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cooperation with the Manggha Museum
of Japanese Art and Technology
Not far from our School, about 500 meters, on the other side of the
main street, on the Vistula River, opposite the Wawel Castle, the
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology has its
headquarters.
It was established on the initiative of prominent Polish director Andrzej
Wajda and opened in 1994 as the Manggha Center for Japanese Art and
Technology. For the first ten years of its existence, it was a branch of
the National Museum in Cracow, while also being the site of active
activities of the Andrzej Wajda and Krystyna Zachwatowicz Kyoto-
Cracow Foundation.
In 2005, made independent by a decision of the Minister of Culture, it
received the status of a state cultural institution, and since 2007 it has
operated as a museum.