National Museum The Nineteenth Century Polish Art Gallery at the Sukiennice
In the Cloth Hall at Kraków’s Main Market Square, the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art occupies the upper floor of the Renaissance Sukiennice. This museum space belongs to the National Museum in Kraków and is known in Polish as Galeria Sztuki Polskiej XIX wieku—a name that points to its defining strength: the museum holds the largest permanent exhibit of 19th-century Polish painting and sculpture, presented in four grand rooms. The story begins with the National Museum itself, founded on October 7, 1879, after two years of renovations to the Sukiennice under the direction of Mayor Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz. At a ceremonial ball on October 3, 1879, artist Henryk Siemiradzki announced his gift to the city—Nero’s Torches (Pochodnie Nerona)—to help create a new national gallery in this building. Today, much of what you see here comes from gifts by collectors, artists, and their families. …
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