Cracow: Schindler's Factory Guided Tour (MATKA)
- Free cancellation
About this experience
This guided tour offers more than knowledge: it is a powerful, unsettling experience that brings you face-to-face with the memory of wartime Kraków and the resilience of its people.
Highlights:
Visit Kraków’s most popular museum
Skip the lines for a seamless museum visit
Hear the story of Oskar Schindler and his factory
Explore the exhibition Kraków under Nazi Occupation
Headsets for groups of 15+ participants
Itinerary:
Schindler Factory Museum / 1h30min / Admision Ticket Included
Step into one of Kraków’s most visited museums — Schindler’s Enamel Factory, where history comes alive through powerful exhibitions and expert storytelling. This is not a simple biographical museum, but a comprehensive journey through the years of Nazi occupation, showing how war transformed the city and the lives of its people.
With a licensed expert guide, you’ll skip the long ticket lines and explore the exhibition “Kraków under Nazi Occupation 1939–1945.” Housed in the former enamel factory of Oskar Schindler, the museum focuses not only on his story, but above all on the daily experiences of Kraków’s Jewish and non-Jewish residents during the war.
As you move through the galleries, you’ll encounter original artifacts, photographs, and immersive reconstructions. Much of the exhibition unfolds in a series of narrow, dimly lit rooms, deliberately designed to make visitors feel confined — echoing the fear, pressure, and uncertainty that dominated life under Nazi rule. The setting creates a visceral atmosphere that turns history into lived experience.
Within this broader narrative, you’ll also hear about Oskar Schindler and how his factory provided refuge to more than a thousand Jewish workers. His story is set against the wider backdrop of persecution, deportations, and the destruction of Kraków’s Jewish community, making clear both the scale of tragedy and the importance of individual acts of courage.
Meeting point: Lipowa 4, 32-051 Krakow, Poland. Meet your guide in front of the main entrance to the Schindler’s Factory Museum, on the right-hand side. They will hold an excursions.city sign. (click to go to the Google maps)
ENG Contact Number: +48 727 001 040
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What’s included
- Licensed expert guide
- Skip-the-line admission to Schindler’s Factory
- 1.5-hour guided tour
Good to know
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Guide
- Guided tour in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Polish
- Start times
- 09:00 · 09:30 · 10:00 · 10:15 · 10:30 · 11:00 · 11:10 · 11:15 · 11:30 · 11:40 · 12:00 · 12:30 · 13:00 · 13:15 · 13:30 · 14:00 · 14:15 · 14:30 · 15:00 · 15:15 · 15:30 · 15:50 · 16:00 · 16:20 · 16:30 · 17:00 · 17:30 · 18:00
Know before you go
- The exhibition uses narrow corridors and immersive design to recreate the atmosphere of wartime Kraków.
- The building once housed Schindler’s factory, but today it is a museum without original machinery.
- Our group tours are only in 1 language. Select your preferred language when booking.
- In line with museum regulations, each tour is limited to a maximum of 25 participants.
- From January 1, 2026:
- Times are approximate and may change due to Schindler`s Factory Museum scheduling. You can choose a preferred time, but the exact time is not guaranteed.
- Due to the museum's personalized tickets, you must provide full names of all participants when reserving and bring a passport or ID for entry to Schindler` Factory Museum . Without these, entry may be denied.
- Please bring your ID card or other identification document for identification by Schindler` Factory Museum staff. The name and surname on your ticket must match the one on your document.
Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 1 day before the experience starts.
- 1 day or more before: full refund
- Less than 1 day before: no refund
Meeting point
View on map
Meet your guide in front of the main entrance to the Schindler’s Factory Museum, on the right-hand side. They will hold an excursions.city sign.
- Address
- Lipowa 4, Kraków, 32-051, PL
- How you meet
- Meet on location
- Coordinates
- 50.04743, 19.96157
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Frequently asked questions
How long does this experience last?
It lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Can I cancel this booking?
Free cancellation up to 1 day before the experience starts. 1 day or more before: full refund · Less than 1 day before: no refund
Is this experience guided, and in what language?
Guided tour in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Polish
Is hotel pickup included?
No — you make your own way to the meeting point.
Where does this experience start?
It starts at Meet your guide in front of the main entrance to the Schindler’s Factory Museum, on the right-hand side. They will hold an excursions.city sign., Lipowa 4, Kraków, 32-051, PL.
From AED 161 per person
