ART IS HEALTH. WAWEL AND TAURON ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP FOR ACCESSIBILITY.

November–December 2025

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Art is Health. Accessibility of the Wawel Castle with TAURON project. Thanks to the partnership with TAURON, we will launch a comprehensive transformation and become a place that is friendly and accessible to all.

It will be an opportunity to participate in a series of events taking place at the exhibitions hosted by the Wawel Royal Castle, linked by the common theme of health and diversity of perspectives on the world.

We have planned events for children and youth with hearing disabilities, on the autism spectrum and at risk of social maladjustment, for adults with dementia and for senior citizens. We would like to invite you to a blood donation drive on 13 November and a Saint Nicholas Day concert for hearing and d/Deaf children featuring Asia Nawojska, which will take place on 7 December.

All meetings are based on a combination of therapeutic expertise, inspiring educational ideas and the beneficial effects of the cultural and natural heritage of Wawel Hill.

Our exhibition spaces will be transformed with specialised educational and therapeutic materials, aids and instruments, intended for visitors with a range of disabilities: visual impairments, intellectual disabilities, visitors on the autism spectrum, with mobility problems and with increased sensitivity to stimuli.

What is more, some of these materials - including sensory points - will be accessible and attractive to all visitors to the Wawel Royal Castle exhibitions.

ACCESSIBILITY EVENTS

Saint Nicholas Day Concert | 7 December 2025

Two concerts for families with children in the Deputies' Hall will bring together original Christmas songs with audience engagement - singing together and movement games in the unique spaces of the Representative Chambers of the Wawel Royal Castle.

Given the accessible nature of the event, the concert will include parts in Polish Sign Language.

Venue: Deputies’ Chamber, Castle II route
10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
The link to tickets will be provided by 15 November

Reading Room with a View | 27 November, 18 December 2025

A series of meetings for people aged 60+. The monthly meetings revolve around books. We talk about what links different walks of life to art and literature. The starting point for the meetings are selected books. We welcome everybody who read the books in question or their fragments, as well as anyone interested in the topic of the meeting and in participating in the conversation.

Find out more: https://wawel.krakow.pl/cykl/czytelnia-z-widokiem

Meeting links: November 27 18 December

Meetings for dementia patients

A series of therapeutic and educational meetings for people of all ages suffering from dementia. The monthly meetings feature tours of selected exhibitions and participation in creative and therapeutic workshops aimed at improving quality of life and supporting cognitive function.

find out more: upcoming meeting | 20 November
tickets 1 PLN, online sales

All the Senses, Wawel Ideas | 8 November, 22 November, 13 December 2025

A series of workshops that enable children to take on the role of Wawel Castle Guardians - not just of its walls, but also its history, emotions, nature and each other. By carefully experiencing the space, participants learned care, responsibility and cooperation.
The workshops are designed for children with intellectual disabilities and on the autism spectrum aged 7-12. Children attend the workshops with their parents or guardians.

Find our more: https://wawel.krakow.pl/cykl/wszystkie-zmysly-wawelskie-pomysly

Knight School | 5 November, 19 November, 3 December 2025

Meetings for children from the Special School and Educational Centre are organised in cooperation with the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the University Hospital in Krakow. The workshops constitute part of community-based treatment, supporting the emotional, social and cultural development of children and youth with mental disorders and behavioural difficulties.

Wawel at your Fingertips

Wawel at your Fingertips is a workshop carried out as part of the Drogowskaz Muzeum project in cooperation with the Special School and Centre Complex in Krakow. Children and youth in need of special support are introduced to selected, most valuable exhibits during classes held in selected castle interiors. With the help of a casket full of props copied from Wawel artworks, viewers can create a world of artistic beauty anew.

Find out more: https://wawel.krakow.pl/drogowskaz-muzeum

BLOOD DONATION DRIVE

A mobile blood donation point will be parked in the outer courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle. The blood donation campaign at the Wawel Castle will be accompanied by a TAURON town with activities for the visitors.

The participants of the donation drive will receive materials and gadgets from our sponsor, TAURON.

The blood donation drive will take place on 13 November 2025 in the outer courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle.

Participation in the event is free of charge and there is no need to book a spot.

ACCESSIBILITY MATERIALS

Tactile paths in permanent exhibitions

Sensory points with copies of selected monuments presented in the exhibitions will be created and installed. The copies can be touched and they will be made available to all visitors touring the Castle's permanent exhibitions.

Typhlographics and audio-descriptions for permanent exhibitions

The selected works will be adapted to the needs of visually impaired audiences thanks to the development of specialised tactile materials (typhlographics), accompanied by audio-descriptions - texts describing the work in question, starting with formal information and ending with its interpretation.

Overstimulation map - a guide for people with increased sensitivity. The guide will focus on selected permanent exhibitions, particularly those offered as part of the Quiet Hours - a regular bi-weekly event taking place throughout the year.

The guide will be available on the Castle's website.

Educational and therapeutic aids for educational events

The educational aids will be developed for people with intellectual disabilities and visitors on the autism spectrum who attend Wawel events.