Princes Czartoryski Museum

Branch of the National Museum, re-opened in Dec 2019 after refurbishment. Classical art, the highlight being the Mona Weasel, an authentic Leonardo da Vinci portrait, in Polish Dama z gronostajem. She's properly called "The Lady with an Ermine" but the beast she cradles is not zoologically accurate - it's an allusion to the nobility of her sugar daddy the Duke of Milan, who just happened to employ Leonardo. Unlike the better-known Mona Lisa, the painting doesn't suffer from over-familiarity, over-merchandising and overcrowding. The museum houses works by other painters of world renown such as Rembrandt and Brueghel which are able to be enjoyed at your leisure unlike the paintings in the famous and over-loved museums of western Europe. This museum is much bigger than it appears from the outside and is one of the highlights of Krakow.

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Address

Pijarska 15

Hours

Tue-Fri 09:00-19:00, Sat 10:00-20:00, Sun 10:00-18:00

Price

Adult 35 zł, conc 20 zł, Tuesday free

Website

mnk.pl (opens in a new tab)