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qPalace of Bishop
Erazm Ciołek
Pałac biskupa Erazma Ciołka
ul. Kanonicza 17. Map 1 C5
(6 D4). Tel 12 433 59 20. v 1, 6,
8, 10, 13, 18, 20. Open 10am–
4pm Tue–Sun. & free on Sun
(permanent collection).
This museum was once
home to the great diplomat
and patron of the arts Bishop
Erazm Ciołek (1474–1522). A
magnificently distinguished
residence, it has been exten-
sively renovated and now
houses the National Museum’s
large and notable collection
of Polish Art. The house was
built in a mix of Gothic and
Renaissance styles, while
the collection within ranges
from the 12th to the 18th
centuries. The latter includes
stunning exhibits such as
Massive portal of the medieval Deanery late-Gothic altarpieces, Gothic
statuary and a room dedicated
9Deanery It was actually built in the 14th to the highly ceremonial
Dom Dziekański century but entirely remodelled funerary culture of 17th-
in the late 18th century. The century Poland. Fixed to the
ul. Kanonicza 21. Map 1 C5 (6 D4).
v 1, 6, 8, 10, 13, 18, 20. Archdiocesan Museum is ceilings of the galleries are
now housed here. It runs a beautifully restored examples
This house is considered to be the programme of temporary of ceiling painting taken from
most beautiful of all the canons’ exhibitions of sacred art based ancient wooden churches.
houses in Krakow. The medieval on loans from church treasuries A separate section on
house was completely rebuilt in the Krakow Archdiocese. the opposite side of the
in the 1580s, probably by the Interesting goldwork displays courtyard houses one of the
architect and sculptor Santi Gucci. have taken place here. oldest and most valuable
The arcaded courtyard with its Part of the Archdiocesan collections of Orthodox
magnificent decoration, carved in Museum is given over to the religious icons in Central
stone, the impressive portal and room of Karol Wojtyła, who Europe. The icons featured
the sgraffiti on the façade all date sgraffiti on the façade all date sgraffiti became Pope John Paul II. here are mostly from the
from this period. The statue of St The room has been faithfully eastern parts of Poland
Stanisław in the courtyard was reconstructed here as it stood where significant Orthodox-
added in the 18th century. In originally in the adjoining and Uniate-Christian
the 1960s this was home to the Deanery, where he lived. populations still live.
future Pope and then Suffragan
Bishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyła.
0Archdiocesan
Museum
Muzeum Archidiecezjalne
ul. Kanonicza 19. Map 1 C5 (6 D4).
Tel 12 421 89 63. v 1, 6, 8, 10, 13, 18,
20. Open 10am–4pm Tue–Fri,
10am–3pm Sat & Sun. & 8
This house is traditionally
associated with the residence
of St Stanisław while he was a
canon in Krakow, hence the
name, St Stanisław’s House. Karol Wojtyła’s room in the Archdiocesan Museum