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Kazimierz Museums, Synagogues & Cemeteries

Kazimierz Museums, Synagogues & CemeteriesDetail from the Old Synagogue
 

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City Engineering Museum

City Engineering Museum
Evidence that Polish museums are catching up with the modern world, this charming museum inside an old tram depot features five separate exhibitions. Read_on (No Comments)

Ethnographic Museum

Ethnographic Museum
Founded in 1911 by the teacher and folklore enthusiast Seweryn Udziela (1857-1937) and located inside Kazimierz’s former Town Hall, this cultural highlight usually gets overlooked by tourists - wrongfully so. Read_on (No Comments)

Galicia Jewish Museum

Galicia Jewish Museum
The brainchild of award-winning photo-journalist Chris Schwarz, The Galicia Jewish Museum is comprised of some 135 photographs aimed at keeping alive the memory of Jewish life in the south of Poland in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Read_on (1 Comment)

Isaac's Synagogue

Isaac's Synagogue
Isaac's Synagogue, built in the early Judaic-Baroque style, was opened in 1644, and was a gift to the city from a wealthy Jew, Izaak Jakubowicz. Read_on (No Comments)

New Jewish Cemetery

New Jewish Cemetery
This enormous cemetery was established in 1800 and was the burial ground for many of Kraków's distinguished Jews in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Read_on (No Comments)

Old Synagogue

Old Synagogue
Built on the cusp of the 15th and 16th centuries, the Old Synagogue serves as the oldest surviving example of Jewish religious architecture in Poland and is home to a fine series of exhibits that showcase the history and traditions of Polish Judaism. Read_on (No Comments)

Remuh Synagogue & Cemetery

Remuh Synagogue & Cemetery
The smallest but most active synagogue in Kazimierz, dating from 1553. Under normal circumstances, if you enter quietly, you may even be afforded a glimpse of a service. Read_on (No Comments)

Temple Synagogue

Temple Synagogue
Kazimierz's newest synagogue dates back to 1862, with several later expansions, the most recent of which was in 1924. Under Read_on (1 Comment)