Krakow Travel Guide

the Bell of King Sigismund the Old
on the Tower of the Wawel Cathedral
Casted by Hans Beham from Nurmberg is believed to be the biggest working bell in the world.
It hangs here since year 1521, and still is used for the special events. His founder king Zygmunt Stary (Sigismund the Old) is buried underneath the Golden [...]

Barbakan
branch of Muzeum Historii Krakowa
Pałac Krzysztofory (Krzysztofory Palace)
Rynek Glowny 35
31-011 Krakow, Poland
Barbakan ( barbican ) is the tower moved in front of the fortifications line, once connected by the ‘corridor’ with the rest of the defence walls.
The present building has most of parts remaining from the end of 15th century, at that time surrounded by [...]

Botanic Garden of Jagiellonian University
Kopernika Street 27
31-501 Kraków
phone: +48 12 421 26 20, +48 12 663 36 35
Founded in 1873 the Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow is the oldest one in Poland.
The Botanic garden was created due to the reform of the Cracow University, carried on by Hugo Kołłątaj at the [...]

Archeological Museum
Ul.Senacka 3
31-002 Kraków
phone: +48 12 4227761

In 1610 the parcel became the property of Caramel monks, in 1797 the buildings were converted into the austrian prison.After the IIWW the museum.

The most valuable items from the museum are:

Apteka pod Orłem - Eagle Pharmacy
Plac Bohaterów Getta 18
30-547 Kraków
tel.: +48 12 656 56 25
The pharmacy, founded in 1910 was the only one, and its owner Tadeusz Pankiewicz the only non-Jew that were inside of the Cracows Ghetto during the Second World War.During that time the building of the pharmacy became the meeting point of [...]

Celestat
‘The History of Kraków Marksmen’s Confraternity’
ul. Lubicz 16
31-504 Krakow, Poland
Phone / Fax: +48 12 429 37 91

Dom pod Krzyżem
Muzeum Teatralne im. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego
ul.Szpitalna 21
31 - 024 Kraków, Poland
phone : +48 12 422 68 64
The house got the name because of the hanging cross ( the copy of the medieval one). In the 16th century it was the hospital for poor students,
in 18th century rebuilt into the homeless shelter.

The Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace
17, Kanonicza Str.
phone : +48 12 429 15 58, +48 12 424 93 70

Cathedral Museum
Wawel 2
opened in 1978 by Karol Wojtyla, who the same year became the pope John Paul II, hosts the most important items from the Cathedral Treasury. Here you can find coronation robes of Polish Kings, royal insignia, spire of Saint Maurituis - gift of Otto III to the first king of Poland - [...]

Archdiocesan Museum
Ul.Kanonicza 19
phone: +48 12 421 89 63
The museum hosts vast collection of Polish sacred art from Gothic madonnas’ sculptures and paintings through 17th-18th centuries robes and vestments of
bishops to the items connected with John Paul II, who has been the habitant of some rooms in this building while he was a bishop of Cracow.
You [...]