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Polish Aviation Day 2023 – Welcome!

DATE:18 / 08 / 2023
Plakat Święto Lotnictwa Polskiego

Sunday, 27 August — let’s meet to celebrate Polish Aviation Day! We invite you all to the Aviation Day celebration at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków! Although the official date in the calendar is 28 August, we are celebrating on Sunday, 27 August. From 10:00 to 16:00, you can take part in many aviation attractions, so don’t hesitate and plan a visit to the Museum on the last Sunday of August.

PROGRAMME:

  • 10:30 — Ceremonial laying of flowers in tribute to Polish aviators at the Wall of Remembrance at the Polish Aviation Museum
Poster 'Skalski's Circus'

MAIN HANGAR

  • 11:00–11:30 — “Under the African Sky. Skalski’s Circus 1943” — exhibition opening and presentation
  • 11:30–12:00 — “Meeting by the Aircraft”: Supermarine Spitfire, part 1
  • 12:10–12:30 — Screening of the film “Skalski’s Circus”, dir. Jacek Bławut
  • 12:45–14:00 — “Meeting by the Aircraft”: Supermarine Spitfire, part 2
  • 14:30–15:30 — Concert by the Kraków Old Town Orchestra

MAIN BUILDING

  • 12:30 — Concert by the Representative Brass Band of the Wieliczka Salt Mine — exhibition hall
  • 13:30–16:00 — “In Silk and Feather” — exhibition opening of works by Justyna Zawadzka and art workshops — exhibition hall
  • 14:00–15:15 — “Aviation Emergency” — lecture and display of flight nurse uniforms in USAAF service 1943–1945 — presented by the Army Nurse Corps Historical Association — cinema hall
  • 14:30–15:00 — “History of Aviation Day” — guided tour of the “Challenge 1932–1934” exhibition — lobby
  • 15:30–16:30 — “Attack on the Sorpe Dam” — film screening with discussion — cinema hall
Poster 'Attack on the Sorpe Dam'

OUTDOORS

  • Polish Aviation Museum animation zone — aviation games and activities
  • Re-enactors from the Army Nurse Corps Historical Association
  • Małopolska Science Centre Cogiteon education zone
  • Interior tours: An-26 and Yak-40 aircraft and the Mil Mi-8S helicopter (“Papal”)
  • Relaxation and food zone

Come in numbers, bring your family, friends and distant acquaintances; pack blankets, deckchairs and camping chairs; bring picnic baskets, takeaway pizza or even homemade sushi.
The weather is set to be beautiful, so you can spend the whole day with us!

TICKETS: PLN 16 (children under 7 free of charge)
We will publish programme details on an ongoing basis. Follow our event!

IMPORTANT: On 27 August, the Museum is open during standard hours, 9:00–17:00. Aviation Day attractions will take place between 10:00 and 16:00.