|
The Manggha Center of Japanese Art and Technology
Krakow’s outpost of the Japanese creativity and
ingenuity is the biggest such
institution in the whole Central and Eastern
Europe. The Center’s wave-shaped building on
the bank of the Vistula river just opposite the
Wawel Hill houses the Japanese treasures amassed by
a wealthy Polish connoisseur, Feliks “Manggha”
Jasienski, by the end of the 19th c. The
Manggha Center organizes various temporary exhibitions,
concerts, presentations, etc., pertaining mostly but not
exclusively to Japan’s national heritage or its
present-day achievements.
Go
to the Manggha Center
Palace of Arts
The
Palace of Arts was erected in 1901 for the Society of
Fine Arts Friends. Krakow's first Art Nouveau
building has remained one of the most prestigious
exhibition venues in the city. Once mostly works of
established value can be seen here yet nowadays purely
commercial events also happen.
Go
to the Palace of Arts
Bunker
of Arts
A
modern exhibition hall of gray concrete amid ancient
landmarks of Krakow’s historic Old
Town
district, has been dubbed “the bunker” before long.
The contemptuous label was embraced by its managers who
turned their ‘Bunker of Arts - The Contemporary Art
Gallery’ into a stronghold of the
avant-garde.
Go
to the Bunker of Arts
Jama
Michalika Cafe
The
original colorful Art Nouveau interior of the Jama
Michalika cafe at 45 Florianska
street should suffice to attract visitors. And its name
reverberates in the Polish history and culture. The cafe
has been in business since 1895, while its present decor
dates back to 1908. The place was immortalized by patrons
who frequented it at the turn of the 20th century.
Go
to the Michalika Cafe
Conference
Facilities in Krakow
The
city’s rich cultural and social milieu, beauty of its central
historical district, accessibility,
good hotels, vibrant club
scene, and profusion of restaurants
and cafes makes Krakow superb
location for congresses and conferences.
|
Grand
Square
Krakow's
central square, the
largest of medieval European cities, is arguably one of
the world’s most beautiful plazas. It boasts a plethora
of landmarks and myriad restaurants, clubs, and cafes.
Go
to the Grand Square
International
Culture Center
Krakow's International
Culture Center was founded in 1990
to facilitate the intercourse between peoples of different cultures. Its main
field of interest is the cultural heritage of the Central Europe. The center
engages in a wide range of activities: from research to education to art
presentation to information services.
Go
to the International Culture Center Center
for Jewish Culture
The Center for Jewish Culture, set up amid Krakow’s
former Kazimierz
Jewish Quarter
in 1993, protects the heritage of Poland’s Jews, popularizes it, and conducts research.
Its site in the former 19th-century prayer house at 17
Meiselsa street is the venue of
numerous shows, recitals, conferences and other
cultural and scholarly activities.
Go
to the Center of Jewish Culture Villa
Decius
Krakow’s Villa Decius, the Renaissance mansion built
c. 1530 for a powerful secretary of King
Sigismund I the Old,
is one of Poland’s best palatial suburban residences.
Now it shines again after a thorough renovation as
Krakow’s home to the European Academy.
Go
to the Villa Decius Piwnica
Pod Baranami Cabaret
Company
It
might have happened in Krakow alone that a cabaret
was elevated to the rank and authority of a national
institution. Sure, since its birth in 1956 the Piwnica
Pod Baranami in the cellar of the Pod Baranami
palace at 27 Grand
Square
has been a very special brand of high-brow
entertainment: a literary variety show with poetic songs
and mostly pure-nonsense humor (both being its hallmarks
till now). And the cabaret company of Piwnica Pod
Baranami has proved over the past four decades a
magnet for outstanding personalities of at least three
generations.
Go
to the Pod Baranami cabaret |
