2016 – Brzuch Muzeum

10 November 201616 December 2016 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieAround Exhibitions

Golden Age of Hungarian Painting

2016 is the Year of Hungarian Culture in Poland, the Year of Polish-Hungarian Solidarity and the 60th Anniversary of the Budapest Uprising. On this occasion, the NMK is showcasing works by the most prominent painters of the Carpathian Basin. The title ‘Golden Age’ is a period […]

8 September 201616 December 2016 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieA few words about...

And you? What’s your question?

What’s your favourite smell in the museum? What emotions accompany you when you unwrap the long-awaited exhibits? Which work of art from our collection makes you laugh most and why? There’s one day a year when you can ask the curators from around the world anything […]

25 May 20161 August 2016 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieAround Exhibitions

7 reasons why the exhibition of Siemiradzki’s works is worth a visit

From 20 May, visitors to the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice have an opportunity to see an exhibition titled ‘Searching for Arkadia‘. Here are a few examples why it’s a #mustsee 😉

18 May 20168 July 2016 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieBehind the scenes

Therefore – about the Museum!

It all started with an e-mail from Magda in New Media: ’18 May is an International Museum Day – would you like to write something for our museum blog ‘Brzuch Muzeum’ (Museum Gut) on this occasion? The text doesn’t have to be long (ideally no longer […]

1 February 20161 July 2016 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieAround Exhibitions

Wódz Inagawa Jibu-no-tayu Minamoto-no Yoshimoto

Where is the Samurai going?

This particular footman, dressed in a nimai gusoku armour fastened on his right side, and a kabuto helmet protecting his head, was portrayed in the photograph during the autumn parade called Jidai Matsuri (Parade of the Ages) in Kyoto.

2 January 201615 September 2017 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieAround Exhibitions

Could Wyspiański possibly love her?

Looking at the artist’s depiction of his wife of four years, wearing beads, we cannot help but wonder: how did the marriage between a sensitive, educated artist and a simple uneducated peasant woman come about? Was the then fashionable folkmania the only reason?