This is a great museum, most of the main aircraft on display are the only of their type in the world and were Hermann Goerrings personal collection, relocated from Berlin as the allies appreciated! We booked a guided tour in English which was well worthwhile and included a personal tour of Pope John Paul II's helicopter,overall it really improved quality of the visit as the placarded informality is limited. The musuem has some ways I feel it could improve. There is an interactive room for education but it is quite limited. A repetitive short film would be a great way to put the history of Polish Aviation in context as well as the history of the base and musuem which is really quite interesting. Well worth a visit.
The aviation museum is 6 or 7 tram stations from city center, and it's absolutely worth of visit. After all historic places or churches, this will be a nice break. Planes and helicopters from different periods, pilot uniforms from cold war, ejection seats, anti radiation equipment and much more... If you like planes, this is a place for you.
I particularly love history and everything that has a connection with it boost me to study it and explore it. Krakow has a wonderful old city in its heart.
the museum is located few minutes by tram outside Krakow. It has a large display. There is also an interactive room where one can experiment with basic physics and science of planes
i had been there several times and felt myself as at home my heart filled out with love and respect,than had chances to visit many places there as square,salt mine,some artificial lakes,local restaurants,you are going to enjoy every moment during your visit with the smiling fruithfull staffs and people..
Have been there with kids. Guys enjoyed the exposition. It us really huge. But we were walking without guide as there is no russian speaking tour. Kids saw the group of Polish kids was allowed to get into the plane outside. After they left the plane it was closed what really made us upset. Later we wanted to try the gyroscope (it additionally cost 5 zloty for person), but is was impossible because were was nobody from stuff who could do that. We were proposed to wait approximately one hour when we PROBABLY will be able to try gyro. In otherall interesting place but there is mych space for improvement though!
Firstly, the Museum is not the easiest place to find (we travelled by tram). Not visible from the Polish Aviation Museum tramstop it's to the tram's left. The tramstop is in the middle of a main road. Cross the road and there's a road ahead of you running up a hill through trees towards an apartment block. Bear left down the side of the apartment block and you can see the Museum ahead.Believe me, it's worth the walk! I've never seen so many iconic aircraft in the same place in my life.Inside the main entrance there's a few WW1 fighters and a Spitfire amongst others. The main area of the Museum is outdoors and occupies what must have been a former airfield and it's massive.A lot of Russian jet fighters, bombers and a few oddities. We took over 3 hours looking round!There was also an excellent WW1 aviation exhibition full of fuselages (a lot seem to have lost their wings) in an adjacent hangar which I'm not sure is permanent. This place is well worth a visit if you're interested in aviation.
Free entry on Tuesdays. Take a taxi from the centre (About £4). Must be one of the best air museums I have ever been too. Great WW1 displays but the WW2/ cold war/nato stuff was first class. Seem to have made a great effort to build a schools/education section..Wrap up warm..a lot is outside and if you like military hardware you'll want to take your time.'MIG alley' a must see. Also Pope JP's helicopter open to view at, seemingly, random times.. Allow 2-3 hours. Museum allows very good aircraft access, as long as you don't clamber on or touch. Limited refreshments and shop. Staff at reception will call you a taxi to take you back. All good.
We caught the number 4 tram to the museum tram stop. We found this very interesting, lots of different planes to see from various different countries from the UK to Russia. We went into the Pope's helicopter (this you could do at certain times only). It was a very cold day when we visited so we could possibly have stayed longer if it was warmer. Well worth visiting when in Krakow.
This is one of the only places to see the Polikarpov 02 made famous by the women flying night-witches at the Russian front. Also importantly the beautiful spitfire; manned by Polish pilots in the battle of Britain. Also of note are the American, English and German WWII trainers on display; namely the Stearman, Moth and Jungmann. And too many Migs...