Rynek Underground

The underground square central museum of Kraków is situated below the market square of the city. The museum is approximately 4000 square meters in size.[1]

Rynek Underground
Historical Museum of Kraków Rynerk Underground
Branch of Historical Museum of Kraków
Established2010
LocationKraków, Poland
Coordinates50.06202°N 19.93776°E / 50.06202; 19.93776
Type
    Collection size
      Visitors
        ManagerŁukasz Walas
        DirectorPL:Michał Niezabitowski
        CuratorŁukasz Walas
        Public transit accessMiejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne w Krakowie how to get there, see external links
        Websitehttp://www.mhk.pl/branches/rynek-underground

        Work on the underground square first began at the start of 2009 and cost 38 million zloty. The museum first opened on 24 September 2010, at the time only displaying regular exhibitions. The main feature “In the footsteps of Krakow’s European identity” was launched three days after the museum's opening, on 27 September 2010.

        Exhibits

        The main exhibit, “In the footsteps of Krakow’s European identity”, uses holograms constructed by using projectors, alongside fog machines and screens to recreate the atmosphere of Kraków seven hundred years ago. A 693 kg medieval piece of lead called the “loaf” is displayed in the exhibit along with other items such as historical everyday items, currency, figures and sculptures, games, weapons, and tools.[2] The exhibition contains a catalogue of three-dimensional models of these objects, available via touchscreens.

        Adjacent to the multimedia exhibit and underneath the Kraków Cloth Hall lie the medieval tracts, which are viewed underfoot through the glass walkways.

        This part of the museum includes remains of medieval constructions, including:

        • A reconstructed 12th century workshop.
        • Former waterworks (aqueducts).
        • The remains of burned settlements, the oldest of which dates from the eleventh century.
        • A reconstruction of a medieval merchant's stall.
        • A map depicting distant trade routes.

        References
        1. "Following the traces of European identity of Kraków -". muzeumkrakowa.pl. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
        2. "Following the traces of European identity of Kraków -". muzeumkrakowa.pl. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
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