Matejko House
Jan Matejko House, or Dom Jana Matejki, turns a personal loss into a public institution. A day after Matejko’s funeral ceremony, 8 November 1893, Marian Sokołowski wrote in the Cracovian newspaper *Czas* urging that the painter be honored with a dedicated museum, inspired by historic-house museums for Raphael in Urbino and Michelangelo in Florence. The house itself began as a one-storey tenement built in the 16th century. A second storey was added in the 18th century, and in the 19th century a third storey with a mansard roof completed its profile. In 1871, Jan Matejko gained sole ownership and commissioned renovations lasting two years, then moved in with his family. The museum became real when the Jan Matejko Society bought the house on 7 November 1895, and opened it to visitors on 1 May 1896, initially focusing on the living room and master bedroom. …
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