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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Gothic Art in the Carpathians
10 April 2026 - 9 August 2026
The first attempt to present late-medieval art across every country of the Carpathian region - nearly a hundred paintings and sculptures from nine countries, shown at the National Museum in Krakow's Main Building.
Szapocznikow. Personal
20 March 2026 - 23 August 2026
An intimate exhibition of Alina Szapocznikow's sculpture at the National Museum in Krakow's Main Building - the body as a carrier of dramatic memory and sensual pleasure.
Wytrychowanie / Lockpicking - Piotr Bujak
22 July 2026 - 30 August 2026
Piotr Bujak's first institutional solo show in Krakow - tactics of error, provisionality and the institutional lockpick, at the Manggha Museum.
Japanese Design Today 100
15 May 2026 - 30 August 2026
Around a hundred objects of Japanese design - from its historical foundations to the latest work - at the Manggha Museum, in cooperation with the Japan Foundation.
Children of War
12 September 2025 - 30 August 2026
The war and occupation seen through the eyes of children who were no more than eleven when the war broke out in September 1939 - a dozen micro-stories at Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory.
Treasures from Łowicz
31 March 2026 - 30 August 2026
Reliquary crosses, signet rings and the ring of Primate Waclaw Leszczynski, discovered in the crypt of the collegiate church in Lowicz - on view at Wawel Royal Castle.
Masterpieces from the Lanckoroński Collection. A Story of Antiquity
8 May 2026 - 30 August 2026
Ancient vessels, sculptures and jewellery from Karol Lanckoronski's private collection at Wawel Royal Castle - one of the largest antiquities collections of old Europe.
Imaynalla Kashanki. Peru Through Archaeologists' Eyes
29 May 2026 - 30 August 2026
Analogue photographs from a two-month archaeology-student expedition to Peru, on display in the basement of Collegium Maius - free admission.
Together. 20 Years of the Sputnik Photos Collective
11 April 2026 - 13 September 2026
Twenty years of the Sputnik Photos collective as a starting point for reflecting on documentary photography as a living social practice, at the Museum of Photography in Krakow.
A View of the Krakowianki - the Phenomenon of the Wisla Krakow Women's Basketball Team
1 July 2026 - 30 September 2026
The story of Poland's most decorated women's basketball team, told through the career of Patrycja Czepiec - European champion in 1999 and Sydney 2000 Olympian.
Soon Everything Will Change
24 April 2026 - 4 October 2026
Joanna Rajkowska's installations - Hatchling, Nest and the geode Soon Everything Will Change - in the Royal Gardens and courtyard of Wawel Royal Castle.
The State of Possession. The Topography of the MOCAK Collection - Part 1
24 July 2026 - 18 October 2026
An exhibition built on the experience of absence - the MOCAK team examines its own Collection and the institution's condition across five metaphorical chapters.
Katarzyna Krakowiak-Bałka. Ecologies of Togetherness
7 March 2026 - 18 October 2026
Katarzyna Krakowiak-Bałka's year-long residency treats the MOCAK building as a living organism - the museum's first site-specific project on the interspecies relationships of architecture.
Roots and Sky. The Polish Chapter in the Collection of the Kyiv National Art Gallery
26 June 2026 - 18 October 2026
Nine Polish painters of the 19th and early 20th century from the Kyiv National Art Gallery - shown in Poland for the first time, in the Malarnia Hall at the Sukiennice.
Precious, Most Precious. Works from the Princes Czartoryski Library
14 April 2026 - 25 October 2026
Manuscripts and early printed books from the 15th to the 19th century from the Princes Czartoryski Library - Dlugosz's Annals, Copernicus's first edition and Chopin's Krakowiak autograph.
Art and Trade. Krakow of Craftsmen
15 May 2026 - 25 October 2026
The world of Krakow's craftsmen from the 15th to the 20th century - guilds, workshops, masterpieces and guild ritual - at the Krzysztofory Palace.
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 woodblock prints. An exhibition at the Manggha Museum on strength, strategy and collective memory.
Vincent van Gogh: Country Cottages among Trees
29 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
The only Vincent van Gogh painting in a Polish public collection - the early Dutch landscape Country Cottages among Trees from 1883 - shown in the European Art Gallery of the Main Building.
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Preanalogue Postdigital. Andrij Bojarov
13 June 2026 - 26 July 2026
Nearly a hundred works by Andrij Bojarov - photographs recombined into unexpected arrangements that question how an image's meaning shifts, at the Museum of Photography in Krakow.