Imaynalla Kashanki. Peru Through Archaeologists' Eyes

This page is an attributed English translation of the museum’s Polish copy - Collegium Maius does not publish a translated description of this exhibition; the source page’s “EN” URL displays the same Polish text.

From 29 May to 30 August 2026, the basements of Collegium Maius hosted “Imaynalla Kashanki. Peru Through Archaeologists’ Eyes” - a small, free exhibition of analogue photographs by two Jagiellonian University archaeology students from their two-month expedition to Peru.

Collegium Maius Museum on the exhibition:

Archaeology students from the Jagiellonian University decided to share their impressions and observations gathered during a two-month expedition to Peru. The exhibition lifts the veil on the work of an archaeologist and introduces visitors to the beautiful landscape and Andean culture. The striking colours and contrasts of the photographs are the result of using analogue technique.

“By fixing images on film, we wanted to achieve a certain authenticity. I reach for the camera when I feel a moment takes my breath away, when it is exceptional,” says the photographer.

Authors of the exhibition

The project’s authors are Natalia Klimczyk and Blazej Krupa, archaeology students interested in pre-Columbian cultures and Andean archaeology. The exhibition was shown in the basement of Collegium Maius; admission was free.

After the exhibition

“Imaynalla Kashanki” was a small, free student show, and no catalogue is planned for it. The same basement space at Collegium Maius now hosts the temporary exhibition “Zywioly” (Elements), dedicated to the meeting of nature, human perception and contemporary art. Current information on the museum’s temporary exhibitions is available on the Collegium Maius Museum website .

For visitors interested in photography and in looking at distant cultures, we recommend other exhibitions currently open in Krakow:

• Together. 20 Years of the Sputnik Photos Collective at the Museum of Photography - two decades of documentary photography as a living social practice, the same medium the authors of “Imaynalla Kashanki” used, here in a professional collective’s hands.
• Akitsushima. Island of Dragonflies at the Manggha Museum - a distant culture (Japan) told through a visual-arts collection, much as “Imaynalla Kashanki” brought Peru and Andean culture closer through photography.

Opening hours and current details are on the Collegium Maius Museum website .

Museum profile: Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius .