Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego

This guide to the Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego in Kraków follows twenty-two rare aircraft that curators in Berlin shipped out of the German capital in 1941 to keep them safe from Allied bombing, arriving at a Habsburg-era airfield that had already watched biplanes and occupation come and go since 1912. It traces what happened to the Berlin museum they left behind, and to the aircraft that stayed here after the war and the borders changed. You'll hear how the frames still carry traces of their old Berlin display labels. Look closely at the placards as you walk the hangars.