Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection - Museum

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The Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection (Polish: Zamek Królewski na Wawelu – Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki) is the residence museum and collection housed in the historic Wawel Castle of Kraków. The collection was inaugurated officially in 1930, with its current name introduced in 1994.[1]

Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection
Zamek Królewski na Wawelu – Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki
Arcade courtyard of the Wawel Castle

Established	1945 (1945)^{[citation needed]}
Location	Wawel Hill, Kraków, Poland
Coordinates	50°03′15″N 19°56′07″E
Type	Historic residence
Visitors	2.100.000 (in 2019)
Director	Ph.D Andrzej Betlej
Owner	State-owned
Website	Official website

Divisions

Non-administrative departments

Department of Archaeology
Department of Ceramics
Department of Education
Department of Exhibitions
Department of Furniture and Clocks
Department of Goldsmithing
Department of Inventories and Catalogues
Department of Metalwork
Department of Militaria
Department of Paintings, Prints and Sculptures
Department of Photographic Documentation
Department of Publishing
Department of Reserves and Lapidarium
Department of Textiles
Archives
Library

Conservation studios

Painting, Sculpture and Craftsmanship Conservation Studio
Furniture Conservation Studio
Paper Conservation Studio
Frames Conservation Studio
Textile Conservation Studio
Archaeological Conservation Studio

Floor plans

Ground floor

State rooms (yellow)
1. Governor's room
2. Governor's study
3. Governor's bedchamber
4. Deputies' Staircase

The Lost Wawel (brown)
13–14. Gothic foundations
15. Rotunda of the Blessed Virgin Mary
16–17. Archeological finds
18–19. Lapidarium

Treasury and Armory (blue)
5. Pole-arms and two-handed swords
6. Armors
7. West European weapons
8. Guns and crossbows
9. Casimir the Great Vault
10. Jagiełło and Hedwig Vault
11. Vault in the Sigismund III Tower
12. Parade weapons

First floor

Private Royal Apartments (red)
1. Guests' bedchamber
2–4. Apartments
3a. Italian study in the Jordanka Tower
5. Deputies' Staircase
6–7. Retinue rooms
8. Grey Antechamber
9. Antechamber in the Danish Tower
10. Presidential apartment
11. Antechamber in the Hen's Foot Tower
12. Study in the Hen's Foot Tower
13. Study in the Sigismund III Tower
14. King's bedchamber

15. Antechamber
16. Saxon Antechamber
17. Saxon Room
18. Column Hall
19. Vestibule
20. Senators' Staircase

Oriental Art (green)
21. Vestibule
22. Ottoman banners
23. Ottoman tents
24. Chinese vases
25–26. Japanese porcelain

Second floor

State Rooms (yellow)
1. Deputies' Hall
2. Army Review Room
3. Tournament Room
4. Deputies' Staircase
5. Zodiac Room
6. Planets Room
7. Antechamber
8. Interior of the Danish Tower

9. Birds Room
10. Chapel
11. Study in the Sigismund III Tower
12. Antechamber
13. Eagle Hall
14. Vestibule
15. Senators' Hall
16. Senators' Staircase

Directors of Wawel Castle

Prof. Tadeusz Mańkowski (1945-1951)
Prof. Jerzy Szablowski (1951-1989)
Prof. Jan Ostrowski (1989-2020)
Prof. Andrzej Betlej (2020- )

Citations

Staff writer (May 2016). "Zamek Królewski na Wawelu - Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki". Culture.pl. Instytut Adama Mickiewicza.

Sources

Statut Zamku Królewskiego na Wawelu – Państwowych Zbiorów Sztuki. Załącznik do zarządzenia Nr 35 Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego z dnia 14.07.2011 r. [Charter of the Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection. Attachment to Regulation No. 35 of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage], Dz. Urz. MKiDN z 2011 r. Nr 5, poz. 44 (2011-07-14)
"Wawel Royal Castle". Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
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v t e Wawel
Wawel Castle	National Art Collection Jagiellonian tapestries Polish Crown Jewels Szczerbiec
Wawel Cathedral	Sigismund's Chapel St. Leonard's Crypt Sigismund Bell John Paul II Cathedral Museum
Other sights	Stanisław Borek House St. George's Chapel St. Michael's Chapel Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument Wawel Dragon's den and statue
Legend and history	Wawel Dragon Wawel Chakra Evacuation of Polish National Treasures during World War II

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Divisions

Floor plans

Directors of Wawel Castle

See also

Citations

Sources