Cricoteka was founded in Kraków in 1980 on the initiative of Tadeusz Kantor as a living archive of the Cricot 2 Theatre. Cricoteka stores, presents and looks after the collection of theatrical works from Tadeusz Kantor’s plays. Cricoteka is a museum, archive, gallery, and research centre.
But Cricoteka also provides space for concerts, performances, film screenings, and activities for children and adults. The starting point for all Cricoteka’s activities are the ideas of Tadeusz Kantor, an initiator of new trends in Polish art and creator of an internationally renowned avant-garde theatre. The aim of Cricoteka is to present the achievements of Tadeusz Kantor, but also, more broadly, the activity of contemporary creators in the field of fine arts, theatre, dance, and music, who engage in a dialogue with Tadeusz Kantor’s ideas, proving that Kantor is an inspiration for subsequent generations of artists.
