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

Only individual visits, the visitors are admitted in groups of 5 people every 15 minutes, obligatory online reservation: https://bilety.domjp2.pl/

Tickets: PLN 27/20, family 70 zł; group member PLN 22/15
* Tuesday – free entrance. You can book tickets no sooner than 14 days before the day of the visit.