What to See

MONDAY | 10 am–4 pm
free admission to selected exhibitions (pick up a free admission ticket, number of tickets is limited)

• Castle Second Floor (State Rooms, The Ottoman Turkish Tents), last admission 3:10 pm
• Crown Treasury, last admission 3:20 pm

paid admission to selected exhibitions:

• Dragon's Den (until 31 October)
  September, October: 9 am - 5 pm; last admission 10 min pior
  regular 15 PLN, reduced 10 PLN
• Sandomierska Tower (until 26 October) 9 am-5 pm, last admission 4:40 pm
  regular 9 PLN, reduced 7 PLN

TUESDAY–SUNDAY | 9 am–5 pm

• Castle / 1st & 2nd floor
  tour includes: rooms on the 1st floor of the Castle, The Porcelain Cabinet; rooms on the 2nd floor of the Castle – representative chambers and rooms where the collection of Ottoman Turkish Tents is presented; with this ticket you also visit: Wawel Recovered exhibition

• Castle | First Floor 
  tour includes: rooms on the 1st floor of the Castle, The Porcelain Cabinet; with this ticket you also visit: Wawel Recovered exhibition

  • last admission 60 min prior
  • regular 57 PLN, reduced 43 PLN
• Castle | Second Floor
  tour includes: rooms on the 2nd floor of the Castle – representative chambers and rooms where the collection of Ottoman Turkish Tents is presented
  • last admission 50 min prior
  • regular 57 PLN, reduced 43 PLN
• Castle Underground
  with this ticket you visit The Lost Wawel, The Lapidarium
  • last admission: The Lost Wawel - 60 min prior, The Lapidarium - 30 min prior
  • regular 47 PLN, reduced 35 PLN, ticket price includes audio guide 
• Crown Treasury

  • last admission 40 min prior
  • regular 47 PLN, reduced 35 PLN,
• The Armoury

  • last admission - 30 min prior;
  • regular 47 PLN, reduced 35 PLN

For the exhibitions open as part of ‘Free November’, admission will be on the basis of free entry tickets, available:

• on the day of your visit at the ticket offices (open 8:45 am–4 pm)
• online – available one week in advance of the visit date

One person may collect admission tickets for up to 5 people.
Other exhibitions are accessible with tickets purchased in accordance with the current price list.

1 November: The Castle is closed
11 November: The following will be open from 9 am–5 pm:

• Castle Second Floor, last admission at 4 pm
• The Armoury, last admission at 4:30 pm

Ticket offices closed; free admission tickets available online; other exhibitions closed

MONDAY | 10 am–4 pm
Free admission to the Castle First Floor:

• Royal Private Apartments, last admission 3 pm
• Wawel Recovered, last admission 3:30 pm
• Between the Walls, last admission 3:30 pm

TUESDAY – SUNDAY | 9.00–17.00
Exhibitions open free of charge as part of ‘Free November’:

• Castle Second Floor: State Rooms, Ottoman Turkish Tents
  last admission 16:00
  This ticket grants access to the following temporary exhibitions: ‘Anna Jagiellon: All the Faces of the Queen’, ‘Ecstasies. Bernini at Wawel’ (from 6 November), and the exhibition of J. Vermeer’s ‘Woman with a Pearl Necklace’ (27–30 November)
• Castle Underground:
  The Lost Wawel, The Lapidarium; last admission 16:10
  Between the Walls, last admission 16:30

Other exhibitions – admission fee applies:

• Castle First Floor: Royal Private Apartments, Wawel Recovered
  last admission 4 pm; tickets: regular 57 zł, reduced 43 zł
  This ticket grants access to the following temporary exhibitions: 'Lares and penates. On building a sense of security in architecture' and from 20 November: 'Silk and Splendor: Kontusz Sashes', 'Enlightened: The Art of Light'
• Crown Treasury
  last admission 16:10; tickets: regular 47 zł, reduced 35 zł
• The Armoury
  last admission 16:30; tickets: regular 47 zł, reduced 35 zł

About temporary exhibitions

Anna Jagiellon: All the Faces of the Queen
The daughter of Sigismund the Old, sister of the last king of the House of Jagiellon, wife of Stefan Batory, who remained in the shadow of her illustrious relatives for many years. The exhibition gives her back her rightful place and portrays Anne Jagiellon as an independent ruler, founder, patron and guardian of the dynastic heritage.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an artistic intervention in the form of a single painting by Ewa Juszkiewicz, which will be displayed in the chambers of the Wawel Royal Castle.

Ecstasies. Bernini at Wawel (from 6 November)
This is the latest exhibition in a series of events dedicated to masterpieces of modern sculpture, following Expression (2023) and Emotions (2024). This time, the starting point is ecstasy – an experience encompassing various emotional states: from the internal emotional experience, through their external manifestation, to extreme elation. Artefacts associated with the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa  by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, including the bozzetto of The Face of Saint Teresa, drawings and the design for the altar in the Cornaro Chapel are particularly important.

Vermeer at Wawel (from 27 November)
a unique work by Johannes Vermeer – Woman with a Pearl Necklace from the collection of the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. The painting, which dates back to ca. 1663–1664, depicts a young woman standing in front of a mirror, holding a pearl necklace in her hands. The distinctive yellow jacket trimmed with fur, the subtle play of light streaming through the window, and the protagonist’s concentration lend this everyday scene an atmosphere of tranquillity and intimacy.

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