Four places worth leaving Krakow for: Wieliczka, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial, the Renaissance castle of Pieskowa Skała in the Ojców area and the Tatra Museum in Zakopane. Each is a half-day trip at minimum.
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Scienceul. Daniłowicza 10, 32-020 Wieliczka
Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow: Tourist Route vs Miners' Route, ticket prices, opening hours, and how to get there by train from Krakow.
Historyul. Zamkowa 8, 32-020 Wieliczka
Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka - the Museum Route on level III of the salt mine, in the Tourist Route ticket. Saltworks Castle closed …
Historyul. Adama Mickiewicza 26, 32-050 Skawina
Skawina Regional Museum near Krakow - the town's regional and industrial history. Opening hours, how to get there by train, visiting tips.
ul. K. Bruchnalskiego 35, 32-040 Świątniki Górne
Museum of Locksmithing in Świątniki Górne near Kraków - padlocks, armour and reconstructed workshops of a Małopolska town of metalworkers.
ScienceOjców 13, 32-047 Ojców
Ojców National Park Museum near Krakow: natural history exhibition with geology, dioramas and 3D films in Małopolska. Hours, tickets 20/14 …
Scienceul. Zamkowa 4, 32-005 Niepołomice
Museum of Phonography in Niepołomice, Małopolska - gramophones and radios in eight period rooms near Krakow. Tickets 20/15 PLN, visits by …
HistoryZamek Pieskowa Skała, 32-045 Sułoszowa
Pieskowa Skala Castle - Renaissance castle near Ojcow, a Wawel branch. Hours, tickets 45/35 PLN, routes and day-trip tips from Krakow.
Historyul. Traugutta 11, 32-400 Myślenice
Independence Museum in Myślenice near Krakow: ethnographic collection and Polish independence history. Free admission, opening hours and how …
History
ClosedSzczyrzyc 1, 34-623 Szczyrzyc
Museum of the Cistercian Abbey in Szczyrzyc near Kraków: monastic arms, coins and sacred art inside a working abbey in Małopolska.
ul. Szpitalna 32, 32-300 Olkusz
Africanist Museum in Olkusz near Krakow - masks, fetishes and art of West and Central African peoples. Opening hours, tickets and how to get …
HistoryRynek 20, 32-300 Olkusz
PTTK Regional Museum in Olkusz near Krakow - regional history, ethnography, silver-lead mining and geology in the 16th-century Batorówka …
Scienceul. Tadeusza Czackiego 9, Bochnia
Butterfly Museum in Bochnia - Poland's largest butterfly collection, 6000+ specimens, 40 km east of Krakow. Open daily 11:00-16:00, tickets …
ul. Floriańska 8, 32-300 Olkusz
Firefighting Museum of the Olkusz Land - historic fire engines, helmets and horse-drawn pumps in Olkusz. Hours, getting there from Kraków, …
CultureRynek 20, 32-700 Bochnia
Fischer Museum in Bochnia on the market square - Polish painting, coins and folk art. Tickets 20/15 PLN, free Thursdays, opening hours.
ul. Zamkowa 13, 32-720 Nowy Wiśnicz
Wisnicz Land Museum in Nowy Wiśnicz near Kraków - regional history and art in a 1641 almshouse. Opening hours and how to get there from …
ul. Bartosza Głowackiego 16, 32-590 Libiąż
Libiąż Regional Museum has closed and the town is selling the former museum building. The nearest working museum on this site is Oświęcim …
Historyul. Wspólna 11, 32-130 Koszyce
Koszyce Land Museum near Krakow - archaeology, history and ethnography in a former synagogue. How to get there from Krakow and what to …
Cultureul. Podgórska 3, 34-120 Andrychów
Museum of History and Ethnography in Andrychow - a historic mill and barn near Wadowice with ethnographic and Jewish heritage. Visits by …
Cultureul. Orkana 2, 34-700 Rabka-Zdrój
Orkan Museum in Rabka-Zdroj - regional ethnographic museum in a 1606 wooden church near Krakow. Hours, tickets 16/12 PLN, folk art and …
Rodzinny Park Rozrywki „Rabkoland”, Rabka-Zdrój
The Order of the Smile Museum has left Rabka-Zdrój: the collection of the award children give to adults has been on show in Głuchołazy since …
Historyul. Zamkowa 1, 32-600 Oświęcim
Castle Museum in Oswiecim near Krakow - a Piast castle and tower, not the Auschwitz Memorial. Hours, tickets 12/8 PLN, free Tuesdays, …
Historyul. Więźniów Oświęcimia 20, 32-600 Oświęcim
Visiting the Auschwitz Museum from Krakow: booking the free entry pass, guided or self-guided visits, opening hours by month, rules and …
Cultureul. Józefa Marka 13, 34-600 Limanowa
Museum of the Limanowa Land in Limanowa, near Kraków. Regional history, ethnography, the 1914 battle. Hours, tickets 15/10 PLN, Marsów …
HistoryRynek 16, 32-650 Kęty
Kłosiński Museum in Kęty near Kraków - regional history, archaeology and ethnography. Opening hours, tickets 8/4 PLN, free on Sundays.
Culture34-484 Zubrzyca Górna, gmina Jabłonka
Orava Ethnographic Park in Zubrzyca Górna - open-air skansen near Kraków, Małopolska. Hours, tickets 25/15 PLN, free Mondays, historic …