Museums
At Mariacki Square 3, between the Main Market Square and St Mary's Basilica, stands the Hipolit House — a burgher townhouse from the 16th century, rebuilt in the first half of the 17th century and once owned by the Hipolit family. Today it is a branch of the Museum of Krakow with an exhibition showing how Cracovians lived two centuries ago.
On two floors the interiors of a wealthy burgher's home have been recreated: a 17th-century study, a bedroom with a marital bed, a drawing room with furniture from different eras, a dining room and a salon with a grand piano. The largest room is the "Collector's Room", evoking antiquarians of the Galician autonomy era; the "Grandmother's Room" and the "Young Lady's Room" complete the picture of domestic life.
The townhouse has been listed in the heritage register since 27 April 1931 (number A-63), and was handed to the museum after a thorough restoration in 2003. During renovation work in 2016, Renaissance sgraffito paintings were uncovered beneath the plaster, depicting St Catherine of Alexandria and probably St Dorothy of Caesarea — an easy detail to miss but worth seeking out.
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