Forever Young exhibition

Posted on November 6, 2014January 8, 2016 by Krakow Guide

The exhibition “Forever Young! Poland and It’s Art Around 1900” will be shown at the National Museum in Krakow. The exhibition will show a wide selection of various paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and crafts which were selected mostly from the museum’s own collection.

The museum will present over 300 art works by different painters and artists from the 1900s. At the exhibition there will be also self portraits displayed of the most outstanding Polish artist Olga Boznańska, Julian Fałat, Jacek Malczewski, Józef Mehoffer, Leon Wyczółkowski and Stanisław Wyspiański. In addition to these at the museum visitors can discover more on the myth of the city through the different illustrated images of the Market Square, the Planty Park and the Krakow churches and the Wasel Castle as well.

Apart from the impressionist paintings by Jacke Malczewski, Józef Mehoffer etc. the exhibition will display other outstanding works and paintings from other famous Krakow painters such as Stanisław Wyspiański, Leona Wyczółkowski and Jan Stanisławski as well. The exhibition Forever Young! Poland and It’s Art Around 1900 will be shown at the National Museum in Krakow. The exhibition is from 26th September 2012 to 4th January 2015.

If you want to know more on the museum and the exhibition check the official site for more information.

Polish Legions 1914-1918: Exhibition

Posted on November 6, 2014January 8, 2016 by Krakow Guide

The exhibition Polish Legions 1914-1918 is shown the first time to the audience in Poland. This exhibition is one of the largest collection of the museum.

At the Polish Legions 1914-1918 exhibition visitors will have the chance to have a closer look on the events, everyday life and art at the time of the World War I. The museum has a wide selection of various paintings, drawings and water colours. In addition to these at the exhibition countless uniforms, ammunitions and armory are on display as well. The exhibition is shown in Krakow the first time over 20 years. The museum shows the World War I in a new perspective and the visitors can discover more on the uniforms and weapons of the German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian and French armies.

The paintings of the battles and the battlefields by the artists who were in the army are presented as well at the exhibition. The exhibition Polish Legions 1914-1918 takes place at the Main Building of the National Museum of Krakow. The exhibition is on display from 6th August 2014 to 30th September 2015.

If you want to know more on the museum and the exhibition check the official site for more information.

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The Catholic Church in Krakow during the Second World War: Exhibition

Posted on November 2, 2014November 9, 2022 by Krakow Guide

The exhibition “The Catholic Church of Krakow 1939-1945” will be held in Krakow in Poland. The exhibition’s purpose to present the history of the Catholic Church during the World War II through different exhibits.

At the exhibition visitors will have the chance to have a closer look on the World War II and to see the every day life and struggle during the war. The exhibition shows the role of the Church in the lives of the people in Krakow and it also presents the main role of Archbishop Adam Sapieha who was an outstanding figure of the World War II. The exhibition will display the every day life and the memory and the history of the Catholic Church during the German occupation.

The exhibition will show the most outstanding figures of the war and the visitors will have the chance to understand the importance of the Christian values that several Polish citizens derived strength to continue living in such a difficult and hard period of time. The Church helped multiple people to survive and keep their humanity and to defend human dignity. The exhibition “The Catholic Church of Krakow 1939-1945” will be shown at the Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa in Krakow, known as the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow. The exhibition will be shown from 2nd October 2014 to 28th December 2014.

For more information on the museum and exhibition check the official site. Read more about other Krakow events here.