A modern exhibition featuring mementoes and a variety of multimedia exhibits constructs the life story of the Polish Pope.

During his visit to Wadowice, already as the Pope, John Paul II recalled: “my home was behind the place where I stand, on Kościelna Street. And when I looked through the window, I could see the sundial on the church wall and the inscription reading ‘Time is flying, eternity is waiting’.”

The building mentioned by the Pope has been turned into a museum devoted to him. A modern exhibition replete with mementoes and many multimedia exhibits constructs the life story of the Polish Pope: from Wadowice – his “little homeland” – through the Kraków period to the Vatican. The heart of the museum is the reconstructed flat of the Wojtyłas, where the future Pope was born.

Practical information

Visits only with a guide in groups of up to 25 people, reservation online or by phone recommended.

Tickets

• with Polish language guide: PLN 20/15, family PLN 50
• with foreign language guide: PLN 30/22, family PLN 70

admission free on Tuesdays (closed on the last Tuesday of the month)
ticket reservation: not earlier than 14 days before the visit
last entry to the exhibition: 80 minutes before closing