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
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- Conservation studios
- Painting, Sculpture and Craftsmanship Conservation Studio
- Furniture Conservation Studio
- Paper Conservation Studio
- Frames Conservation Studio
- Textile Conservation Studio
- Archaeological Conservation Studio
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Floor plans
Ground floor
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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
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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
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First floor
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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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15. Antechamber
16. Saxon Antechamber
17. Saxon Room
18. Column Hall
19. Vestibule
20. Senators' Staircase
Oriental Art (green)
21. Vestibule
22. Ottoman banners
23. Ottoman tents
24. Chinese vases
25–26. Japanese porcelain
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Second floor
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State Rooms (yellow)
1. Deputies' Hall
2. Army Review Room
3. Tournament Room
4. Deputies' Staircase
5. Zodiac Room
6. Planets Room
7. Antechamber
8. Interior of the Danish Tower
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9. Birds Room
10. Chapel
11. Study in the Sigismund III Tower
12. Antechamber
13. Eagle Hall
14. Vestibule
15. Senators' Hall
16. Senators' Staircase
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