Schindler's Factory

Remember, the guide book is pre-covid. I would have more trust in the website.

The website should be current, the guidebook was printed year(s) ago. And with covid often hours have changed or adjusted. Even month to month or week to week.

Yes, I am asking because my guidebook is pre-Covid and I was wondering if that was what was happening. I will assume then that the website is accurate and check closer to our dates just to be sure. Thanks!

It might be a regular seasonal shift rather than something driven by COVID. Poland isn't so much of a tourist target the first three months of the year for reasons of weather.

Those are the currently listed hours and sync up with tickets being sold. By the way tickets for every Wednesday in June are already available now.

That’s the reason I never rely on guide books or non-official websites for practical info. Always always check the official site of the sight. Same with other places …. Shops restaurants etc

Schindler Factory was one of the highlights of my 4 days in krakow.

I saw that they are available, Edwin, thanks. Trying to decide what time that day to book. If we take a later ticket but aren't done before 6 pm when their listed closing time is do we have to be out or not? I guess what I'm asking is do they really only give people who purchase tickets for 5:10 pm 50 minutes to visit or is this a site where that is just the last entry time? I can't find that specific type of info in the guidebook or on the website so wondering if anyone knows.

They will clear out the museum at the closing time.

Thanks! We'll get ours then with enough time to get through.

Proceed with caution when it comes to mid-afternoon or late-afternoon tickets to sights in Europe. I don't know what happens at the Schindler factory, because I had a first-time-slot ticket, but it is very common in European museums for someone to show up at your elbow 15 minutes (or possibly a bit more) before closing time to tell you it's time to leave. And they mean it. You'll probably have to start moving toward the door at that point. The one place they probably won't throw you out of early is the museum shop. (I'm not saying this happens in every museum, but it has happened to me over and over and over again.)

That is correct. The doors are locked at closing time.

I'm not worried about the closing time for us, I plan on getting tickets for the 4:10 slot, but I can't imagine buying tickets for the 5:10 slot and only getting 50 minutes. Thanks all!

I spent more than 2 hours at the Schindler Factory; it might have been close to four. Now, I am slow at places like that, because if there are videos to watch at a WWII or Cold War historic site/museum (and there are at the Schindler Factory), I'm jolly well going to watch them all. I'm a severe outlier in the time I spend at such places. But I wouldn't want you to run out of time if the place is really important to you. There's a lot of information posted in English for you to (potentially) read.

Acraven is right! Schindler’s is definitely a museum that can easily take a few hours. You become so engrossed with the personal stories, immersed in the exhibits, more so than I anticipated. I visited in October, arriving a few hours before closing, which we thought gave us generous time. I can personally attest they start moving people through the exhibits by closing the first part of the museum a good 45 minutes before closing. You get a bit bunched up and rushed through the second half. My travel partner and I were both a bit surprised how quickly things started shutting up when we clearly still had a good 15 or 20 minutes left before closing time. Something I forget about in Europe. Different but good.

I agree. There's a lot to see . . . and experience. I would estimate 2 hours as a minimum visit.

Just as a general comment, there are a lot of places in Europe (including this one) where you may think you're going to an historical site where important things happened, but a great deal of effort (and money) has been spent to turn the place into a hybrid site/museum with a lot of background explanatory material to absorb. Lots of people just browse through such places, but they will definitely repay longer visits if you have the time and interest.

Oh I definitely have an interest. Masters in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, but I only have a couple of hours (traveling with 3 other people) so I'll have to make that work. Last time I was at the factory there was no museum and we had to take our Masters group photo in front of the gates.