Rynek Underground

Be guided on a 2-hour tour of the Rynek Underground, a unique museum situated below the main market square of the city. Explore medieval constructions in this unique archeological reserve, covering nearly 43,000 square feet. Meet your guide at the entrance to the museum, and start your discovery of the past. Learn about the city’s treasures on display while your guide narrates the turbulent history of Medieval Krakow. See reconstructions of 11th-century burials presented in the exhibition. Uncover secrets of the hidden underground with the help of touchscreens, holograms, projections, and documentary films. See Krakow from a whole new perspective.

Your guide will meet you at the entrance to the museum and you start your tour into the past. During your 2-hour museum tour you will discover a unique archaeological reserve in Europe, covering nearly 43,000 sq.ft (4000 sq.m). It was fashioned under the surface of the Main Market Square to provide a display for the treasures that had been found and narrate the turbulent history of Medieval Krakow. The oldest history is exemplified by reconstructions of 11th-century burials presented in the exhibition. See the treasures hidden underground, learn a lot with the help of touchscreens, holograms, projections and documentary films. At the end of the tour, when you go to the surface again, you will see Krakow from a new perspective.

Go underground on this fascinating guided tour. Explore Rynek Underground and see reconstructions of 11th-century burial sites, watch movies depicting medieval Krakow, and see historic everyday items. Meet your guide will meet you at the entrance to the museum and begin your journey into the past, exploring this nearly 43,000 square-foot underground museum. Head underneath Market Square and stroll past reconstructions of ancient burials. Walk by exhibits filled with ancient tools and learn how historic Krakow residents lived their lives from your guide. Marvel at holograms, projections, and documentary films and get the kids involved with interactive touchscreens.

Discover Krakow at your own pace with a flexible 1-, 2-, or 3-day City Card granting access to 40 museums and landmarks, as well as optional unlimited access to local public transportation. Dive into the legacy of WWII hero Oscar Schindler at his factory, delve into the history of the ghetto at the Eagle Pharmacy, and uncover the impact of the Holocaust on Krakow’s Jewish community. Explore the Main Market Square Underground Museum and encounter tales of vampires. Your City Pass includes a full museum list, and for seamless sightseeing, opt for a card with unlimited travel on the city's public transport system, day or night. The museums included in the City Pass include: 1. Schindlers Factory 2. Main Market Square Underground 3. Polish Aviation Museum 4. The Princes Czartoryski Museum (Lady with Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci) 5. City Defence Walls Krakow 6. Archaeological Museum (Main building) 7. Archaeological Museum (Underground of the Church of Saint Adalbert) 8. Archaeological Museum (Nowa Huta Branice) 9. The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum 10. The Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice 11. The Stanisław Wyspiański Museum 12. The Zwierzyniec House 13. The Jozef Mehoffer House 14. St. Adalberts Church Underground 15. History of Photography Museum 16. Centre for Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor Cricoteka, Archives. Office 17. The Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace 18. The Old Synagogue 19. The Archdiocese Museum 20. The Szołayski House 21. The Hipolit House 22. The Main Building of the National Museum 23. Regional Rydel`s Museum of Polish Modernism Rydlowka 24. The Emeryk Hutten-Czapski Museum 25. Pomorska Street 26. Celestat 27. MOCAK 28. Town Hall Tower 29. Exhibition in Nowa Huta District Branice 30. Galicja Jewish Museum 31. The Barbican 32. The Eagle Pharmacy 33. The Krzysztofory Palace 34. Museum of the Home Army 35. The Jan Matejko House 36. Nowa Huta Museum 37. Legends of Cracow 38. Kościuszko Mound

Underground of the Main Market Square - a branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow located under the eastern part of the Main Market Square. For almost 800 years the Market Square has been the central square of Royal City! What has not happened here only during this time! Trade rows were selling goods from all over the world and Krakow merchants made their fortunes from it, the city authorities strictly monitored the order, in the dungeons of the Town Hall the executioner tortured the suspects, and the kings parade through the square to get to their castle. What a time it was... But these times are not entirely missing! Even today you can find the most interesting traces of past events on Market Square, and even more so under Market Square! We invite you to take a walk on one of the most beautiful squares in Europe with a visit to the Dungeon Market Historical and Archaeological Museum! What awaits you? Market square - the heart of Krakow. First we will walk around the square itself, find the most interesting artifacts of the old times and unravel their purpose, find out what events took place here, what legendary persons have been here. After that we will go 4 metres underground to the Dungeon Market Museum to find ourselves on the same level as the cobbled roads of Krakow 12-13th century. Why did they get so low? As well as the first trading rows built here, as well as the rings and coins that were lost by the people of Krakow in the 13th century? And that's a secret for now, but we'll reveal it when we meet! In the mysterious atmosphere of the underground museum it will be very easy for us to get to the Middle Ages, to understand the joys and sorrows of the people of that time, their life, the architecture that surrounded them, and much, much more!

Take a fascinating tour around the heart of Krakow and the Main Square. Learn about the square's history, find interesting artifacts, and dive deep into the past of the city. Then we will descend 4 meters underground to the Museum of the Underground, to reach the level of the cobbled streets of Krakow in the 12th-13th centuries. What was Krakow like then? What was the purpose of the market square and what was happening there? That's a secret for now, but we'll reveal it during the tour. In the mysterious atmosphere of the underground museum, it will be very easy for us to move to the Middle Ages, and understand the joys and sorrows of the people of that time, their lives, the surrounding architecture, and much more.

Underground of the Main Market Square - a branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow located under the eastern part of the Main Market Square. For almost 800 years the Market Square has been the central square of Royal City! What has not happened here only during this time! Trade rows were selling goods from all over the world and Krakow merchants made their fortunes from it, the city authorities strictly monitored the order, in the dungeons of the Town Hall the executioner tortured the suspects, and the kings parade through the square to get to their castle. What a time it was... But these times are not entirely missing! Even today you can find the most interesting traces of past events on Market Square, and even more so under Market Square! We invite you to take a walk on one of the most beautiful squares in Europe with a visit to the Dungeon Market Historical and Archaeological Museum!

The Market Square Underground Museum in Krakow is quite popular among tourists visiting the royal city, so don't hesitate to guarantee your admission in advance. The guide is waiting right next to the museum. Follow it through the museum exhibits to explore this unique archaeological reserve where real artifacts discovered by scientists are mixed with multimedia messages designed to "revive" stone and metal and illustrate what was happening on the Main Square hundreds of years ago. See the reconstructions of the 11th century burials, the model of the city, watch the traders, learn about the city executioner and his tools, listen to many interesting stories.

Visit the central square of Royal Krakow and find the most interesting traces of past events on Market Square. Take a walk on one of the most beautiful squares in Europe with a visit to the Dungeon Market Historical and Archaeological Museum. Stroll around the square, find the most interesting artifacts of the old times, and unravel their purpose. Find out what events took place here, and what legendary persons have been here. Go 4 meters underground to the Dungeon Market Museum to find yourself on the same level as the cobbled roads of 12-13th century Krakow. Explore the residence of Polish Kings at the Royal Wawel Castle. See the collections of paintings, graphics, sculptures, fabrics, goldsmiths, military items, porcelain, and furniture. See the famous tapestries of Zygmunt August and magnificent Renaissance Italian paintings from the Lanckoronski collection in the Royal chambers. See the Wawel collections of Eastern art containing the most important, and largest collection of tents in Europe. Enter the gothic Wawel Cathedral, a sanctuary where Polish monarchs were crowned.

Enjoy skip-the-line entry on this guided tour of Rynek Underground Museum. Go underground to get a look at what medieval Krakow was like. Marvel at the museum’s hidden treasures and learn through touchscreens, holograms, projections, and documentary films.  After seeing and hearing what the modern main square of Krakow looks like, venture down the museum stairs a few meters underground and step into the past. Find yourself on the same level as the cobbled streets of ancient Krakow.  Follow your guide around the museum exhibits to experience this unique archaeological reserve covering nearly 43,000 square feet under the surface of Krakow's Main Market Square. See reconstructions of 11th-century burials presented in the exhibition and more.