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.
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 …
Rynek 16, 32-650 Kęty
Kłosiński Museum in Kęty near Kraków - regional history, archaeology and ethnography. Opening hours, tickets 8/4 PLN, free on Sundays.
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 …
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, …
ul. Zamkowa 8, 32-020 Wieliczka
Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka near Krakow - salt-mining heritage. Saltworks Castle closed for renovation until the end of 2028 (the …
ArtPl. Katedralny 6, 33-100 Tarnów
Diocesan Museum in Tarnów - Poland's oldest diocesan museum, Gothic sacred art of Małopolska, 85 km east of Kraków. Hours and visitor info.
ul. Floriańska 8, 32-300 Olkusz
Firefighting Museum of the Olkusz Land near Krakow - vintage fire engines, helmets and horse-drawn pumps. Opening hours and how to get there …
ul. Traugutta 11, 32-400 Myślenice
Independence Museum in Myślenice near Krakow: ethnographic collection and Polish independence history. Free admission, opening hours and how …
ul. Piekarska 2, 38-300 Gorlice
Karwacjan Manor Art Gallery in Gorlice - contemporary art in a reconstructed Gothic manor. Opening hours, tickets 10/6 PLN, free Tuesdays.
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 …
Scienceul. 3-go Maja 34, 33-190 Ciężkowice
Ciężkowice Natural History Museum - Polish fauna of the Pogórze foothills. Opening hours, tickets 15/10 PLN, multimedia displays, near the …
ul. Głowackiego 6, 32-590 Libiąż
Libiaz Regional Museum near Krakow - over 550 exhibits in five rooms and a Regional Chamber of western Malopolska folk life. Visits by prior …
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.
ul. Widokowa 5, 34-441 Niedzica
Miniature Parks in Niedzica near Krakow - 1:20 models of Podtatrze castles and Marian sanctuaries. Opening hours, tickets, how to get there.
ul. 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 …
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 …
ul. 1-go Maja 39, 33-230 Szczucin
Road Engineering Museum in Szczucin near Krakow - open-air collection of steam rollers and road machines. Free entry, opening hours, getting …
Historyul. Węgierska 1, 38-340 Biecz
Museum of the Biecz Land - Renaissance Kromerowka and a Gothic tower house in Biecz, southern Poland. Opening hours, tickets, free Fridays.
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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. 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 …
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 …
Bulwary Dietla 19, 33-380 Krynica-Zdrój
Nikifor Museum in Krynica-Zdroj - watercolours by the great naive painter in the wooden Romanowka villa. Hours, tickets and how to get there …
Ojców 9, 32-047 Ojców
Ojców National Park Museum near Krakow: natural history exhibition with geology, dioramas and 3D films in Małopolska. Hours, tickets 20/14 …
34-484 Zubrzyca Górna, gmina Jabłonka
Orava Ethnographic Park in Zubrzyca Górna - open-air skansen near Kraków, Małopolska. Hours, tickets 25/15 PLN, free Mondays, historic …
Rodzinny Park Rozrywki „Rabkoland”, Rabka-Zdrój
Order of the Smile Museum in Rabka-Zdrój near Kraków, on the grounds of the Rabkoland family park - the story of the world's award given to …
Rynek 1 - Ratusz, 34-400 Nowy Targ
Podhale Museum in Nowy Targ near Kraków - guild crafts and folk art of the Tatra region in a historic town hall. Tickets 10/7 PLN, free …
Rynek 20, 32-300 Olkusz
PTTK Regional Museum in Olkusz near Krakow - regional history, ethnography, silver-lead mining and geology in the 16th-century Batorowka …
ul. 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.
Rynek 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.
Scienceul. Tytusa Chałubińskiego 42a, 34-500 Zakopane
Tatra National Park Nature Education Centre in Zakopane near Krakow - Poland's largest model of the Tatras, dioramas and multimedia. Hours …
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 …
Historyul. Więźniów Oświęcimia 20, 32-600 Oświęcim
Visiting the Auschwitz Museum from Krakow: how to book the free entry pass, guided tour or self-guided visit, opening hours by month, rules, …
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.
Cultureul. Krupówki 10, 34-500 Zakopane
Tatra Museum Zakopane - highland culture and Tatra nature at Krupowki 10. Hours Wed-Sun 10-18, tickets 34/17 PLN, free Thursdays.