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“Secret” entrance to the Ethnographic Museum, entry to the Town Hall Tower with bells, additional tours, workshops and concerts – these are just some of the attractions of Sunday's 19th Open Day of Krakow Museums.

This year, 23 museums from Krakow, Wieliczka and NiepoĊ‚omice are participating in the event. On this day, institutions offer free or cheaper admission to permanent and temporary exhibitions. Places previously inaccessible to visitors will be opened.

On this occasion, museums also prepare additional guided tours, workshops and concerts accompanying the tour.

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Among the places uniquely available to visitors on this day will be the dome of the Town Hall Tower. The guides will take you to the top of the building, where you will be able to see the bells up close. The Krakow Museum will also invite you to the building of the former Ċšwiatowid cinema, where a special tour will take place. Employees of the Ethnographic Museum will show the meeting participants the currently unused door to the Kazimierz Town Hall on Wolnica Square. On site, you will be able to listen to stories about the history of the building.

The attractions also include concerts as a musical background to viewing exhibitions. This will be the case in the Cloth Hall, where visitors to the Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art of the National Museum in Krakow will hear works of classical music performed by students and employees of the Academy of Music. Krzysztof Penderecki in Krakow. Also by visiting Bishop Erazm CioĊ‚ek's Palace at ul. Kanonicza, you will be able to listen to a concert of students and PhD students of the Guitar and Harp Department of the AMKP.

The MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art will invite you to a “sound walk” around the “Food in Art” exhibition – the walks will take the form of a guided tour combined with live improvised music.

A detailed program of the 19th Open Day of Krakow Museums can be found on the websites of museums participating in the event. These include, among others: National Museum in Krakow, Krakow Museum, Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Museum of Photography, Archaeological Museum, Home Army Museum, Ethnographic Museum, MOCAK, museums operating within the university, such as the Pharmaceutical Museum of the Jagiellonian University Medical College and the Geological Museum of the AGH University of Science and Technology, as well as the Saltworks Castle and Wieliczka Salt Mine and the Royal Castle in NiepoĊ‚omice.

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