Temporary exhibitions in Krakow
A practical overview of temporary exhibitions in Krakow’s museums. No reviews - just good context and everything worth knowing before your visit.
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Andrzej Pawłowski. Kineforms
from 16 February 2026
A projector, a film and 1950s documents: Andrzej Pawłowski's kineforms, moving light images from the Cricot 2 stage, at Kantor's Gallery-Studio on ul. Sienna.
Born of Passion: Calculating Machines from the Walter Szrek Collection
from 13 June 2025
Walter Szrek gave the university 500+ antique calculating machines, the oldest surviving Odhner among them. A selection at Collegium Maius, weekdays at noon.
Archaeological Wanderings: From Zesławice to Cło
from 1 May 2026
The prehistory of Kraków's Nowa Huta district, village by village: original finds and comic-strip panels at the Archaeological Museum's Branice branch.
Unimaginable. The Void After the Great Synagogues
from 30 November 2025
Engravings, photographs and plans of great synagogues from 13 Polish cities, never rebuilt after the war. Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow; closing date unknown.
Nowa Huta - Dimitrovgrad
10 September 2026 - 10 November 2026
An open-air show by the Nowa Huta Museum on Aleja Róż sets Nowa Huta beside Dimitrovgrad in Bulgaria, a town built from 1947. Until 10 November 2026.
Akitsushima. The Island of Dragonflies
19 July 2026 - 11 November 2026
The dragonfly in Japanese culture - from the country's oldest name to samurai symbolism - told through a collection of Japanese armour at the Manggha Museum.
Warrior Women: Japanese Herstories
19 July 2026 - 11 November 2026
Onna bugeisha - women trained in martial arts - in Japanese ukiyo-e prints. An exhibition at the Manggha Museum on strength, strategy and collective memory.
Tomasz Górnicki and Igor Dobrowolski. Underneath
24 October 2026 - 29 November 2026
Sculpture and painting on homelessness and depression in abandoned palace cellars at Piłsudskiego 4: Bunkier Sztuki, from 24 Oct 2026, booking, adults only.
Girls from the Clouds - 95th Anniversary of the 1st Women Aviators’ Rally around Poland
7 March 2026 - 30 November 2026
The 1931 rally of four women pilots around Poland: photographs and Maria Wardasówna's keepsakes in Hangar 5 of the Polish Aviation Museum, until 30 November.
Polish Design: Object Biographies / Designer Biographies
23 September 2026 - 13 December 2026
Sixteen Polish designers and studios, their work shown next to the personal things they live and work with. Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, until 13 December 2026.
Zofia Kulik. Instead of Sculpture. Footnotes
3 October 2026 - 20 December 2026
Zofia Kulik's 1971 diploma: nearly 500 slides instead of a sculpture, shown in a Polish museum for the first time. MuFo Rakowicka, 3 Oct - 20 Dec 2026, 5 PLN.
Vincent van Gogh: Country Cottages Among the Trees
29 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
The only van Gogh in a Polish public collection: a small 1883 landscape in the National Museum in Krakow, on view until 31 December 2026, on the branch ticket.
In the Paris Atelier of Stanisław Wyspiański and Józef Mehoffer
26 June 2026 - 31 December 2026
Wyspiański and Mehoffer drawing each other in 1890s Paris, plus a pastel of their studio: a small display at the Wyspiański Museum, 18 PLN, until 31 Dec 2026.
Intersections. Papercuts by Anna Wencel
2 July 2026 - 31 December 2026
Dozens of contemporary papercuts by Anna Wencel bringing the Jewish papercut together with Polish and Ukrainian folk traditions. Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow.
Krakow in the Works of Anastasiia Kurakova
20 October 2026 - 31 December 2026
Paintings by a Ukrainian artist living in Krakow, hung along the permanent exhibition at Krzysztofory Palace until 31 December 2026. No separate ticket.
“Arrive Tokio!” - A Flight Story That Could Be a Ready-Made Film Script
30 August 2026 - 31 December 2026
Orliński and Kubiak's 1926 flight to Tokyo: the pilot's suitcase, Japanese diplomas and Kubiak's photographs at the Polish Aviation Museum, until 31 December.
Mirella von Chrupek. Romance au chocolat
23 September 2026 - 3 January 2027
Five cases of chocolate dioramas by Mirella von Chrupek, made for Warsaw's Wedel museum, on the mezzanine of Bunkier Sztuki in Krakow until 3 January 2027.
Kinga Nowak. A tropikal fiva uv regrejt
23 September 2026 - 3 January 2027
Kinga Nowak's paintings and sculptures beside Hasior, folk art and archives: colonialism and the Polish view of the "exotic" at Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow.
A View of the Krakowianki - Tola Certowicz
14 October 2026 - 3 January 2027
Letters by the young sculptor Tola Certowicz along the permanent exhibition route at the Krzysztofory Palace, until 3 January 2027. No separate ticket.
Lares and Penates. On Building a Sense of Security in Architecture
24 September 2026 - 6 January 2027
Poland's 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale show, home for the first time: fire extinguishers and CCTV beside a storm candle and salt - at Wawel Royal Castle.
Hotel Forum
29 May 2026 - 10 January 2027
Krakow's brutalist Hotel Forum seen through its former staff: the guest book, a waiter's notebook, uniforms and recorded memories, at the Podgórze Museum.
I Was Tadeusz Kantor's Assistant. Andrzej Wajda
6 October 2026 - 10 January 2027
In 1976 Andrzej Wajda filmed Kantor's The Dead Class. Until 10 January 2027 Cricoteka shows unseen documents from the shoot, film excerpts and recordings.
Satire and Comics by Jan Matejko
15 May 2026 - 31 January 2027
Jan Matejko's satirical drawings and caricatures, shown in his own house on Floriańska. Until 31 January 2027, included in the 18 PLN branch ticket.
The Faces of Czapski
18 September 2026 - 31 January 2027
Józef Czapski the painter: over 50 paintings and drawings, mostly from private collections, at the National Museum in Krakow until 31 January 2027.
Under Sails and Stars - Seas, Ports and Sailors
8 September 2026 - 7 February 2027
Early printed books, maps and atlases from the 16th-18th centuries on navigation, shipbuilding and sea voyages: 76 objects at the Czapski Museum, Krakow.
Picasso and the Pikasiaks. Modern Ceramics
11 September 2026 - 7 February 2027
Six earthenware platters Picasso gave Poland in 1948, shown with Polish ceramics of the post-1956 Thaw at Szolayski House, Krakow, until 7 February 2027.
Precious, Most Precious. Works from the Princes Czartoryski Library
14 April 2026 - 14 February 2027
The Długosz Annals autograph, Copernicus's first edition, Rej's Zwierzyniec, Chopin's Krakowiak: Czartoryski Library treasures, extended to 14 February 2027.
Anna Jagiellon. All the Faces of the Queen
23 October 2026 - 14 February 2027
Anna Jagiellon in her own right, not just as a king's daughter and wife: six rooms on Wawel's first floor and every known portrait of her. Until 14 Feb 2027.
All the Faces of the Queen - Intervention
23 October 2026 - 14 February 2027
Ewa Juszkiewicz's painting of a woman with a veiled face hangs at Wawel in place of Anna Jagiellon's portrait until 14 Feb 2027. Castle Second Floor ticket.
Citizen Cepelia
9 October 2026 - 21 February 2027
Cepelia from kilims to posters: a survey of the state agency that furnished Polish homes under communism. National Museum in Krakow, 9 Oct 2026 - 21 Feb 2027.
Under a Knitted Sky - Installation
5 October 2026 - 26 February 2027
Crochet squares made by more than 100 people from the Dziergamy Na Polu group, joined into a sunshade: a free installation at Krzysztofory Palace to Feb 2027.
Agata Kus. Spirits
24 October 2026 - 28 February 2027
Oil paintings by Agata Kus on phone memory and nightlife, in Bunkier Sztuki's new space at PAŁAC, ul. Piłsudskiego 4. Open evenings from 24 October.
Revolution, Progress, Imperialism… Nineteenth-Century Paper Money
23 October 2026 - 11 April 2027
French assignats, Polish treasury notes of 1794, shares, scrip and lottery tickets: 19th-century paper money at the Czapski Museum until 11 April 2027.
Moda Polska (Polish Fashion) in the Collection of the National Museum in Krakow
19 June 2026 - 13 June 2027
Moda Polska, the state fashion firm: garments by Kalina Paroll, Magda Ignar and Jerzy Antkowiak from the late 1960s to the 1990s, at the Szolayski House.
Schindler's Factory - Histories of the Place
16 October 2026 - 8 August 2027
Histories of Oskar Schindler's factory: industrial Zabłocie, DEF, Telpod, Solidarity and the survivors' memory. At Schindler's Factory from 16 October 2026.
The Kitchen From the Inside
27 March 2026 - 31 December 2027
How technology changed the Polish kitchen, from coal stove to dishwasher. Museum of Engineering and Technology, Kazimierz, Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00, until 2027.
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Ecstasies. Bernini at Wawel
6 November 2026 - 6 January 2027
A bozzetto and drawings linked to Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa at Wawel Castle, 6 November 2026 to 6 January 2027. Free with a November pass.
Eiko Ishioka. Who Am I?
11 November 2026 - 17 January 2027
Nearly 80 posters by Eiko Ishioka, who won an Oscar for the costumes in Coppola's Dracula, at the Manggha Museum from 11 November 2026 to 17 January 2027.
Ghosts and Landscapes. Philippe Quesne
19 November 2026 - 28 February 2027
Installations, mole costumes and robots from the productions of French director Philippe Quesne at Cricoteka, 19 November 2026 - 28 February 2027. 25 PLN.
In Dante's Mirror. Temptation and Warning
27 November 2026 - 23 May 2027
Art from antiquity to today and translations of the Divine Comedy on a route through Hell to Paradise. National Museum in Krakow, 27 Nov 2026 - 23 May 2027.
Whispers of Rain, Silence of Snow. Kawase Hasui
29 November 2026 - 28 February 2027
Poland's first Kawase Hasui show: 103 shin-hanga woodblock prints from the Galerie Nouvelle collection, rain and snow of old Japan. Manggha, from 29.11.2026.
Eleanor Antin: A Retrospective
5 December 2026 - 21 March 2027
The first retrospective in Poland of Eleanor Antin, a classic of feminist art: over 80 works at MOCAK in Krakow from 5 December 2026 to 21 March 2027.
Recently closed
Fort Sztuki 3026
18 October 2026 - 31 October 2026
Fort Sztuki returned to Kraków after 20 years, this time to MOCAK: an archive, a non-stop cinema and performances. The show runs until 31 October 2026.
Celine Levitan. The Language of Pearls
8 July 2026 - 31 October 2026
Stitched paintings of embroidery, sequins and faux pearls by Celine Levitan in the Wyspiański Pavilion: Bunkier Sztuki, open daily 9:00-19:00 until 31 October.
Krakow Bobbin Lace - A Living Heritage
18 September 2026 - 31 October 2026
Exhibition closed on 31 October 2026: "Krakow Bobbin Lace - A Living Heritage" at Krzysztofory Palace, Museum of Krakow. See current exhibitions in Krakow.
Open House: The Imagined Object
7 October 2026 - 30 October 2026
Exhibition closed on 30 October 2026: "Open House: The Imagined Object", art by the Intermedia Faculty of the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts at Hipolit House.
What Do Health and Mental Wellbeing Mean to You?
1 October 2026 - 29 October 2026
Photographs by psychology students and people who have lived through a mental health crisis, made with Photovoice: Krzysztofory Palace, 1-29 Oct 2026.