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Pałac Biskupa Erazma Ciołka
The newest branch of the National Museum in Krakow.

The palace was built in 1501-1503 for the Bishop of Płock, Erazm Ciołek, the secretary of Polish king Alexander Jagiellon.

Bishop Ciołek was a diplomat, humanist and patron of artists. The architecture of the building features traditional Gothic elements (pillars in the entrance hall) and influences of the Italian Renaissance (main portal). At the beginning of the 16th century the building not only served as the bishop’s residence but also housed Florian Ungler’s printing shop.

The palace was extended in the 1520s (the décor of Tomicki Hall dates back to this period) and at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. In the first half of the 18th century it was thoroughly renovated. The representative halls on the first floor (the so-called Hall of Virtues) were decorated with frescos, and the façade was supported by a sloping wall and covered with a cream-coloured lattice grid against a pink background.

In 1805 the palace was taken over by the Austrian authorities which turned it into a police station and a prison. In later years until 1990s it was used by various state agencies. In 1996 the building was handed over to the National Museum in Cracow.

In 1999-2006 the palace underwent extensive restoration, financed by the Citizens’ Committee for the Renovation of Cracow’s Historic Monuments, which brought it back to its former glory.

In 2007 the place became the home of two permanent exhibitions present works of art from the collection of the National Museum in KraKow. The first floor houses the exhibition of the Art of Old Poland.

The 12th-18th century presenting works of Polish medieval, Renaissance and Baroque art. On the ground floor there is the exhibition of Orthodox Art of the Old Polish Republic. Apart from the permanent exhibitions the Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace also houses two of the museum’s departments: Department I – Polish painting and sculpture before 1764 and Department XVIII – Orthodox art and the Painting and Sculpture Conservation Studio. The exhibitions held at the palace serve as a basis for various educational activities.

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