Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection

Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection

Zamek Królewski na Wawelu – Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki
Arcade courtyard of the Wawel Castle
Established	1945 (1945)
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	www.wawel.krakow.pl/en

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.

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- )

See also

• Evacuation of Polish National Treasures during World War II

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.
• "The institution".