world of a Japanese woman whose images, immortalised in paintings and woodblock prints, reveal some secrets of the Floating World, including intimate scenes behind the screen.

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Twilights

The twilight – gathering earlier and earlier – inspired us to find those works from the collections of the National Museum in Krakow that could express the atmosphere of winter melancholy. Here's what we were able to spot.

• 26-11-2016
  04-12-2016
  

  Restored masterpiece by El Greco

  El Greco is one of the most important artists in the history of art, while his 'Ecstasy of St. Francis' is one of the most valuable paintings in Polish collections. Having undergone a thorough conservation process, the masterpiece can now be admired in the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice. Following the exhibition, the painting will return to Siedlce, where it will be on permanent display in the Diocesan Museum.

  MNK The Sukiennice

  Rynek Główny 3 view on map mon - closed
  Tuesday - sunday - 9:00-18:00 Check the ticket prices

• 23-11-2016
  31-12-2017
  

  Jan Matejko's 'Veit Stoss as a Child'

  A display of Jan Matejko's 1855 painting titled 'Veit Stoss as a Child', which will be exhibited to the public for the first time since the end of Jan Matejko's jubilee exhibition in 1938.

  MNK The Matejko

  ul. Floriańska 41, 31-019 Kraków view on map Monday - closed
  tuesday - 10:00-18:00
  Wednesday - Sunday - 10.00-16.00 Check the ticket prices

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Open Day of the Krakow Museums 2016

On the penultimate Sunday of November, you are all invited to visit the temporary and permanent galleries of the National Museum of Krakow free of charge, along with the accompanying displays, concerts, guided tours and meetings with the employees of our Museum.

• 19-11-2016
  18-12-2016
  

  Art Now

  'Art Now' is a joint project of SZLACHETNA PACZKA (Noble Box) charity and the National Museum in Krakow. Come and visit our exhibition in the Main Building where we present 143 works submitted to this project. Proceeds from their sale will be used to support families in need.

  MNK The Main Building

  al. 3 Maja 1 view on map Monday - closed
  Tuesday - Sunday - 10.00-18.00 Check the ticket prices

• 16-11-2016
  23-11-2016
  

  Lela Pawlikowska. Drawings

  From 16 to 23 November, the Sukiennice will hold a small exhibition presenting thirty works by Aniela (Lela) Pawlikowska.

  MNK The Sukiennice

  Rynek Główny 3 view on map mon - closed
  Tuesday - sunday - 9:00-18:00 Check the ticket prices

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Our finest Teacups

Most of us probably have our favourite mug or cup. To be honest, the collections of the National Museum in Krakow don't contain many mugs, but cups are extremely numerous. We'd like to show you our favourites.

• 08-11-2016
  18-12-2016
  

  Mysteries of Saint Stephen. Unknown Painting by Hans von Aachen

  The National Museum in Krakow continues a series of presentations of outstanding but less known, or sometimes unknown, works of European art in Polish collections. Following a show of a privately owned relief by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, the Europeum Centre for European Culture will put on view one of the most valuable pieces of painting discovered lately in Krakow: The Lapidation of Saint Stephen, an oil on canvas from a church devoted to that saint, from November 8 on.

  MNK The Wyspiański

  pl. Sikorskiego 6, 31-115 Kraków view on map Monday - closed
  Tuesday - 10.00-17.00
  Wednesday - Thursday - closed
  Friday - sunday - 10:00 – 17:00 Check the ticket prices

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Indigenous Customs and Rituals

The National Museum in Krakow prepared its second art presentation in 2016 in the Presidential Palace.