Join us for the next ICC family workshop at the Jagiellonian University Museum. This time, we’ll embark on a journey in the footsteps of animals associated with Collegium Maius and the history of the Jagiellonian University. We’ll hear extraordinary tales about the former inhabitants of the university walls, and during the art session, we’ll create our own works inspired by the academic menagerie.
17 May, 2026, 12.30
The International Cultural Centre in Kraków invites you to a family workshop entitled “The University Menagerie”. During the May edition of MINI meetings with arts we will hear stories about the animals that once lived in Collegium Maius and other buildings of the Jagiellonian University. We will find out what animals could be found in the university courtyard, who looked after the cats, dogs and exotic specimens, and why some of them became true heroes of academic legends. We’ll follow in the footsteps of former professors and their extraordinary pets, uncover the secrets of the university’s natural history collections, and listen to amusing stories about the animal inhabitants of Collegium Maius. We’ll also discuss how people’s attitudes towards animals have changed and why their protection is so important today.
During the workshops, children and their carers, with the support of our educators, will create their own artwork inspired by the university’s menagerie. We will combine various techniques and materials, developing imagination and dexterity whilst sparking curiosity about the world.
We also invite families from Ukraine to join us—an educator who speaks Ukrainian will be present.
The classes have been temporarily moved from the ICC headquarters at the Main Market Square to the Jagiellonian University Museum due to the renovation of the building as part of the FEnIKS program—European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate, and Environment 2021–2027.
Practical information:
- the sessions are free of charge,
- sessions take place on Sundays at 12.30 at the Jagiellonian University Museum, 15 Jagiellońska Street (entrance via the “U Pęcherza” café)
- We will be waiting for you in the courtyard of Collegium Maius, next to the poster advertising MCK events
- For further information, please contact us at: warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl or by telephone on: 12 42 42 860 .
Check the schedule for the entire series and see when the next classes will take place
Please be advised that during classes, workshops, meetings, gallery lessons, lectures, photos may be taken for the needs of the International Cultural Center in Krakow (including for documentation and information on the ICC website and on the ICC profiles on Facebook and Instagram. ). If you do not agree to this, please inform us in advance. Photos may contain images of people participating in the classes and images of works made during the classes. Failure to provide written or oral information to the Communication Center before the start of classes is tantamount to consent to the use of the above-mentioned photos by the International Cultural Center in Krakow.
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