Magiczny Kraków - The IX Edition of NIGHT of MUSEUMS 18/19 May 2012

The IX Edition of NIGHT of MUSEUMS 18/19 May 2012

19.00 – Museum of Contemporary Art in Cracow, 4 Lipowa Str.:

The inauguration of the ninth edition of Night of Museums 2012.

Museum of Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Cracow

13 Matejko Square, phone: 12 299 20 29

Hours: 19.00-23.00

- exhibitions: Maciejewski –early works (ASP Museum) and Self-timer (Samowyzwalacz) - authors: Zbysław Marek Maciejewski, Wojciech Kubiak (ASP Painting Gallery)

Archeological Museum in Cracow

3 Poselska Str., phone: 12 422 71 00 ext. 50

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- permanent exhibitions: Gods of Ancient Egypt, Prehistory and Early Middle Ages of Małopolska (Lesser Poland), Oldest and old history of the House of Archeological Museum in Cracow, Władysław Kluger' s Peruvian collections

- temporary exhibition: Border Castles – Muszyna, Rytro, Plavec, Kamenica

- exhibition of boats from the Roman influences period and multimedia projection (the Museum garden, 3 Poselska Str.)

- night tour in the basements of Chuch of St. Wojciech in Cracow (Main Market Square)

– exhibition: History of the Main Market Square in Cracow

- Archeobus – touring exhibition Prehistory and Elary Middle Ages of Małopolska (Lesser Poland)

- Coach ride to Ojców – visiting exhibition of Ojców National Park (OPN) and a surprise attraction

Archdiocesan Museum of Cardinal Karola Wojtyły in Cracow

19-21 Kanonicza Str., phone: 12 628 82 11

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- painting of F. Pautsch, an enthusiast for culture and land of the Carpathians (Hutsulshchyna)

- visiting a newly restored sixteenth-century arcaded courtyard, a historic „Dziekańska" building, a monument of St. Stanislaus

The Armia Krajowa (Home Army) Museum of gen. Emil Fieldorf „Nil" w Cracow

12 Wita Stwosza Str., phone: 12 410 07 70

Hours: 17.00-1.00

- presentation of the building and familiarization visitors with its adaptation

- visiting exhibition In the air, on the air (guided tours every hour)

- visiting exhibition of memorabilia after gen. Adam Studziński; screening the film titled: „The Doiminican Cloister"

- visiting exhibition From London collections of Polish Underground State

- screening of documentary films by Dariusz Walusiak

- workshops for children (preparing the mock battlefield of cut paper figures of soldiers)

- refreshments (soldier pea soup, lard bread, black coffee)

- swing concert referring to the exhibition In the air, on the air theme

Etnographic Museum of Seweryn Udziela in Cracow (MEK)

City Hall, 1 Wolnica Square, phone: 12 430 55 63

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- permanent exhibition Polish folk culture (with commentary by curators of MEK)

- OD-NOWA – an exhibition in process (the first stage of reconstruction of a permanent exhibition, space for creative action)

– temporary exhibition Parallel Worlds (works of artists from the circle of art brut, visionary art, outsider art, intuitive art juxtaposed with works by recognized professional artists

„Esterka" Building, 46 Krakowska Str., phone: 12 430 60 23

-temporary exhibition Work-plot/Dzieło-działka (research project carried out by MEK)

- exhibition Family and land. Sally Mann (part of the Month of Photography Festival in Cracow)

Museum of Pharmacy Collegium Medicum in Cracow

25 Floriańska Str., phone: 12 421 92 79

19.00-1.00 visiting the museum exhibition

20.00 and 22.00 displays: Herbs of the World and tasting – stage in front of the Museum

Museum of Geology of ING PAN (Institute of Geological Science of the Polish Academy of Science) in Cracow

1-3 Senacka Str., phone: 12 422 19 10

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- permanent exhibition Geological structure of area of Cracow

- temporary exhibition Miocene frutti di mare (seafood)

- outdoor show When rocks crack – about the origin of the Carpathian Foredeep

- multimedia presentation Continental drift

Museum of Geology of ING UJ in Cracow

2 Oleandry Str., phone: 12 663 24 82

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- permanent exhibition of the most beautiful minerals from Poland and the world, collected from more than 230 years

- temporary exhibition: biblical rocks

- exhibition: inhabitants of the seas near Cracow from before 160 million years

20.15 and 22.30 shows: the Jagiellonius volcano eruptions

Museum of Geology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection of AGH (University of Science and Technology) in Cracow

30 Mickiewicza Ave., phone: 12 617 23 65

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- exhibition: Agates of the seven continents

- presentations of achievements of student research groups of the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection of AGH University

The Walery Rzewuski Museum of History of Photography in Cracow

16 Józefitów Str., phone: 12 634 59 32

Hours: 19.00 -1.00

- Theatre of Light – 100 years of cinema in Cracow – presentation of historic cine projectors from the collection of the Museum of History of Photography

- projection of archival films about Cracow

- photographic studio (in a set design of a studio from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries visitors can take a commemorative photo)

- exhibition: A day in the live of the city (Inwalidów Square)

- permanent exhibition: From the History of Photography

- temporary exhibition: Face to face - Piotr Topperzer's photography

Historical Museum of Cracow (MHK)

Krzysztofory Palace, 35 Main Market Square, phone: 12 422 15 04

19.00–1.00 visiting Bronisław Schönborn temporary exhibition, Fountain Lounge

18.00–19.00 performances by students of Music School No. 1. of S. Wiechowicz in Cracow

19.00-19.30 the final of a city game: Family search of baroque treasure of Cracow

19.30–20.30 performance for children with Krzysztoforek, titled Message in a Bottle

21.00–22.00 and 23.00–24.00 screening of MHK films: Cracovia. Origo. Cracow . The Beginning, Cracovia A.D. 1650, Od-nowa Museum

22.00-23.00 Cracow Philharmonic Quartet concert

Barbican, Basztowa Str.

17.00 beginning of a city game for children and parents: Family search of baroque treasure of Cracow

19.00-19.30 and 21.00–21.30 dance performance in a climate of Renaissance: Frivolous love affairs of Stanczyk
20.00-21.00 and 22.00–23.00 knight fights and scenes from daily life of the former Krakow

21.30-22.00 guided tour of the Barbican

Curtain Walls, Pijarska Str.

19.00-1.00 visiting the exhibition of old bourgeois costumes

21.00-21.30 scenes from everyday life of the former inhabitants of Cracow

Zwierzyniecki House, 41 Królowej Jadwigi Str.

Where Lenin said goodnight...

19.00-1.00 visiting temporary exhibition: Cracovian traditions: Emmaus in Zwierzyniec and permanent miniexhibition: Suburbs of Zwierzyniec 100 years ago

19.00-21.00 workshops for children in the museum garden (including the creation of the great tree of life, preparing dishes - former Zwierzyniec cuisine)

19.12-21.00 presentation of selected exhibits of the Museum from collection Leniniana. Debate: House of Lenin – tough neighbourhood (with participation of the Malik family representatives and M. Kozioł)

21.00 screening of a documentary film directed by J. Ridan: Lenin from Cracow, interview with the authors and characters of the films

23.55-1.00 Jazz in Zwierzyniec ta midnight: Ryszard Styła & Bohater live!

The Old Synagogue, 24 Szeroka Str.

the ground floor, exhibition halls:

19.00–1.00 visiting a permanent exhibition: Jewish traditions and a temporary exhibition: It was a Hebrew school. Hebrew High School 1918-1939

- rewriting text of the Torah on a scroll in the chosen from among 11 languages

- requests to the Lord – writing names in the holy language

Educational Room on the first floor:

19.30–20.00 and 22.30–23.00 presentations: How does the Torah scroll come into being?

20.30–21.00 presentation: Schoolo! School! When I remember you, Nostalgia bites into my heart. My eyes are fool of tears! Teachers and students of Hebrew Gymnasium

21.30–22.00 presentation: To buy or not to buy? Judaica market in Poland today

The Hipolits House, 3 Mariacki Square

19.00–1.00 visiting Bronisław Schönborn temporary exhibition

19.00–1.00 visiting permanent exhibition: Bourgeois House

19.00-0.30 Traditional scenes from nightlife of a solid couple - that is spouses night talks and discrete actions around family happiness

19.00–23.00 barber's stories and shows

20.00-22.00 performances of an old minstrel playing the lyre in front of the Hipolits House

Basements of Main Market, 1 Main Market Square

19.00–2.00 free tour of the tourist route In the footsteps of European identity of Cracow Preference for those with a booking made on bilety.mhk.pl.

19.00–0.45 guided tours of the permanent exhibition, ticket booking for guided tours on the website bilety.mhk.pl

The theme of the action: Archeological treasures presented on display in the basement of the Main Market, coming from distant lands (Byzantium, Armenia, Rus, Western Europe)

Lectures: Medieval cemetery and its secrets, The secrets of a medieval prelocation settlement
Movies: Cracovia Origo, Od-nowa Museum

Competition: Play in the Market (publications of MHK to win)

Pomorska Str. Branch, 2 Pomorska Str.

18.30 opening of an air-raid shelter in the Park of Cracow by Małopolska Society of History Enthusiasts „Rawelin"

19.00–1.00 visiting permanent exhibition: Cracovians against terror 1939-1945-1956

20.00, 20.35, 21.55, 22.55 and 23.55 screening of a fictionalized document dedicated to Historical Museum of Cracow: Od-nowa Museum

20.20 and 21.35 presentation of recordings of history witnesses German occupation in Cracow

20.55 and 22.15 presentation of recordings of history witnesses Repressions of Stalinism against Cracovians

21.10 Crime inscribed into system (a movie about the activities of communist Security Office)

22.30 G.Jeżowski's presentation about the origin of a new exhibition Cracovians against terror 1939-1945-1956

23.15 screening of a film Fire (activity of Jan Kuraś's – nickname "Fire"- unit )

Screening of all the films - the courtyard of the Silesian House

History of Nowa Huta Branch, 16 Słoneczne District

19.00–1.00 visiting an exhibition New space. Modernism in Nowa Huta

20.00-22.00 city game: Long march in search of exotic Nowa Huta

20.00, 22.00 and 24.00 screening of newsreels: Minorities in Nowa Huta (lecture)

and fictionalized document Od-nowa Museum

Schindler's Factory, 4 Lipowa Str.

19.00–2.00 free tour of permanent exhibition: Cracow occupation time 1939-1945 and temporary exhibition: People from the Schindler's list: Józef Bau. Ticket booking on bilety.mhk.pl

19.00–0.20 (every 20 min.) the permanent exhibition tour, tickets booking for guided tours on bilety.mhk.pl (last admission 90 minutes before the closing of the exhibition)

19.00–20.30 meeting with Józef Bau's daughters: Hadasa and Clila Bau during visiting the temporary exhibition: People from the Schindler's list: Józef Bau.

20:00 premiere of film Not to forget, meeting of its executors: A.Pankiewicz and M.Kaproń

Screening of the fictionalized document Od-nowa Museum

19.15-22.00 Performance: Train (presentation every half hour)

Pharmacy under the Eagle, 18 Bohaterów Getta Square

19.00–1.00 free tour of a permanent exhibition: Pharmacy in the Cracow Ghetto

19.30 tours of the permanent exhibition Pharmacy in the Cracow Ghetto guided by its curator - Anna Pióro

20.30 educational walk Where the ducts? – escapes, underground, resistance in the Cracow ghetto. Start: 6 Bohaterów Getta Square

All the time: presentation of the new version of permanent exhibition in the Pharmacy under the Eagle, collection of memorabilia associated with Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his pharmacy, "Under the Eagle" (last admission 30 minutes before closing the exhibition)

Theatre Departament, the House under the Cross, 21 Szpitalna Str.

18.00-19.00 art workshops for children (artists of the Theatre of Puppet, Mask and Actor "Grotesque" in Cracow)

19.00-19.40 performance: The Tale of a Shoemaker

19.40–20.30 art workshops for children (MHK organization)

20.30-21.00 Presentation of a new permanent exhibition in the MHK Department of Theatre
21.00-23.00 workshops for adults: Shaded techniques in theatre (artists of the Theatre of Puppet, Mask and Actor "Grotesque" in Cracow)

The City Hall, 1 Main Market Square

19.00-0.30 guided tours. Preference for those with a booking made on bilety.mhk.pl (groups of 20 people, admission every 30 minutes)

- The City Hall from before centuries - presentation of reconstruction of the town hall (XIV-XVIII centuries)

Museum of Municipal Engineering
15 Św. Wawrzyńca Str., phone: 12 421 12 42

18.00–24.00 permanent exhibitions: From the History of Polish automotive industry, Printing in Cracow in XV-XX century, Streetcars on Św. Wawrzyńca St., Around the circle (interactive exhibition)

18.00–19.00, 19.30–20.30 and 21.00–22.00 –Play with explorers – interactive game (interesting gifts to win)

18.00–23.00 Motocycle studio – visitors have opportunity to have photos taken on old motocycles

In addition: presentation of sculptures of Tomasz Pałka (heads of the Polish kings - Casimir the Great and Wladyslaw Jagiello)

Garden of Experences, 68 Pokoju Ave., Park Lotników Polskich (Polish Pilots Park)

Hours: 18.00-22.00

- guided tours of the Garden starts at: 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00

- special attraction: a gyroscope – air trainer for the brave

18.00–21.00 Aces of the Skies ... of paper – a competition for the furthest flight of own design paper plane (competitors can make them in the Garden or bring their aircrafts with them)

18.00–20.00 Inventions from the East (devices that have their prototypes in China). Visitors can check how a remote-controlled helicopter works, fly kites and jet rockets

21.30 Chinese lanterns – flying colorful lanterns in the sky

Polish Aviation Museum Cracow (MLP)

39 Jana Pawła II Ave., phone: 12 642 87 00

Hours: 19.00-2.00

- jazz and rock bands concerts

- screening of aviation themed movies at the cinema in the Main Building of the MLP

- an aviation themed in 15-minute blosks

- Evening talks on airplanes (Jan Hoffman invites)
- Lampionada - releasing mini hot air balloons
- providing access to the interior of selected aircrafts and helicopters

National Museum in Cracow

Main Building of the Museum, 1 3-go Maja Ave., phone: 12 295 55 00

20.00, 22.00 and 24.00 guide coordinated tours

19.00–1.00 opportunity to express oneself (artistically and lyrically) about the exhibition and works of art (tasks to get at the entrance or at selected objects)

19.00–21.00 reconstruction groups shows in the Gallery 'Arms and Uniforms in Poland' and in front of the Main Building

The Jan Matejko House

41 Floriańska Str.

19.00–1.00 Year of harvest - active visiting, combined with searching for materials and reaching selected paintings of Matejko

20.00 theme guiding: The sun and the air belong to you

22.00 show and lecture: Next to Kościuszko here I placed Kołłątaj

Gallery of Polish Art of the nineteenth century in Cloth Hall

1-3 Main Market Square

19.00–1.00 The Alphabet of Cloth Hall – guests visit the Gallery with materials relating to selected letter and create the Cloth Hall guidebook

19.00, 21.00 and 22.00 guided tours

The Józef Mehoffer House

26 Krupnicza Str.

19.00 and 24.00 active guided tours

21.00 piano concert performed by Agnieszka Hyla

22.00 reading fragments of the Constitution by an actor dressed in a costume of the epoch

After sunset in the Garden on the wall of the neighbouring building guests can see a presentation: Cracow in days of Hugo Kołłątaj. City, people, events

Gallery of Ancient Art – Arsenal – the Princes Czartoryski Museum

8 Pijarska Str.

17.30 lecture: Petra 1812 - the spectacular discovery of a mysterious rock city – dr Wojciech Machowski

21.00 and 23.00 guided tours

The Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace

17 Kanonicza Str.

19.00–1.00 visitors create their own guide

18:00–21:45 minting workshop – minting display

19.00, 21.00 and 23.00 active guided tour

22.00 concert of Jaun Muzik Chamber Choir from Vilinus (courtyard)

Center of European Culture EUROPEUM in the old Granary (Spichlerz)

6 Sikorskiego Square

20.00 and 21.00 first presentations of the building and project 'Europeum' along with guided tours (number of places is limited, booking: iparzynska@muzeum.krakow.pl)

Niepołomice Museum in the Royal Castle

Niepołomice, 2 Zamkowa Str., phone: 12 281 30 11

Hours: 18.00-24.00

In the Gallery „Cloth Hall 2. Known and unknown" - Polish art of the nineteenth century. The visitors will be accompanied by music and selected literary texts performed by artists and referring to the subject matter of paintings in particular exhibition halls

Paleobotany Museum of Jagiellonian University Institute of Botany in Cracow

31 Kopernika Str. (next to Botanical Gardens), phone: 12 663 36 46

Hours: 19.00-24.00

- exhibitions: History of land plants on Earth and Plants on banknotes of Asian countries

- multimedia presentations: Flora of late Carboniferous Period from siderite concretions

in Upper Silesia, Galls on leaves of ferns from Lower Jurassic – an example of plant-animal interaction

Museum of PRL (People's Republic of Poland) – Branch of the Polish History Museum in Cracow

1 Centrum E District (building of the Światowid cinema), phone: 12 686 61 65

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- exhibition: Riding, riding a motorbike, dedicated to development of single-track motorization in Poland in 1940-60

- exhibition: Until break 0:1. Football in PRL

19.30 workshops for children: Meet Cracow's younger sister

20.15, 21.15 and 22.15 Tell me Mum – self-service screening of tales for children on real PRL slide projector

Old type bus called „ogórek" ('cucumber') transports passengers free of charge (at sight of commemorative coin) from Grodzka Str. (from the Wawel Castle) to the Museum of PRL and back (at: 19.00, 20.00, 21.00, 22.00 and 23.00)

Museum of the Old Theatre in Cracow

1 Jagiellońska Str., phone: 12 422 85 66

Hours: 21.00-24.00

- visiting the building of the Theatre combined with a lecture about famous stagings performed in its interior

- presentation of Digital Museum on the example of Dziady by A. Mickiewicz directed by K. Swinarski

Museum of Japanese Art and Technology „Manggha" in Cracow

26 Konopnickiej Str., phone: 12 267 14 38

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- exhibitions: Wyczół in Japan. Japanese inspirations in paintings of Leon Wyczółkowski

Lieko Shiga Kanarek /Canary – exhibition within the Month of Photography Festival in Cracow

Associated program:

20.00, 21.00, 22.00 and 23.00 fabric dyeing workshops –tenugui scarves

20.30, 21.30, 22.30 and 23.30 Japanese cuisine shows – sushi and onigiri

20.45, 21.45 and 22.45 quiz with prizes

20.00-22.30 tea ceremony demonstration

20.00-22.00 Second Night Shoga Cup-tie Tournament of the President of MO TKKF Drogowiec Kraków

Museum of Contemporary Art in Cracow

4 Lipowa Str., phone: 12 263 40 01

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- exhibitions: Sport in Art, Library of Mieczysław Porębski and an exhibition of a Ukrainian artist Sergey Bratkov within the Month of Photography Festival in Cracow

- project password: Run to Museum! (visitors wearing sport clothes are awarded)

- Justyna Koeke's performance – Showing Muscles

- discounts in the Museum bookshop: 25% discount to all publications of the Museum, 5% discount to whole cash receipt for purchases above 150 zloty

- competition regarding the newly opened exhibition (prize drawing at midnight)

Museum of Collegium Maius of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow

15 Jagiellońska Str., phone: 12 422 05 49

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- visiting from Libraria to Aula and St. John Cantius Chapel (last admission at 0.30)

- interactive exhibition World of senses (last admission at 23.30)

21.00 interpretation of a F. Chopin's composition – Marcin Koziak (the Green Room), number of seats limited, passes are valid – information on www.maius.uj.edu.pl)

20.00-24.00 multimedia presentation of the Green Room accompanied with music of F. Chopina performed by Piotr Machnik (Collegium Maius courtyard)

- visiting the Green Room (number of seats limited, passes are valid – information on www.maius.uj.edu.pl), admission every hour from 22.30 to 0:30

- Public Act – II scene of the Kołłątaj year Strange fate and destiny play. Life of Hugo Kołłątaj presented in several scenes in the 200th death anniversary (Collegium Maius basements)

- Wyczółkowski and scholars - exhibition trailer

- walk in the Professors' Garden (admission until midnight)

- 20% discount to selected publications and souvenirs in the Museum shop Negotiolum

Zoological Museum of Collegium Zoologicum of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow

6 R. Ingardena Str., phone: 12 663 24 14

Hours: 18.00-24.00

- visiting exhibition including interesting and valuable specimens

- Wonders on plate – culinary journey through the world of animals

- From egg to butterfly - home insect rearing techniques (visitors can purchase souvenir specimens)

- live arthropods display (including spiders, praying mantis, cockroaches, locusts)

- for children drawing competition with prizes

Museum of Cracow Salt Mine - Saltworks Castle

Wieliczka - 8 Zamkowa Str., phone: 12 278 58 49

Hours: 19.00-1.00

Saltworks Castle

22.00 and 24.00 Fire Show– show with music on the Castle courtyard

- field game: Quest - Raiders of the Castle's secrets

- funhouse at the Salt in the eye of satire exhibition

20.30 and 22.30 Light in mines- presentation of the original mining lamps

21.30 and 23.00 Salt mining cuisine (guests can taste dishes prepared according to old Polish recipes)

- outdoor cinema

21.00 and 23.30 lotery

Museum on the third level of the Salt Mine

- necessary booking from May 11, phone: 12 278-58 49. Passes to collect in the Saltworks Castle (8 Zamkowa Str.) before the exit to the mine

- visiting (part of the exhibition is illuminated only with miners lamps)

- temporary exhibition:Underground landscapes

How to get to Wieliczka: public transport - MPK no. 204, 244, 304, night no. 904, trains - PKP, buses

Botanical Gardens of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow

27 Kopernika Str., phone: 12 421 26 20

Hours: 19.00-24.00

- night illumination of paths and greenhouses, which are available to visitors

- Night in Bieszczady – presentation of films, diaporamas and publications of the Bieszczady National Park

- visiting the Botanical Gardens Museum (in addition to the permanent exhibition – a temporary exhibition: Nature in the landscape)

Tadeusz Kantor Centre of Art Documentation „Cricoteka" in Cracow

Archives of Cricoteka, 5 Kanonicza Str., phone: 12 422 83 32

Hours: 19.00-1.00

- temporary exhibition: Today is my birthday. Obiects from performance, selected manuscripts, one of the last paintings, technical sketches and other archival materials from the collection of Cricoteka

20.00 and 23.00 on the yard screening of the performance recording

- screening of documentary films and recordings of performances and rehearsals

Gallery-Studio of Tadeusz Kantor, 7/5 Sienna Str., phone: 12 421 32 66

- permanent exhibition: Tadeusz Kantor's Room

- temporary exhibition: Today is my birthdayziś są moje urodziny. Tadeusz Kantor's drawings

Wawel Royal Castle the National Art Collection in Cracow

5 Wawel Str., phone: 12 422 51 55

Hours: 19.00-24.00

- visiting representative Royal Chambers (entrance via Senatorska gate to arcade courtyard) – number of visitors limited because of restoring works

Associate events:

19.30 Church of St. catherine of Alexandria, 7 Augustiańska Str. – concert of Jaun Muzik Chamber Choir from Vilinus. Admission free.

Moreover, this year DISTRICT MUSEUM in TARNÓW takes part in Cracow Night of Museums: