Free museums in Krakow 2025. When admission is free

Krakow’s museums, apart from visits to the Wieliczka Salt Mine or Wawel Castle and the Czartoryski Museum, are generally not overly expensive. But why pay for something you can have for free? In Krakow, many museums organise free admission days. Which museums are free in Krakow? On which days are museums in Krakow free in 2025? Which museums in Krakow can be seen for free on Mondays or Tuesdays or even Wednesdays? Here are the days of free admission to museums in Krakow.

Free admission days to museums in Krakow

Practically every normal museum (normal meaning a real museum, not a commercial tourist trap pretending to be a museum) in Krakow organises a free visit day. Unfortunately Krakow is not London, where the world’s best museums are available for free to everyone all week long. The most attractive day for free museum visits in Krakow is Tuesday. This is when you can see Krakow’s best museums for free.

Unfortunately, Wawel Royal Castle only makes some exhibitions available for free but throughout November many collections can be seen for free everyday as part of the ‘Darmowy Listopad‘ campaign. The Auschwitz Museum at the former Auschwitz camp can be seen for free every day – here we explain how to visit Auschwitz for free. There are no free tours at the Wieliczka Mine.

Free museums in Krakow on Monday

Town Hall Tower, Rynek Główny 1 (closed during the winter season)
Old Synagogue, ul. Szeroka 24
Wawel Royal Castle – free admission to selected exhibitions, tickets to be collected at the ticket office without the possibility of reservation.
Archaeological Museum in Krakow, branch in Nowa Huta-Branice.

Free museums in Krakow on Tuesday

Rynek Podziemny (Rynek Underground Museum), also known as the Underground of the Main Market Square in Krakow – Rynek Główny 1. One of the more expensive and popular museum institutions in Krakow, which is why the free day attracts large groups of tourists.
Main Building of the Polish National Museum, 3 Maja Avenue 1.
Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art, Rynek Główny 3 in the Cloth Hall. One of the most interesting art galleries in the city.
Princes Czartoryski Museum, Pijarska Street 15. The most expensive and one of the most popular museums in Krakow, alongside Wawel, featuring a painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
Museum of Engineering and Technology, known to older Krakow residents as the Museum of Municipal Engineering, św. Wawrzyńca Street 15. Free admission to the permanent exhibition.
Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum, Piłsudskiego Street 12.
Czapski Pavilion, Piłsudskiego Street 12.
Jan Matejko House, Floriańska Street 41.
Szołayski House, Szczepański Square 9.
Józef Mehoffer House, Krupnicza Street 26.
Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace, Kanonicza Street 17.
Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego (Polish Aviation Museum), Jana Pawła II Avenue 39.

Main Building of the Archaeological Museum, Senacka Street 3.
Branice Manor, Sasanek Street 2A.
History of the Main Market Square in Krakow and St. Wojciech Church, Rynek Główny 2.
Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography, Józefitów Street 16.
Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, Krakowska Street 46, free admission to permanent exhibitions.
Stanisław Wyspiański Museum, Generała Władysława Sikorskiego Square 6.
Rydlówka, W. Tetmajera Street 28.
Museum of Nowa Huta, os. Centrum E 1.

On Tuesdays, you can visit some of the most famous Polish museums in Krakow for free. If you have the whole day for sightseeing, it’s worth starting in the morning with the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art and the Underground Market, and then heading to the Czartoryski Princes Museum. If you have more time, you can also visit Jan Matejko House or take a trip to the Aviation Museum. Tuesday is the most attractive day for free museum visits in Krakow.

Free museums in Krakow on Wednesday

Apteka Pod Orłem (Pharmacy Under the Eagle), Bohaterów Getta Square 18.
Ulica Pomorska (Pomorska Street), Pomorska Street 2.
Jagiellonian University Museum at Collegium Maius – free admission without a guide is available on Wednesdays from 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM.

Thursday

Muzeum Podgórza, Limanowskiego Street 51 – Free admission between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Last entry to the exhibition at 4:30 PM.
Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej MOCAK, Lipowa Street 4 – free admission on Thursday

Sunday

Muzeum Armii Krajowej, Wita Stwosza Street 12 – free admission on Sundays to permanent exhibitions

Other museums

In Krakow, you can visit the Dominican Museum for free throughout the week after prior reservation. The so-called Krakow Economic Salon of the National Bank of Poland (NBP) is also free, although it is not highly rated. Several times a year, you can enter the Kościuszko Mound, Waszyngtona Avenue 1, for free. Free admission days are February 4th, March 24th, and October 15th each year.

The list of free museum days in Krakow presented above is valid as of the beginning of 2025. In the future, the free admission day for each museum may be rescheduled or canceled, so it is always worth checking the current information on the website of the specific museum before visiting.