• Free on Wednesdays, but doors open only at 1pm that day, so plan an afternoon visit
• Last entry an hour early, since the ticket desk closes 60 minutes before the museum does
• Combined tickets cover other museum branches, including the Sołdek museum ship, if you plan to see more than one

The Crane is a mid-15th-century port crane and city gate, the largest and oldest of its kind in Europe. Inside, a multimedia exhibition with walk-through sets recreates the 17th-century port: how ships found their way into harbor, the goods that arrived, old shipbuilding methods, and a historic tavern.

The visit ends at the crane's lifting mechanism, driven by wooden treadwheels 6 meters across.