Carmelite Fathers Museum at Na Piasku, Kraków

The Carmelite Fathers Museum at Na Piasku is a small church museum at the Carmelite monastery in Kraków, next to the Na Piasku basilica. The entrance is from the monastery side at Karmelicka 19.

Treasury and collections

The museum was founded in the 1980s and occupies the sacristy hall known as the Treasury. It shows collections from many Carmelite monasteries: early printed books, archival documents, liturgical vessels, chasubles and works of art. The exhibits come mainly from the Kraków convent and from monasteries closed after the Second World War in the eastern territories.

Part of a larger complex

Together with the Carmelite Archive and the Library of Early Printed Books, the museum forms the Collections of the Carmelite Fathers in Poland. Visits take place by prior arrangement, because the website gives no regular opening hours. The museum lies a few hundred metres from the Bagatela Theatre and Planty Park.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Karmelicka 19, Kraków.
• Visits are arranged at the monastery porter's lodge, by phone (12 632 11 73 ext. 143) or by email: archiwum@karmelici.pl.