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Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection

Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection
Zamek Królewski na Wawelu
– Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki
Arcade courtyard of the Wawel Castle
Arcade courtyard of the Wawel Castle
Established 1945 (1945)
Location Wawel Hill, Kraków, Poland
Coordinates 50°03′15″N 19°56′07″E / 50.05417°N 19.93528°E / 50.05417; 19.93528Coordinates: 50°03′15″N 19°56′07″E / 50.05417°N 19.93528°E / 50.05417; 19.93528
Type Historic residence
Director Jan Ostrowski
Owner State-owned
Website Official website

The Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection (Polish: Zamek Królewski na Wawelu – Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki) is the residence museum and collection housed in the historic Wawel Castle of Kraków. The collection was inaugurated officially in 1930, with its current name introduced in 1994.

State rooms (yellow)
1. Governor's room
2. Governor's study
3. Governor's bedchamber
4. Deputies' Staircase

The Lost Wawel (brown)
13–14. Gothic foundations
15. Rotunda of the Blessed Virgin Mary
16–17. Archeological finds
18–19. Lapidarium

Treasury and Armory (blue)
5. Pole-arms and two-handed swords
6. Armors
7. West European weapons
8. Guns and crossbows
9. Casimir the Great Vault
10. Jagiełło and Hedwig Vault
11. Vault in the Sigismund III Tower
12. Parade weapons

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Private Royal Apartments (red)
1. Guests' bedchamber
2–4. Apartments
3a. Italian study in the Jordanka Tower
5. Deputies' Staircase
6–7. Retinue rooms
8. Grey Antechamber
9. Antechamber in the Danish Tower
10. Presidential apartment
11. Antechamber in the Hen's Foot Tower
12. Study in the Hen's Foot Tower
13. Study in the Sigismund III Tower
14. King's bedchamber

15. Antechamber
16. Saxon Antechamber
17. Saxon Room
18. Column Hall
19. Vestibule
20. Senators' Staircase

Oriental Art (green)
21. Vestibule
22. Ottoman banners
23. Ottoman tents
24. Chinese vases
25–26. Japanese porcelain

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