National Museum in Kraków

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Lonely Planet review

The so-called Main Building (Gmach Główny) of the National Museum in Kraków, 500m due west of the Old Town down ul Piłsudskiego, houses three permanent exhibitions: the Gallery of 20th-Century Polish Painting, the Gallery of Decorative Art, and Polish Arms and National Colours - plus various temporary exhibitions.

The painting gallery features an extensive collection of Polish painting (and some sculpture) covering the period from 1890 until the present day. There are several stained-glass designs (including the ones for Wawel Cathedral) by Stanisław Wyspiański, and an impressive selection of Witkacy's paintings. Jacek Malczewski and Olga Boznańska are both well represented also. Of the postwar artists, take particular note of the works by Tadeusz Kantor, Jerzy Nowosielski and Władysław Hasior, to name just a few.