{"id":11398,"date":"2026-11-06T21:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T20:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/?post_type=blog_&#038;p=11398"},"modified":"2026-11-07T22:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:06:50","slug":"best-museums-in-krakow","status":"publish","type":"blog_","link":"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/blog\/best-museums-in-krakow\/","title":{"rendered":"7 of the Best Museums in Krakow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Visit Krakow and you will soon notice how rich its cultural life is \u2013 every district has fascinating institutions to discover. It is no surprise, then, that the city is a paradise for visitors who love spending hours in its museums.<\/strong> Here are seven of the most interesting museums in Krakow, perfect for a city break in any season \u2013 and especially on a cold or rainy day.<\/p>\n<nav><b>Contents<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#national-museum\">National Museum \u2013 Main Building<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#wawel-royal-castle\">Wawel Royal Castle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#museum-of-pharmacy\">Museum of Pharmacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#gallery-19th-century-polish-art\">Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Cloth Hall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#schindlers-factory\">Oskar Schindler\u2019s Enamel Factory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#manggha\">Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mocak\">MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"national-museum\">National Museum \u2013 Main Building<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The National Museum in Krakow has many branches across the city<\/strong>, but its best-known collections are in the Main Building. Here you can see a rich collection of militaria, decorative arts and 20th-century Polish painting. Look out for the excellent temporary exhibitions, which regularly appear on the ground floor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3181 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/muzeum-krakow-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/muzeum-krakow-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/muzeum-krakow-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/muzeum-krakow-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/muzeum-krakow.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/678;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"wawel-royal-castle\">Wawel Royal Castle<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Royal Castle on Wawel Hill is a building every Pole knows.<\/strong> Once home to Poland\u2019s greatest kings, today it opens its doors to visitors who want to see how the monarchs lived. Highlights include the State Rooms, the Royal Private Apartments, the Armoury, the Crown Treasury, the royal tombs, the Dragon\u2019s Den and the Cathedral Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Also worth reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/blog\/where-to-enjoy-unforgettable-views-of-the-krakow-panorama\/\">Where to enjoy unforgettable views of the Krakow panorama<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"museum-of-pharmacy\">Museum of Pharmacy<\/h2>\n<p>The Museum of Pharmacy is a great choice for anyone curious about how apothecaries used to work. Its collection includes pharmacy jars, herbaria, old pharmacy handbooks, furniture from historic pharmacies, medicinal raw materials and apothecary tools. <strong>Spread over five floors of a historic townhouse, it is one of the Krakow museums most worth seeing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"gallery-19th-century-polish-art\">Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Cloth Hall<\/h2>\n<p>The Cloth Hall in the middle of the Main Market Square has delighted visitors with its architecture for centuries. What many people don\u2019t realise is that <strong>inside the Cloth Hall is one of Krakow\u2019s most interesting museums<\/strong>. The Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art focuses on paintings and sculptures from the late 18th and the whole of the 19th century, including works by Jan Matejko, W\u0142adys\u0142aw Podkowi\u0144ski, Henryk Siemiradzki, J\u00f3zef Che\u0142mo\u0144ski and Jacek Malczewski.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"schindlers-factory\">Oskar Schindler\u2019s Enamel Factory<\/h2>\n<p>The historic factory building houses the permanent exhibition \u201cKrak\u00f3w under Nazi Occupation 1939\u20131945\u201d, which shows the lives of Krakow\u2019s Polish and Jewish residents during the German occupation. The museum also tells the moving story of Oskar Schindler and the Polish Jews he saved during the war. Tickets are popular, so it is worth booking in advance.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"manggha\">Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Manggha, the Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, also deserves a place on this list.<\/strong> The heart of its collection comes from the Kyoto\u2013Krak\u00f3w Foundation, established by film director Andrzej Wajda and Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda. The museum mainly shows contemporary Japanese art \u2013 prints, paintings, photographs, drawings and posters \u2013 as well as decorative ceramics, traditional kimonos, masks and costumes from <em>n\u014d<\/em> theatre. Its riverside setting also offers a lovely view of Wawel.<\/p>\n<p>Also worth reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/blog\/recommendation-how-to-spend-unforgettable-time-in-the-center-of-krakow\/\">How to spend an unforgettable time in the centre of Krakow<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mocak\">MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art<\/h2>\n<p><strong>No list of Krakow\u2019s museums would be complete without MOCAK, the Museum of Contemporary Art. It opened in 2010 and brought a breath of fresh air<\/strong> to a city so focused on the art and architecture of past centuries. The collection concentrates on Polish and international artists from the second half of the 20th century onwards, including conceptual art, postmodernism, abstraction and performance, and MOCAK regularly hosts interesting temporary exhibitions. It is located in Zab\u0142ocie, close to Schindler\u2019s Factory, so you can easily visit both on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Planning more than museums? See our <a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/blog\/krakow-in-2-days\/\">guide to Krakow in 2 days<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/blog\/art-galleries-worth-seeing-in-krakow\/\">art galleries worth seeing in Krakow<\/a>. Grand Ascot Hotel is just 600 m \u2013 a 6-minute walk \u2013 from the Main Market Square and the Cloth Hall.<\/p>\n<p>For more ideas, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/krakow-travel-guide\/\">Krakow travel guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"book-your-stay-in-krakow\">Stay in the heart of Krakow<\/h2>\n<p>Grand Ascot Hotel is 600&nbsp;m from the Main Market Square, about a 6-minute walk. What you will find on site:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>underground car park in the building (advance booking required)<\/li>\n<li>sauna and gym<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/bar-and-restaurant\/\">Four Restaurant<\/a> and Wine &amp; Spirits Bar<\/li>\n<li>buffet breakfast<\/li>\n<li>pets welcome<\/li>\n<li>3 conference rooms, the largest for up to 100 people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sign up for our newsletter and get up to 10% off your stay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/rooms-and-apartments\/\">See rooms and apartments<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/grandascot.pl\/en\/special-offers\/\">See special offers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Krakow and you will soon notice how rich its cultural life is \u2013 every district has fascinating institutions to discover. It is no surprise, then, that the city is a paradise for visitors who love spending hours in its museums. 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