Oskar Schindler's Museum Guided Tour

Duration: 1h 30min
Start Time: Check availability
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Lipowa 4 Street (in front of Schindler's Factory entrance)

Why Choose Discover Cracow?

  • Schindler Factory Guided Tour with English speaking guide 
  • Entrance fee included
  • Skip-the-line
  • No extra charges!

Guided Tour Itinerary

Meet our Guide
Please arrive at the meeting point at Lipowa 4 Street in front of the museum's entrance. Our rep will carry Discover Cracow sign, so you will not miss them for sure.
Start the Journey
It's time to start Oskar Schindler factory tour! See how Krakow looked and sounded like in the 1940s. Feel the emotions and the atmosphere that people felt back then. It's like traveling in time!

Tour Details

One man saved over 1200 lives. He is not a standard, stereotypical hero though. His reasons were not always selfless. He is a very complex character. Who was he?

Do you want to feel like a witness of the wartime in Krakow and get to know the truth about Oscar Schindler yourself? Imagine walking among the city’s inhabitants, entering narrow passages and over-populated apartments in the ghetto, finding weapons in resistance house and seeing the horror of being imprisoned and interrogated.

Pop in at the photographer’s shop, board a tram and watch a view from the windows; take a look at a typical Jewish apartment in the Ghetto. Once overwhelmed by the omnipresent enemy, you will finally feel the bittersweet relief of liberation by the Soviet Army.

The Schindler Guided Tour exhibition presents documentary photographs,  eyewitness accounts, film documentaries and multimedia shows. They are combined in order to create a chronological vision of Krakow’s history. You can see how the war destroyed lives of individuals and of masses. You can also see how ordinary objects such as photographs, newspapers and personal artifacts helped to immortalize everyday life in the city occupied by Nazis.

About Schindler Factory

The museum's collections feature city maps, paintings, prints, photographs, guild objects, works by Cracow artists and artisans, portraits of nobility from the 16th to 20th century, weapons from the 14th to 20th century, clocks from the 16th to 20th century, famous Cracow nativity scenes, theater-related artifacts, Judaica, and items commemorating Polish uprisings and World War I and II.

Within the museum, visitors can explore permanent exhibits on the History and Culture of Cracow, as well as collections of militaria (projectiles, firearms, defense and sharp weapons), clocks, and watches. The Town Hall Tower at the Main Market Square hosts the Photographs of the Market Square exhibition.

Since 1999, the museum has overseen the Barbakan, one of Poland's best-preserved medieval defense structures, open to tourists during the summer months.

If you want to learn more about Schindler's Factory and the history of Oscar Schindler - check out our dedicated article: Schindler's Factory - All You Need to Know.

If you want to learn more about Schindler's Factory and the history of Oscar Schindler - check out our dedicated article: Schindler's Factory - All You Need to Know.

Important info

  • Free cancellation until 24h before the pickup hour

  • Please meet our representative (a person with the Discover Cracow sign) at the meeting point on Lipowa 4 Street in front of the museum's entrance.
  • Please make sure to show up on time. Being late might prevent you from taking part in the tour
  • In order to receive a discount students must have a valid student ID during the tour
  • The price includes entrance fee and a guidance fee, so no extra charges will occur.

Faq

I missed my tour. Can I use my voucher another day?

Unfortunately you can use your voucher only on the day on your voucher. 

I cannot find the meeting point/ Discover Cracow Representative.

You can always call our Support Center and our lovely consultants will direct you. You can also ask at the reception desk about the Discover Cracow guide. 

Can I be picked up from my hotel?

The Schindler Factory tour does not include hotel pickup. The tour starts from the meeting point in front of the Schindler's Factory.

What other tours can I take to have the best Krakow experience?

After your Schindler Guided Tour you should definitely enlarge your knowledge about the wartime in Krakow. We highly recommend taking part in Auschwitz Tour. Visiting Auschwitz is such an important part of Krakow experience.

To discover the medieval times in Krakow you should do Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour it's a beautiful and fascinating place. Visitors from all over the world have fallen in love with this place. Another way to get to know the history of Krakow is visiting the Krakow Underground Museum - it will be truly "unforgettable" experience, we promise!