Muzeum Archeologiczno-Historyczne w Stargardzie

About the museum

The first museum in Stargard, the Muzeum Miejskie (Municipal Museum), was founded in 1908 by mayor Albert Kolbe. In 1935 it was replaced by the Muzeum Regionalne (Regional Museum), covering the town and the former Szadek district (powiat szadzki), and a new seat was opened in 1939 in buildings next to the church. During the Second World War the collections were evacuated and largely lost; surviving objects went, among other places, to the Muzeum Pomorza Zachodniego w Szczecinie (West Pomeranian Museum in Szczecin).

The post-war museum was initiated in 1959. It opened on 21 July 1960 in the Brama Pyrzycka (Pyrzyce Gate), and in 1966 it moved to the Odwach (guardhouse) and a townhouse at Rynek Staromiejski 3. In 1973 the ruins of the Basteja were handed over to the museum; an exhibition of militaria opened there in 1986, and in 1993 the museum took over the neighbouring townhouse at no. 4. Since 2001 it has published the scholarly journal “Stargardia”.

The museum currently conducts archaeological and historical research, documents monuments and runs educational activities. In the Basteja it shows a multi-level exhibition on the town's history, from the period before it was granted its charter to the early 20th century, while the building on Rynek Staromiejski houses an exhibition on pharmacy in Pomerania and in Stargard.

Highlights

• exhibition “Stargard – miejsce z historią” in the Basteja: more than 300 artefacts and multimedia
• St John's polyptych and processional cross by Johann Apengeter, c. 1330
• Stargard executioner's sword and hologram of a Hanseatic cog
• exhibition on Pomeranian pharmacy with furniture from the “Pod Złotą Gwiazdą” pharmacy
• multitouch sphere showing the route of the 15th meridian

Permanent exhibitions

• Stargard – miejsce z historią – Exhibition across four levels of the Basteja on the town's history from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century, with more than 300 artefacts and multimedia.
• Aptekarstwo pomorskie i stargardzkie na przestrzeni wieków – Exhibition in the building at Rynek Staromiejski 3 with old pharmacy vessels, boards on the history of pharmacy and the furniture of the “Pod Złotą Gwiazdą” pharmacy from 1889.

Founded

1960

Operated by

Gmina Miasto Stargard

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Thursday – free admission.

Prices are given for the Basteja (Park Piastowski 1). For the building on Rynek Staromiejski the museum's website does not list a separate price list.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description

The Basteja (Park Piastowski 1) has a lift, a level approach from the main entrance side and toilets adapted for people with disabilities. The exhibition has induction loops for hard-of-hearing visitors, and audio guides with audio description for blind visitors. The building at Rynek Staromiejski 2–4 has neither a ramp nor a lift and is not adapted for people with disabilities.

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