About us

Jan Godłowski Director graduated in art history at the Jagiellonian University and has long experience of archaeological research in excavations. He is also an experienced manager, specializing in the past in restructuring of enterprises, a director in companies quoted on the stock exchange. Jan was the Director of the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka since 1 January 2016. He occupied the position of Conservator of Historical Objects in Cracow Saltworks, including the historical mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia, since 2017. Member of ICOM or TICCIH organizations. Vice-chairman of the Council of the Wawel Royal Castle Museum.
Member of the Council of the Archaeological Museum in Kraków, The Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze and Archaeological Museum in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Castle Museum in Sandomierz

dr Barbara Konwerska Deputy Director for Academic and Research Affairs e-mail: b.konwerska@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 12 graduated in church history at the  Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow and in history at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. She has worked in the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka since 2001. Barbara obtained her doctorate of humanities in history in 2007, is a qualified curator (since 2015), Chief Inventory Manager (since 2008), and the Deputy Director for Science and Research in the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka (since 2017). She has focused on museum activities and scientific research throughout her career. Barbara is the author and co-author of scientific and popular-science studies, programmes, leaflets and exhibition catalogues. She conducts scientific research and source search queries, especially into the history of photography, history of Wieliczka, tourism and of the salt mine in the times of Austrian occupation.

Zbigniew Jawień Chief Investment Specialist and Mining Supervisor e-mail: z.jawien@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 23 graduated from the AGH University of Technology, Faculty of Mining, Department of Mine Design and Construction in 1986. He was employed in the company HYDROKOP SA in 1986-1998, among others as a mine foreman in the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Zbigniew then occupied managerial positions, e.g. in the companies BUDOSTAL-2 SA, MOTA ENGIL. Since 2016, he has worked as the Chief Engineer of the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, responsible for condition of excavations in the underground Museum exhibitions and their technical safeguards.

Joanna Nawalany Chief Accountant e-mail: j.nawalany@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 21 For many years an employee of the Cracow Saltworks Museum Wieliczka. In the years 1993–2005 deputy head of the Finance and Accounting Department.  Since 2006 employed as Chief Accountant.

dr Iwona Pawłowska-Pich Archives and Library Department Manager e-mail: i.pich@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 64 is a doctor of humanities in history, and graduated in history at the Jagiellonian University. She has worked in the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, Archive and Library Department, since 1997, as the supervisor of the Department since 2001. Iwona is responsible for the collection of historical archive objects, library collections and the internal archive of the Museum.

Dorota Cora Museum Assistant e-mail: d.cora@muzeum-wieliczka.pl phone: +48  12 289 16 64

Monika Dziobek-Motyka Director Representative for International Cooperation e-mail: m.dziobek@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 26; +48 601 366 195 graduated in history at the Faculty of History of the Jagiellonian University. She has worked in the Museum since 2016 in the position of Director’s Representative for External-International Cooperation, and previously worked in the sector of large Polish and foreign enterprise for 16 years. Monika supports the management of the Museum in the promotion of its international cooperation, by accomplishing jointly and individually set objectives and seeking new directions in cooperation. She is responsible for a series of international projects carried out by the Museum and for organisation of the  International Conference of Mining and Underground Museums. Her additional interests include the protection and management of world’s mining heritage, not only in salt mines.

Wacław Jaworski Deputy Director for Administrative Affairs e-mail: w.jaworski@muzeum.wieliczka.pl A graduate of the Mining Faculty of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. From 1979, an employee of the Cracow Saltworks Museum Wieliczka, employed in the Mining Material Culture Department as a museum assistant, from 1984 senior assistant, 1988 assistant professor, 1993 curator, 1996 senior curator. In the years 1994–1997 Head of the Material Culture Department. Deputy Director for Administrative Affairs since 1997. Author of historical and conservation studies and studies on the historic excavations of the Wieliczka and Bochnia mines.

Dr inż. arch. Jacek Chrząszczewski Director's Representative for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage e-mail: j.chrzaszczewski@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 46 He graduated in architecture and urban planning from the Cracow University of Technology and in art history from the Jagiellonian University. He was a grantee of the Lanckoroński Foundation in Rome, the DAAD in Germany and the Austrian government. He has exhibited his architectural and urban planning projects in Germany and England. Between 1998 and 2005, he was a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Landscape Architecture of the Cracow University of Technology. In 2007 he completed a Training Course on Restoration in Italy. Between 2008 and 2016 he was the Deputy Regional Conservator of Monuments of Lesser Poland. From 2010 to 2021, he lectured on the protection of historical monuments at the Jagiellonian University. In 2014, he received a doctorate in technical sciences in the discipline of architecture and urban planning. He supervises numerous conservation and restoration works in the Małopolska region, including the town and salt mine in Wieliczka. Since 2016, he has been at the museum as the Director's Representative for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, who carries out conservation supervision of the Wieliczka and Bochnia mines as the Conservator of Monuments of the Cracow Saltworks.

Paulina Cebula Office Manager e-mail: sekretariat@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 11

Katarzyna Kurowska Office e-mail: sekretariat@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 11

Marek Skubisz History and Material Culture of Mining Department Manager e-mail: m.skubisz@muzeum.wieliczka.pl phone: +48 12 289 16 22 graduated in history of art at the Jagiellonian University. He has worked in the Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka, History and Material Culture of Mining Department, since 1997, and has supervised the Department since 2016. He is in charge of the collections of Cartography and Mining Technology. Marek is a member of the Polish Association of Museum Employees (and its regional board), Association of Engineering Museums, and the “Art-Klub” Wieliczka Artist Group.