WAJDA

Saturday, April 6, 2019 - Sunday, September 8, 2019

  • Saturday, April 6, 2019 - Sunday, September 8, 2019
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Director, screenwriter, set designer and master of cinematic narrative awarded an Honorary Oscar: the exhibition WAJDA at the Main Building of the National Museum in Krakow takes us on a journey to the cinematic and theatrical achievements of one of the finest filmmakers of all time. The complex story of the life of the co-creator of the Polish film school who passed away in 2016 is based on screenplays, sketches and drawings he took as he worked, as well as props, costumes, stage designs and production documents. The priceless archives presented in a multimedia arrangement bring to life the achievements of the maestro who worked tirelessly for decades to hone a universal language of cinema to tell stories of Poland. We will also take a more intimate look at the man himself.

Prepared by the National Museum in Krakow, the monographic exhibition inaugurates Krakow Festival Office’s project Cinematic Kraków, bringing together the most important cinematographic events in the city: the Off Camera Festival (see p. 10) and the Film Music Festival and the Krakow Film Festival held in May. (Dorota Dziunikowska, “Karnet” magazine)

The Main Building

al. 3 Maja 1

The central phenomena of the Polish art of the 20th and 21st century, the history of Polish weaponry and uniforms, a gallery of crafts, and a dozen major temporary exhibitions each year.

The quickly expanding collection of the National Museum, set up in 1879, soon needed space that Kraków did not have at that time. That is why the idea to erect a new building that at the same time would commemorate the many years of efforts to regain Poland’s independence was born early in the 20th century. Immediately after the end of the First World War, already in free Poland, funds for the construction of an appropriate seat began to be raised. The construction of the building by the imposing Aleje Trzech Wieszczów, staked out just two decades earlier, began in 1934. Today, the National Museum in Kraków boasts several branches, with no fewer than three permanent galleries in the Main Building alone. Deposited on the ground floor are the collections of militaria: the exhibition Arms and Uniforms in Poland (gallery closed until further notice) presents the history of the Polish military from the Middle Ages to the Second World War. The Gallery of Decorative Arts boasts collections of fabrics, goldsmithry, glass, ceramics, furniture, musical instruments, and Judaica that let the visitor trace changes in style from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. The Polish Art Gallery presents the chronology and key tendencies in painting, sculpture and printmaking as created by the Polish artists of the 20th and 21st century. The largest temporary exhibitions of the National Museum in Kraków are organised in specially designed halls.

Tickets to permanent galleries: normal PLN 32, concessions PLN 25, family PLN 64, admission free to permanent exhibitions on Tuesday

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