Muzeum Diecezjalne w Tarnowie
The oldest diocesan museum in Poland, with Gothic sculpture and painting, liturgical textiles, reverse-glass paintings and folk art in tenement houses beside the cathedral.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Diecezjalne w Tarnowie (Diocesan Museum in Tarnów) was founded in 1888 by Father Józef Bąba, rector of the local theological seminary, and is considered the oldest diocesan museum in Poland. Initially the collections were housed in the seminary building, in the interwar period in the town hall, and today they occupy historic tenement houses from the 16th century beside the cathedral.
The complex consists of the former Akademiola, the first school in Tarnów, which was a branch of the University of Kraków; the Dom Mikołajowski (Mikołaj House) from 1524; the Dom Mansjonariuszy (House of the Chantry Priests); and the Scholasteria. The interiors house a gallery of medieval art, a vestment room (Sala Ornatów), a gallery of folk paintings on glass and a collector’s bourgeois salon.
The most important part of the collection is Gothic sculpture and painting from Lesser Poland, linked to the so-called Kraków–Sącz school (szkoła krakowsko-sądecka). The museum also has church textiles from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, folk art, and donations from collectors, including reverse-glass paintings by Norbert Lippóczy from 1957 and works by Polish painters from around 1900 from the donation of Olga Majewska. It also holds a collection of coins and medals handed over in 2019.
Highlights
- Gothic sculpture and painting of the Kraków–Sącz school
- Gallery of folk paintings on glass from the donation of Norbert Lippóczy
- Vestment room and church textiles from the Middle Ages to the 19th century
- Historic tenement houses from the 16th century beside the cathedral
Permanent exhibition
- Wystawa stała Muzeum Diecezjalnego w Tarnowie – Gallery of medieval art, vestment room, gallery of folk paintings on glass, folk art and a collector’s bourgeois salon.
- Founded
- 1888
- Operated by
- Diecezja Tarnowska
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | A guide works at the museum. The number of visitors present at the same time is limited to 25. Virtual online tours are available. |
