Galicia Jewish Museum is a street art installation in Kazimierz in Kraków. This place has 1084 reviews and an average rating of 4.4 of 5. This is a very good rating.
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Definitely too much to read, but it has a great collection of photos.
I recommend the Szancer exhibition, it's really fun!
Even though it's the biggest museum I've ever been, Galicia tells us a very delicate, precious and sad story about the Jews and their remaining cultures in Poland. The museum requires you to read each individual photo descriptions (which totally pays off) and reading all of them can take up to 2h. Both texts and photos are very emotional and touching so I totally recommend reading them all.
The temporary exhibition was just in polish unfortunately but everything else was in both english and polish.
I gave 4 stars because I think the museum needs a bit of maintenance. Some letters are erased, the path on the floor is almost not visible. Other than that, you also have a good selection of books, t-shirts and small souvenirs plus a café right on the main hall of the museum. A good place to be in such calm and relaxed atmosphere.
I only expected to spend about 20 minutes here but that turned about 1.5 hours. The photo exhibition on Jewish history and monuments in Galicia is excellent and fully translated into English. The captions succinctly describe the haunting photos. The museum is included in the Krakow Card.
I found this very engaging. It's well laid out. The history of Jewish people in Galicyia is explored in various ways, and the twentieth century through the time line of one family.
There is a lovely cafe and a book shop.
The venue is a fantastic refurbishment of what must have been a commercial or industrial premises.
Adult entry was 17 Zloty in March 2020.
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