Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory is today a branch of the Historical Museum of the city of Kraków in whose industrial south-west area it was situated. I went there in 2010 and proposed it for a British Guild of Travel Writers’ prize.
Today, in the eve of my second visit to Kraków, I thought I’d add my then presentation to the Guild on my website. It’s short: I only had three minutes.
Click here for my Presentation of the Oscar Schindler Museum
Sadly, this was the Guild’s 50th year and the competition was immense, so it came fourth but it did receive a Certificate which I was glad to present to Beata Labno of Krakow City Museums.
All photos mine, except the Hilary Clinton one (copyright the museum).
But while in 2010, only the administrative buildings had been utilised, in 2013, the rest of the factory houses an excellent contemporary art museum. The permanent collection is both exciting and interesting as you can see below
- Warhol-inspired MOCAK art collection
- Wordplay on Arbeit Macht Frei from nearby Auschwitz. “Kunst” means Art
- Rafal Bujnowski “The Pope” (2003)
- Tracy Emin’s unmade bed must have made a big impression in Krakow
- The main room of the MOCAK collection, Krakow Contemporary Art Museum
For more info check out the Polish National Tourist Organisation website
What a shame we didn’t visit MOCAK while we were there… it looks great!
Yep. It was!