Krakow: Science and Technology museum

After popping back to the hostel for a shower, I decided to check out the Science and Technology museum.  This wasn’t huge, and was OK, but not great.

They’d got a special exhibition on the history of the kitchen, which was an additional cost.  I didn’t realise at the time that almost all the signage for it was only in Polish.  Google translate did a reasonable job, but it did make it harder work. 

The main exhibition tried to be everything for everyone I think; it started with a history of mechanical aids (Archimedes spiral, pulleys, etc), before moving onto an interactive piece about SI units (with a detour to some old trams), then it was onto a more general history of science and technology from a Polish perspective.  This was much more interesting, but the whole thing didn’t really feel like it hung together very coherently.

After the museum I had a quick wander around a local church; it was very striking from the outside

Then it was onto the Salt Mine

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