Royal Castle – Basic information

Wawel Royal Castle – State Art Collection is a national cultural institution with legal personality, registered in the Register of National Cultural Institutions under the number 21/92 and Museums in the State Register under number 16/98. Castle operates under a statute given by the Ministry of Culture (Dz.Urz.MKiDN No. 4 poz.7, 2000).
Wawel Royal Castle is a museum of an historic residence.
The aim of the Castle is the activity referred to in Article. 1 of the museums, in particular:

• Preservation of the historic Castle of the substance of the highest rank as a monument of history, cultural and religious traditions of the Polish nation and the world heritage item,
• Ideological reproduction of the past Wawel Castle in its many aspects,
• A broad inclusion of these values in the circulation of national culture.

Castle pursues these objectives by:

1. collection and effective preservation of carefully selected works of art and historical memorabilia,
2. subjecting the preservation of its historic buildings and collections in order to maintain their in the best possible condition,
3. dissemination in the country and abroad, its treasures and knowledge of the Castle
in a manner conducive to the full the accepted values,
4. organizing and conducting research,
5. publishing activities, education and information,
6. maintaining the proper state remaining on the board of the buildings along
with the environment and use them as intended.

The name, image and logo are registered in the Castle Polish Patent Office.