Museum of the History of Photography, Kraków

The Walery Rzewuski Museum of the History of Photography in Kraków (Muzeum Historii Fotografii w Krakowie) is a state-run photography museum in Kraków, Poland, established as the only one of its kind a mere three years before the collapse of the Soviet empire. The venue survived the transition successfully owing to new programmes. The museum building is located on Józefitów 16 street in the Krowodrza district (north-west of Kleparz).[1]

The Museum of History of Photography, building

The Museum's mission is the collection and popularizing of historical photographs, as well as research and more recently the digitization of images for the online museum. Aside from exhibits and international symposiums, the museum has a collection of early photographic equipment and its own vast library of albums, archives, catalogs, books and manuals, as well as a press room.[2]

Notes and references
  1. Anna Szandała (September 2012). "Zbiory Muzeum Historii Fotografii w Krakowie w cyfrowej rzeczywistości". Muzeum Historii Fotografii w Krakowie. Poland-art. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. "Misja Muzeum Historii Fotografii im. Walerego Rzewuskiego". MHF w Krakowie. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.


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