Interwar aircraft
A globally rare group, originating in a Berlin collection moved during the war.
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By tram east from central Kraków in about twenty minutes then a short walk, or by car with parking on site. It lies entirely off the usual tourist route, which means far less crowding than the museums in the centre.
Not on a short first visit — the old town, Wawel, Kazimierz, Auschwitz and the Wieliczka salt mine come first. But with children, or if aviation interests you, it is among the strongest things in the city outside the usual list, and worth half a day.
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A large aviation museum on the grounds of the Rakowice-Czyżyny airfield, one of the oldest airfields in the world, established in 1912 and closed in 1963. The collection holds more than two hundred aircraft and helicopters and ranks among Europe's most important. Part of it stands in the open on the old runway and part in a modern exposed-concrete hall opened in 2010. What truly distinguishes it is a group of pre-First-World-War and interwar aircraft, some of them the only surviving examples in the world. That part originates in a German collection held in Berlin and moved to Poland during the war, which never went back. Alongside them are Polish, Soviet and Western aircraft of the Cold War, engines, and a section on the history of Polish aviation. The museum is large and much of it is outdoors — allow two to three hours, and avoid it in rain. It works excellently with children.
A globally rare group, originating in a Berlin collection moved during the war.
Soviet and Western aircraft side by side on the old runway.
Open space and large aircraft visible up close.
The former Rakowice-Czyżyny airfield, east of Kraków