Visiting Kraków Museums – Jewish Culture Route

Tourists mostly associate Kraków with important monuments connected with the history of Poland and this Royal City. The Wawel Hill, the Barbican, St. Florian's Gate, the Main Market Square with St. Mary's Basilica and the Cloth Hall, Collegium Maius of the Jagiellonian University – these are the main destinations.

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Kraków also boasts a great number of museums that often contain lesser known collections. All tourists who came here for the first time as well as those who come to the city regularly, are invited to discover the rich offer of the museums. The collections appeal to a wide range of people with specific interests, to hobbyists and those fascinated by the history of a given period.

Feel free to visit out range of museums, whose collections present the history of Kraków Jews. Over the last few years, Kazimierz, a district which was mostly Jewish until World War II, enjoys great interest from tourists. Thus, it presents a great opportunity to learn about Jewish art and material culture.

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Name of the institution	Category of institution
Ethnographic Museum – Main Building and Esterka's House Plac Wolnica 1 31-066 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map
Galicia Jewish Museum ul.Dajwór 18 31-052 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map
Historical Museum of Kraków – Eagle Pharmacy Plac Bohaterów Getta 18 30-547 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map
Historical Museum of Kraków – Old Synagogue ul.Szeroka 24 31-053 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map
Historical Museum of Kraków – Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory ul.Lipowa 4 30-702 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map
National Museum in Kraków – Main Building Aleja 3 Maja 1 30-062 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map
National Museum of Kraków – Gallery of 19th-century Polish art in the Cloth Hall Rynek Główny 1-3 31-042 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map
Pharmacy Museum, Jagiellonian University Medical College ul.Floriańska 25 31-019 Kraków	Krakow Museums' Routes – Jewish Culture Route	Show map

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