Krakow Workshop and Stained Glass Museum
This museum in Kraków turns stained glass from finished artwork back into a visible craft. The Pracownia i Muzeum Witrażu was founded in 2004 by the visual artist Piotr Ostrowski, with a mission to combine producing stained glass with education and exhibition work to popularize the technique. It is directly connected to a historical workshop that began in 1902, and the building that housed it was constructed in 1906–1907 on the initiative of architect Stanisław Gabriel Żeleński, specifically designed for stained-glass production. Because that early layout and decor were preserved, the museum can show the entire production process rather than only the results. The collection is exceptionally broad: it holds the biggest set of stained-glass-related objects in Central and Eastern Europe, with part of it presented in the permanent exhibition, the Gallery of Young Poland’s Stained Glass Masters. …
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