Jan Matejko's House
(500 m from the Mikolaj hotel)
The day after Matejko's funeral, on 8th November 1893, Krakow's "Czas" journal published an article penned by Marian Sokołowski, who referring to examples of homes - museums such as Rafael's house in Urbino and Michelangelo's in Florence appealed to commemorate a character and merit of Jan Matejko in a similar way. The idea was accepted with enthusiasm and Prince Eustachy Sanguszko, who was the head of Jan Matejko Association at that time, proceeded to collect appropriate funds. On 7 November 1895, on the second anniversary of painter's funeral, his house and a part of his collection was bought from the family. On 1 May 1896, the living room and bedroom as the first part of the created museum were made available to the public. At the same time, they also collected a library that would include publications on Jan Matejko and photographies of almost all of his paintings