Kraków is considered by many to be Poland’s capital of culture. The city boasts one of the best museums in the country and some famous theaters. It counts two Nobel Prize winners in literature among its residents (Wisława Szymborska and Czesław Miłosz). It is also home to one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished universities. Krakow was named a European City of Culture in 2000. Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Kraków Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area 326,8 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 757,500 (2004 est. ... The Culture of Poland is closely connected to its intricate 1000 years of history. ... Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... . A 1996 post stamp with Wisława Szymborska Wisława Szymborska (born July 2, 1923) is a Polish poet, essayist and translator of French literature, laureate of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. ... Czesław Miłosz in September 1999 Czesław Miłosz (pronounced [ʧεsȗav miȗɔʃ]; June 30, 1911–August 14, 2004) was a Polish poet and essayist. ... Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet Jagielloński) is a university in Krakow, Poland. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Theatres

Krakow is a home of almost 30 major theares, the most known and noted are:

• Teatr Stary- The Old Theatre
• Teatr Słowackiego- Słowacki's theatre
• Teatr Stu
• Teatr Groteska
• Teatr Bagatela
• Teatr Ludowy- People's theatre
• Teatr PWST
• Operetka Krakowska

Music

Music Institutions:

• Capella Cracoviensis
• The Polish Radio Choir in Krakow
• Opera and Operetta in Krakow
• Krakow Philharmonic Hall
• Sinfonietta Cracovia - The Orchestra of the Royal City of Krakow

Organum Academic Choir:

• The "Mieszany Chór Mariański" (Mixed Marian Choir) Association
• Krakow Academic Choir of the Jagiellonian University
• The Krakow Chamber Choir
• Amar Corde String Quartet
• Consortium Iagellonicum Baroque Orchestra of the Jagiellonian University
• Brass Band Orchestra of T. Sendzimir Steelworks
• Camerata Drawing Room Orchestra of Radio Kraków
• Ewa Demarczyk
• Reiner Trio

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• Beale Street Band
• Boba Jazz Band
• Aleksander Glondys Quartet/Quintet (formerly: Al’Mad)
• Jazz Band Ball Orchestra
• Janusz Witko Quartet
• Mr. Bober's Friends
• Cracow Swing Quartet
• Old Metropolitan Band
• Marek Bałata JAZZ SINGER
• Andrzej Cudzich
• New Bone
• Sebastian Bernatowicz
• Jan Pilch
• Karolina Styła
• Overtime
• Piotr Domagała
• Ryszard Styła
• Jorgos Skolias
• Klezmer Groups

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• Kroke
• The Krakow Klezmer Band
• Country Bands

Folk Bands:

• Students Highlanders' Ensemble "Skalni"
• Nowa Huta Song and Dance Ensemble
• Highland Folk Group HAMERNIK
• Children's Highland Folk Group MALI HAMERNICY
• Krakowiacy Song and Dance Company
• Folk Dance Group "Krakowiak"

Jazz Clubs:

• BLUES CLUB KLINIKA 35
• HARRIS PIANO JAZZ BAR
• Jazz Club U MUNIAKA
• POD JASZCZURAMI Club
• KORNET Jazz Club
• U LOUISA
• ROTUNDA ORLIK Club
• PIEC'ART

Cinemas

• Kino Kijów
• Kino ARS - Sztuka, Reduta, Aneks, Kiniarnia 1, Salon
• Kino Pod Baranami
• Kino Pasaż
• Kino Mikro
• Kino Tęcza
• Kino Paradox
• Kino Wrzos
• Kino Sfinks
• Kino Rotunda
• Multikino (Kraków)
• Cinema City (Kraków Plaza)
• Cinema City (Zakopianka)
• Cinema City (Galeria Kazimierz)
• IMAX

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Museums

• The Cricoteka Centre for Documentation of Tadeusz Kantor Art
• Jan Matejko’s Manor in Krzesławice
• The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine – Tourist Route
• Cathedral Museum
• Museum of Archaeology
• The Museum of Polish Aviation
• Archdiocesan Museum
• The Museum of Independence
• Armed Effort Museum
• Seweryn Udziela Museum of Ethnography

• National Museum
  • The Main Building
  • National Museum in Krakow, Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art in Sukiennice
  • National Museum, The Czartoryski Museum and Arsenal
  • National Museum, The Museum of Emeryk Hutten Czapski
  • National Museum in Krakow, The House of Jan Matejko

• Museum of Pharmacy at the Jagiellonian University
• Geological Museum of the Intitute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czartoryski Library
• General Emil "Nil" Fieldorf Museum of the Home Army
• The Museum of Photographic History
• National Museum, Stanisław Wyspiański Museum
• Museum of History of the University of Mining and Metallurgy
• National Museum in Krakow, The House of Józef Mehoffer
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, Krzysztofory Palace
• Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology
• Szołayscy House
• Karol Szymanowski Museum in Atma Villa in Zakopane
• Museum of National Remembrance Under the Eagle Pharmacy
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, “At the Sign of the Cross” House
• Museum of Natural History ISEA PAS
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, Old Synagogue
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, the Silesian House
• The Stary Theatre Museum
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, Celestat - The Residence of the Sharpshooters’ Society
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, Hipolitów House
• MUSEUM OF INSURANCE
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, Artistic Salon of the District of Zwierzyniec
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, City Hall Tower
• Museum of History of the City of Krakow, Barbican
• The Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius
• MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY
• The Royal Castle on the Wawel Hill, National Art Collection
• “Rydlówka” Regional Museum