Izba Pamięci Drogownictwa w Skwierzynie
Free memorial room and outdoor exhibition of road-building heritage at the Skwierzyna Road District of the GDDKiA (General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways).
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About the museum
The Road Building Memorial Room was established at the Road District in Skwierzyna, which in 1979 took over the administration of state and local roads in the gmina. In 1980 an administrative and social building was erected here, and the head of the district, Stanisław Brzeziński, proposed setting up around it an open-air museum of road equipment, and a memorabilia room in the building.
The first exhibit was a former German road roller from the A. Gutmann factory in Frankfurt an der Oder; then milestones and other road-building relics joined it. Over time, stone and wooden signposts, barriers and railings, bollards, boundary markers and signs were collected. A reconstruction of the set of road signs in force in Poland in 1938 was also made.
The room displays documents, photographs, road maps and plans, measuring instruments, calculating devices, tools of road workers and carpenters, diplomas, decorations and elements of uniforms. Among the most valuable memorabilia are the German foundation record (akt erekcyjny) of a culvert in the village of Rokitno, dug up in a bottle during renovation in the 1980s, road manuals from 1922 and 1945, and a line plan of state road no. 17 from 1947. The outdoor part is also accessible outside the custodian’s working hours.
Highlights
- Outdoor exhibition of milestones, signposts and road barriers
- Former German road roller from the Gutmann factory in Frankfurt an der Oder
- Reconstruction of the set of road signs from 1938
- German foundation record of a culvert from Rokitno, found in a bottle
- Free visits
Permanent exhibition
- Izba Pamięci Drogownictwa i plenerowa wystawa zabytków drogowych – Documents, maps, tools and memorabilia of road workers in the building, and milestones, signposts, barriers and a historic road roller outside.
- Founded
- 1980
- Operated by
- Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad, Oddział w Zielonej Górze
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Visits are free of charge.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits take place with the custodian of the room, arranged by telephone in advance. |
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