To mark the 500th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Kraków and the Prussian Homage, the Malbork Castle Museum organises the main anniversary exhibition Homage 500. History, culture, remembrance, centred around the events of 1525.

The Malbork Castle, a place of great significance for the Prussian Homage and its consequences, is to become a space for the exchange of ideas, historical debate and educational activities related to this event in 2025.

The exhibition can be visited from 8 April to 29 June 2025 in the Palace of the Grand Masters, the former residence of the Grand Masters of the Order and the kings of Poland, and in the most representative interior – the Great Refectory of the Castle Museum.

The exhibition is divided into three modules:

  • History, telling the story of the troubled relations between the Teutonic Order and Poland and of the prominent figures who brought about the peaceful dissolution and transformation of the monastic state into a secular one, the first Lutheran state in the world, as well as highlighting the implications of this event for science, literature, culture and politics in Central Europe up to the end of the 18th century;
  • Culture, artistic one, providing an overview of the art, culture and science of the Renaissance court of Königsberg and its links with other European courts, something that will be done for the first time in a museum setting;
  • Remembrance, cultures of memory from the late 18th century to the present day, in the visions of such historians and Polish artists as Marcello Bacciarelli, Jan Matejko, Tadeusz Kantor and Edward Dwurnik.