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Nature 456, 577 (4 December 2008) | doi:10.1038/456577a; Published online 3 December 2008

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Hidden treasures: The Jagiellonian Museum, Kraków

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Poland's oldest university museum celebrates the Sun-centred ideas of Copernicus and the history of the nation itself, explains Alison Abbott.

Nicolaus Copernicus was, they say in Kraków, one of the city's first tourists. He 'almost certainly' visited its famous salt mines, they insist.