Exhibition archives
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29.06.2017
01.04.2018Coin and Empire. From the Achaemenids to the Hellenistic Kingdoms
The Lydians, a people occupying western Anatolia, may have been the first to mint coins, not later than the third quarter of the 7th century BC. The practice of production and use of coins was promptly borrowed by the Greeks, who spread it in the Mediterranean world.12.12.2016
14.01.2018Indigenous 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.03.11.2016
14.01.2018The Formists
The exhibition, organised by the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland in conjunction with the National Museum in Krakow, will be held in the foyer leading to the Chapel in the Presidential Palace. In keeping with the religious character of its location, the exhibition will focus on the sacral art of the Formists, an artistic group established in Krakow in 1917 by Tytus Czyżewski and the brothers Andrzej and Zbigniew Pronaszko.07.04.2017
25.02.2018The treasures. The Princes Czartoryski Collection
The exhibition presents a selection of the most valuable works of art and historical items from the collection of the Czartoryski family. The collection’s history can be traced back to 1801, when Princess Izabela Czartoryska established the first Polish museum in Puławy. After the November Uprising (1830–1831), the collection was moved across the border to Paris.23.06.2017
14.01.2018#heritage
The exhibition #heritage at the National Museum in Krakow is a contribution to a discussion on the subject of Polish identity. On the eve of the centenary of Poland’s regaining independence this debate has become more dynamic, provoking reflection on ourselves, on the way we define our history, civilisation achievements, specificity of national culture and its relations with the surrounding world.03.06.2016
31.12.2017Art of the Polish Legions
On 18 March 1916 the first great Polish exhibition of legionary art, organized by Jerzy Mycielski, was opened in the rooms of the Krakow Society of Friends of Fine Arts. More than 500 works by artists serving in the Polish Legions and those supporting the Legions’ Cause with their art were shown. Originally scheduled to last a month, the exhibition was such a great success that it was extended until the middle of May 1916.23.11.2016
31.12.2017Jan 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 1938.15.09.2017
03.12.2017Napoleon Orda (1807–1883). Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Country
Exhibition at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus from the Collection of the National Museum in Krakow02.04.2017
26.11.2017Robert Kuśmirowski – Graduation Tower
Graduation towers, occasionally referred to as thorn houses, are wooden structures covered with blackthorn bundles, which originally served to make the water in the saline solution evaporate to produce salt used for kitchen and medicinal purposes. The first graduation towers used in salt production were erected in the seventeenth century.07.12.2016
28.05.2017Treasures 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.07.07.2017
19.11.2017Face to Face. Art in Auschwitz
"Face to Face. Art in Auschwitz”, is the title of a unique exhibition in the Szołayski Tenement House, a branch of the National Museum in Cracow. It was prepared on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Museum on the premises of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp. It is the first of such comprehensive presentations of original works created in the camp by Auschwitz prisoners. The Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Prof. Piotr Gliński, has assumed honorary patronage over the exhibition.08.08.2017
10.09.2017Medieval Madonna with Wild Strawberry from the Żywiec Municipal Museum
The Madonna with Wild Strawberry from the Żywiec parish of the Holy Virgin Mary, while sticking to a convention in Marian iconography that was widely popular in the Middle Ages, is not a piece typical for its day. Apparently, it is just another majestic representation of an enthroned Madonna with Child on her lap and angels around her.15.07.2016
02.07.2017A Display of Works by Jan Matejko
The Jan Matejko House invites its visitors to see a display of portraits of Prof. Karol Gilewski and Szymon Darowski – 'If You Know Hi m Thta's Him' – combined with a presentation of Jan Matejko's drawings.24.05.2016
28.05.2017Collection – Evolution
Evolution (Latin evolutio – unfolding, unrolling) refers to a slow, irreversible and directional process of development leading to greater diversity, complexity and perfection. This phenomenon can be observed not only in the world of live creatures. Collections (Latin colligere – gather into a whole), in particular museum collections, undergo a similar process. It is because unlike private collection they are characterised by the irreversibility and unidirectionality of the movement of objects making them up.10.06.2016
19.03.2017The Past for the Future. The Czartoryski Family for the Nation
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