MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art

MOCAK, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, occupies former factory buildings at ul. Lipowa 4 in the Zablocie area of Podgorze, in Poland's Lesser Poland region, next to Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory. The museum shows modern and contemporary art, with the permanent MOCAK Collection on level -1 presenting post-war Polish and international works, and rotating temporary exhibitions on other floors. The industrial architecture, with a modern extension, provides large, light-filled galleries suited to installations, video and sculpture. The collection traces artistic movements since the Second World War and engages with topics such as memory, the body and consumer culture. A cafe and a design shop are on site. A visit usually takes between one and a half and two hours, and the site is often combined with the Schindler Factory visit in a single afternoon, with a combination ticket available. Photography policies vary by exhibition and are posted at the entrance. The museum is open Thursday to Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00, and entry to the Collection exhibition is free on Thursdays, which makes that day the busiest for the permanent display but still generally manageable. Weekends bring more visitors, particularly families and school groups, while Thursday mornings and Friday are calmer. The museum is reached by tram to the Zablocie stop or on foot over the Father Bernatek footbridge, about 25 minutes from the Old Town.