Night of Museums 2016

We invite you to visit our Museum during the 13. edition of the Night of Museums - Discovering the Unknown. May 13 all branches of the National Museum in Krakow will be open only between 7.00 p.m. - 01.00 a.m.

MAIN BUILDING
al. 3 Maja 1

Gallery The Arms and Uniforms of Poland – weapons since the early Middle Ages to World War II

19:00 A meeting with a curator: Uniforms of Polish cavalry - from the Confederation of Bar to the November Uprising. Piotr Wilkosz
21:30 A meeting with a curator: Winged riders – hussar relics. Michał Dziewulski

Gallery of Decorative Art – a collection of fabrics, goldsmithery, glass, ceramics, furniture, musical instruments and Judaica

Museum of Sound – An acoustic microscope – an interactive sound installation
19:30 A meeting in the Gallery: A little bit about lace, Agnieszka Kwiatkowska

Gallery of 20th Century Polish Art - presentation of Polish art spanning the period from last century to the present, from the works of Boznańska, Malczewski, Wyspiański through to the works of Nowosielski, Kantor and the youngest generation of artists

21:00 A meeting at Alina Szapocznikow’s Zielnik sculpture, Anna Budzałek

Temporary exhibition: Don't dream about love, Kuryluk
(Temporary Exhibition Room, I floor)

22:00 Screening of a documentary about Ewa Kuryluk: On the pupil speckle (The Samurai’s Room, ground floor)
23:00 Screening of the documentary: Vera Icon, Ewa Kuryluk (The Samurai’s Room, ground floor)

Presentation of new exhibits received under the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage:

Ludwik Puget Collections – sculptures and furniture (Foyer, 2nd floor)
Presentation of mosaics by Ewa Żygulska (lecture theatre, ground floor)
21:00 A supporting meeting for the presentation, Bożena Kostuch
Presentation of Painting 3 of the „Paintings” series by Piotr (Peter) Grzybowski

20:00 Concert: Sail away into the unknown, performed by the Sinfonietta Cracovia Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Krakow (foyer, ground floor)

19:00-21:00 Educational initative: For me, art is… (yard in front of the Museum)

THE GALLERY OF 19TH – CENTURY POLISH ART IN SUKIENNICE
Main Square 3
Presentation of works by the most outstanding Polish painters, e.g. Michałowski, Grottger, Matejko, Siemiradzki, Malczewski, Wyczółkowski, Chełmoński

20:00 A meeting with curator: Brandt vs Chełmoński, Aleksandra Krypczyk-De Barra
21:00 A meeting with a conservator: Paintings of Maksymilian Gierymski – a different point of view, Elżbieta Zygier
22:00 A meeting with a curator "by Jan Stanisławski’s landscapes”, Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha
23:00 Screening of the film called: Lost Museum 2016 (Mediateka)

BISHOP ERAZM CIOŁEK PALACE
Kanonicza Street No 17

Gallery Orthodox Art of the Old Polish Republic

Gallery Art of Old Poland the 12th-18th Century

19:00 Tour of a galery: Early modern art masterpices, Tomasz Zaucha
21:30 A meeting by the painting: Three Marias, Wojciech Marcinkowski

Exhibition: Krakow within your Reach - several hundred historical copies of the most valuable architectural sculptures coming from, e.g. the Krakow cathedra and St. Mary’s Church)

20:00 A meeting with the curator of the exhibition, Tomasz Zaucha
19:00 A meeting „by the work of art” Mysterious Tympanum from the New City, Wojciech Marcinkowski

19:00 - 22:00 A re-enactment group performance: Krakow Hussar Company Detachment

19:00 - 21:00 Educational initiative For me, art is… (yard)

EMERYK HUTTEN-CZAPSKI MUSEUM
Piłsudskiego Street No 12

Exhibtion comprising of more than 2500 most valuable coins, medals and banknotes from the Numismatic Toom and priceless old prints and maps from Emeryk Hutten-Czapski’s collection

19:30 A meeting with a curator: What information can we read off banknotes?, Anda Jaworucka-Drath
21:30 A meeting with a curator: Lydians, Persian People, Greeks, Romans, Celts – the ancient coin, Jarosław Bodzek

19:00 - 21:00 Educational initiative For me, art is… (pavement in fornt of the Branch)

THE JÓZEF CZAPSKI PAVILION
Piłsudskiego Street No 12

20:00 Tour of the Jozef Czapski Pavilion, Katarzyna Bik
22:00 A meeting with Józef Czapski, Olga Jaros
22:30 Screening of a film about one of the most famous English landscape painters in the garden

THE SZOŁAYSKI HOUSE
pl. Szczepański 9

Exhibition: Viva art! Feliks Jasieński’s collection. From Japan to Europe. Beautiful and Useful Objects (II floor)

Manggha amid his collections – presentation of portrait of Feliks Jasieński painted by Teodor Grott, juxtaposed with treasures from the Krakow National Museum’s collection (II floor)

19:30 Introduction to the presentation, Beata Pacana
20:30 A meeting with a curator, Drawings in Feliks Jasieński’s collections, Danuta Godyń
22:00 Curator-led tour of an exhibition From Japan to Europe. Beautiful and Useful Objects, Beata Romanowicz (II floor
Screening of an animated film called Kuniyoshi. A cavern in a floating world (lecture hall, ground floor)

Exhibition: Szymborska’s drawer

19:00 - 21:00 Educational initative For me, art is… (the pavement in front of the Branch)

THE JAN MATEJKO HOUSE
Floriańska Street No 41
Objects of historical value, connected with Jan Matejko’s artistic and teaching activity as well as his passion for collecting, with hitherto unknown aspects of the painter’s life and work, collections of craft items, fabrics and militaria

19:30 and 21:30 a curator-led tour: A collection with a surprise, Marta Kłak-Ambrożkiewicz
20:30 and 22:30 Screening of a film called Museum Lost 2016, introduction by Agnieszka Zagrajek (Krakow Room, IInd floor)

19:00 - 21:00 Educational initiative For me, art is… (the pavement in front of the Branch)

THE JÓZEF MEHOFFER HOUSE
Krupnicza Street No 26
The interiors of Józef Mehoffer’s House recreate the decor and atmosphere of the artist’s former home. In the house there are numerous works by Józef Mehoffer: stained glass windows, oil paintings, designs and drawings

Presenatation of items obtained by the National Museum in Krakow under the Ministry of Culture scheme: Caritas stained glass window and drawing studies for Fribourg stained glass windows by Józef Mehoffer

19:30 and 21:30 A complimentary meeting with the curator, for the presentation of the newly acquired items, Beata Studziżba-Kubalska

19:00 - 21:00 Educational initiative For me, art is… (the pavement in front of the Branch)

THE EUROPEUM
pl. Sikorskiego 6

Presentation of European paintings and sculptures from the period between XII and XX centuries – including paintings of Veneziano, Lott, Jan van Goyen, Maes, Strozzi, Magnasco, Fabre, de Vlaminck and sculptures by Thorvaldsen, Canova and Vigeland

Presentations of sculptures by Barbara Falender: Sarcophagus and Sarcophagus for parents (Courtyard) – the purchase of works is co-financed by th Minister of Culture and National Heritage
20:00 Curators meeting accompanying the presentation, Anna Budzałek
21:30 and 22:30 Guided tour: Faces of Europeum, Paulina Chełmecka

19:00 - 21:00 Educational initiative For me, art is…(the pavement in fornt of the Branch)

THE PRINCES CZARTORYSKI LIBRARY
św. Marka Street No 17

Presentation of works from the atelier of the Master of Hutters’ Bible (reading room 4th floor)

19:00 and 21:30 Commentary: dr Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus
19:30 Lecture: The Master of Hutters’ Bible and book paintings in Krakow in the first twenty five-years of the 15th century, dr Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus

THE SZYMANOWSKI MUSEUM IN ATMA IN ZAKOPANE
A Branch of the National Museum in Krakow
Kasprusie Street No 19

Attention: the Power of Museum in Zakopane will be held on the 14/15th of May 2016
Presentation of the works of the composer, his connections with Zakopane and the folklore of the Podhale region, as well as a collection of his personal belongings (including portraits by S.I. Witkiewicz)

Concerts: 18.00, 20.00, 21:00, 22.00 and 23.00

Night of Museums 2016