[1] The origins of the museum were in 1865 when Kazimierz Wodzicki gathered a collection of birds gave the Scientific Society of Kraków.

Originally housed in the building of the Cracow branch of Academy of Sciences, ul.

In 1929 the museum was enriched by a unique specimen of woolly rhinoceros found in the village of Starunia, near Stanisławow.

In the museum, there were four permanent exhibitions: "Molluscs", "Conversation with a stone", "Amber in science and kolekcjonerstwie.

Currently, the building houses the Aquarium and the Natural History Museum in Kraków, an educational interactive exhibit.