Krakow: Oskar Schindler's Museum Guided Tour - Official Guide
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How often do you visit Krakow? How often do you return to the same museum more than once? What impressions stay with you for a lifetime? How can you ensure that your time here will be truly unforgettable?
We understand that for most, this is a once-in-a-trip experience, and that’s why we focus on making your visit unforgettable. With Discover Cracow, you’re choosing Krakow’s largest and most trusted tour operator, ensuring every moment of your journey is exceptional:
Personalized Communication: From booking confirmation to the tour’s conclusion, we’re with you every step of the way. Using WhatsApp, we provide instant confirmations, tour reminders, and quick answers to any questions. Before the tour, you’ll receive clear details and can join a dedicated group with your tour leader, who is available to assist with anything you might need.
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Convenient Meeting Point: Start your journey directly inside Schindler’s Factory Museum.
Expert Official Guides: A certified guide will lead you through the Schindler’s Factory Museum, sharing their extensive knowledge and passion to share history about World War II.
With Discover Cracow it is hassle-free experience. Just relax knowing every detail of your journey is handled by our professional team. From transport to expert-guided tours, we take care of everything.
When you choose us, you’re choosing a team dedicated to delivering a meaningful, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
What’s Included?
- Professional Guide: Licensed official museum guide in Krakow’s WWII history.
- Museum Entry: Skip-the-line admission to Schindler’s Factory Museum.
- Small Group Experience: Limited group size for a more personal tour.
Guided Tour Itinerary
Schindler's Factory Guided Tour: #1 Ranked Museum in Krakow on TripAdvisor
Step into history and walk in the footsteps of a hero. One man saved over 1,200 lives during one of history's darkest times. He wasn't a typical hero, and his reasons were complex and not always selfless. Who was he?
Learn how Krakow’s Jewish community experienced the horrors of Nazi occupation during World War II, and how one man made a difference against overwhelming odds.
Join us on the Schindler's Factory Guided Tour and become a witness to wartime Krakow. Feel the tension and bravery as you walk among the city’s inhabitants, navigate narrow ghetto passages, and experience the haunting realities of resistance and imprisonment.
Imagine popping into a photographer’s shop, boarding a tram to watch the cityscape roll by, and stepping into a typical Jewish apartment in the ghetto. Feel the omnipresent fear and then the bittersweet relief of liberation by the Soviet Army.
Our tour combines: Documentary photographs, eyewitness accounts, film documentaries, and immersive multimedia shows to create a vivid, chronological vision of Krakow’s history. See how the war shattered lives and how everyday objects—photographs, newspapers, personal artifacts—kept the spirit of a besieged city alive.
About Schindler Factory
The museum's collections include: City maps, paintings, photographs, guild objects, works by Cracow artists, noble portraits from the 16th to 20th century, weapons from the 14th to 20th century, clocks, nativity scenes, theater artifacts, Judaica, and items from Polish uprisings and World Wars I and II.
Visitors can explore: permanent exhibits on Cracow's history and culture, as well as collections of militaria, clocks, and watches. The Town Hall Tower at the Main Market Square features a Photographs of the Market Square exhibition.
Since 1999, the museum has managed the Barbakan, a well-preserved medieval defense structure open to tourists in summer.
For more on Schindler's Factory and Oscar Schindler's history, read our article: Schindler's Factory - All You Need to Know.
Important info
- Please go straight to the entrance and show your electronic ticket (received from our office by WhatsApp or e-mail) to the museum's workers at the meeting point on Lipowa 4 Street.
- Please make sure to show up on time. Being late might prevent you from taking part in the tour
- The price includes entrance fee and a guidance fee, so no extra charges will occur.
Faq
Unfortunately you can use your voucher only on the day on your voucher.
You can always call our Support Center and our lovely consultants will direct you. You can also ask at the reception desk about your guide showing your entry tickets received by our office via WhatsApp / e-mail.
The Schindler Factory tour does not include hotel pickup. The tour starts from the meeting point in front of the Schindler's Factory.
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!
