In 1919 Karol Wojtyła and his wife Emilia, nee Kaczorowska, came with their thirteen-year-old son Edmund to Wadowice, to live at 7 Kościelna Street. They occupied two rooms and a kitchen on the first floor. On May 18, 1920 a second son Karol Józef, the present Holy Father, was born there. His sister died shortly after her birth, his brother – Edmund, having matriculated, left for Cracow to study medicine. Being a doctor, he died of scarlet fever on December 4, 1932 in Bielsko. After his mother’s death on April 13, 1929 Karol and his father occupied only one smaller room and the kitchen. In 1938, at the beginning of the summer, they left Wadowice and went to Cracow taking most of the furniture. Karol started studying Polish Literature at the Jagiellonian University. Later, the Wojtyła’s old apartment underwent great changes: the painted plank floor was replaced by parquet, the set of doors near the windows was transferred to the centre, a doorway to the balcony in the big room was closed, the two windows overlooking the church were walled up and replaced by a single one, the woodwork was altered and finally, the other three rooms were added. This exhibition is to illustrate and commemorate John Paul II’s life and his work in Poland until the moment he left Cracow for the conclave in Rome, in 1978. In the room where Karol Wojtyła was born and lived until 1938, and in the kitchen, a few items of the remaining furniture has been collected. In the other rooms, there are glass cases which contain Karol Wojtyła’s documents, either original or copies, objects, manuscripts and works published before October 16, 1978.On the walls there are some photographs connected with Karol Wojtyła himself and places he frequently visited. The band running along the rooms includes photos of various episodes of his life from childhood, through the years at school and university, priesthood and the dignities of bishop and cardinal, up to the departure for Rome.Moreover, there are some photographs taken during his visits in Wadowice and his celebration of 20 anniversary of his pontificate. In addition, a symbolic photoof John Paul II with a Polish landscape in the background. The exhibition shows also some books about John Paul II’s life published in many countries all around the world.