Ultra-modern museum reveals Krakow’s medieval past
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KRAKOW — Futuristic technologies in a swish new subterranean museum are bringing to life the medieval past of Krakow, Poland’s historic and picturesque southern city that was once the seat of Polish kings.
Four meters beneath its sprawling Old Town square, the recently opened multi-media museum covering 4,000 square meters, showcases a treasure trove of artefacts only recently discovered by archaeologists. They reveal the city’s life as it once was.
To enter, visitors must pass through a high-tech yet haunting entrance in the form of a wall of vapour that doubles as a screen reflecting scenes from hundreds of years ago.
“This museum is unique,” Krakow Mayor Jacek Majchrowski says proudly. “It retraces the most ancient and little-known history of Krakow, using 21st-century technologies.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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