Residence museum and collection in Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland
The Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection (Polish: Zamek Królewski na Wawelu – Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki) is the residence museum and collection housed in the historic Wawel Castle of Kraków. The collection was inaugurated officially in 1930, with its current name introduced in 1994.[1]
Divisions
Non-administrative departments
Department of Archaeology
Department of Ceramics
Department of Education
Department of Exhibitions
Department of Furniture and Clocks
Department of Goldsmithing
Department of Inventories and Catalogues
Department of Metalwork
Department of Militaria
Department of Paintings, Prints and Sculptures
Department of Photographic Documentation
Department of Publishing
Department of Reserves and Lapidarium
Department of Textiles
Archives
Library
Conservation studios
Painting, Sculpture and Craftsmanship Conservation Studio
Furniture Conservation Studio
Paper Conservation Studio
Frames Conservation Studio
Textile Conservation Studio
Archaeological Conservation Studio
Floor plans
Ground floor
State rooms (yellow)
1. Governor's room
2. Governor's study
3. Governor's bedchamber
4. Deputies' Staircase
The Lost Wawel (brown)
13–14. Gothic foundations
15. Rotunda of the Blessed Virgin Mary
16–17. Archeological finds
18–19. Lapidarium
Treasury and Armory (blue)
5. Pole-arms and two-handed swords
6. Armors
7. West European weapons
8. Guns and crossbows
9. Casimir the Great Vault
10. Jagiełło and Hedwig Vault
11. Vault in the Sigismund III Tower
12. Parade weapons
First floor
Private Royal Apartments (red)
1. Guests' bedchamber
2–4. Apartments
3a. Italian study in the Jordanka Tower
5. Deputies' Staircase
6–7. Retinue rooms
8. Grey Antechamber
9. Antechamber in the Danish Tower
10. Presidential apartment
11. Antechamber in the Hen's Foot Tower
12. Study in the Hen's Foot Tower
13. Study in the Sigismund III Tower
14. King's bedchamber
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