Archdiocesan Museum in Kraków

The Archdiocesan Museum is located on the Kanonicza Street near the Wawel Castle and the main Market Square, being within a short walking distance from the main attractions of the Kraków's Old Town it's very easy to reach while you're strolling the streets of Kraków.

In 2005 Archbishop Stanisław Dziwisz honoured Cardinal Karol Wojtyła by naming the museum after him.

It houses multiple art collections, sacred art exhibits, paintings and liturgical clothes of the bishops of Kraków as well as Karol Wojtyła.

Among many others, the most notable works you can see in the Museum are "Deska z Dębna" (Panel from Dębno), "Święta Rozmowa" (Holy Conversation) and modern works like "Matka Boża Karmiąca" (Nursing Madonna) by Józef Unierzyski (1890).

The Archdiocesan Museum also houses many interesting sculptures including Gothic Madonnas, like the Madonna from Więcławice and "Adoration of the Magi", just to name a few.

But the most notable and extraordinary exhibits of the museum are those devoted to Karol Wojtyła's life. In the Wojtyła collection you will find his personal Items, important historic documents signed by him such as nominative bulls, and letters, as well as personal belongings sich as a canoe, wooden skis, and furniture from his work office.

Apart from Wojtyła's collection you will also find Fryderyk Pautsch's collection and other collections devoted to notable former bishops of Kraków.

Due to its convenient location near the Wawel Castle and the King's Tract and Kraków Old Town it's a highly recommended spot to visit.