The Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków is open six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday, from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM. The museum is closed on Mondays and public holidays, including New Year’s Day, Constitution Day (May 3), Independence Day (November 11), and major Christian holidays.
The Polish Aviation Museum is worth visiting anytime, but most exhibits are in the open air, so it is better to plan your visit for the warm season and choose clear sunny days.
If you want to save money, plan your visit for Tuesday when the museum offers free admission. Still, regular prices are more than affordable, so you can come on any other weekday to avoid crowds.
The Polish Aviation Museum, housed on the site of a more than 100 years old airfield, holds an extensive collection of over 200 aircraft, including gliders, helicopters, and pioneer planes of the first decades of the 20th century. You can also see numerous aircraft engines, anti-aircraft weaponry, and other artifacts related to Polish and world aviation history and heritage.
Exploring the exhibition, you can come across real gems such as the only surviving Russian flying boat Grigorovich M-15, built in 1917. You can also see hulls of German combat aircraft from World War I and the legendary Sopwith Camel, which was the most valuable plane of the British air force during WWI.
The Polish Aviation Museum is located on the outskirts of Kraków, at the site of the former Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport at Aleja Jana Pawła II 39. To get there from the city center, you can take light rail lines 4, 10, or 52 to the station named Muzeum Lotnictwa, which is a 7-minute walk from the museum.
A ticket to the Polish Aviation Museum costs 27 PLN (about $6) for adults and 16 PLN for schoolchildren, students, pensioners, and people with disabilities. A family ticket applied for 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children costs 70 PLN.
Entry is always free for children under 7 years old. On Tuesdays, admission is free for all visitors.