Muzeum Drogownictwa w Szczucinie

About the museum

The Road Museum in Szczucin, officially the Road History Complex (Zespół Historii Drogownictwa), belongs to the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways. It was established in 1982 as a memorial room at the local public roads district and grew as valuable exhibits were acquired. In May 1992 the voivodeship conservator of monuments entered the whole site in the register of monuments; since 2005 the unit has had the official name Zespół Historii Drogownictwa, although the colloquial name “Muzeum Drogownictwa” has remained in use.

The complex collects, protects and makes accessible monuments related to road building from all over Poland. The exhibition in the building tells the story of the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges: scenes with life-size figures at work on a construction site, documents, decorations, banners and depictions of roads and bridges in art. The museum also runs temporary exhibitions.

On a small hill next to the building is the open-air exhibition: a spiral trail about 1.5 km long, paved with stone setts and equipped with original road elements such as kerbs, culverts and gratings. More than 30 stations illustrate types of road surface from different eras, from the Cretan road to modern ones. Steam, combustion and towed rollers, boilers, crushers, snowplows, Mazur tractors and a narrow-gauge railway from the former brickworks in Szczucin with the locomotive WLs40 are on display. The main building and the outdoor area are linked by a 51-metre Bailey bridge, and the whole site covers over 2 hectares.

Highlights

• Spiral trail of the open-air museum with over 30 stations on types of road surface
• Steam and combustion rollers, crushers, snowplows and Mazur tractors
• Narrow-gauge railway with locomotive WLs40 from the Szczucin brickworks
• 51-metre Bailey bridge linking the building with the open-air exhibition
• Scenes with life-size figures at road and bridge construction

Permanent exhibitions

• Wystawa o budowie i utrzymaniu dróg i mostów – Exhibition in the building with scenes of road works, documents, decorations, banners and depictions of roads and bridges in art.
• Ekspozycja plenerowa – spiralna ścieżka drogownictwa – Trail about 1.5 km long with over 30 stations showing types of roads, road machinery, the Bailey bridge and the narrow-gauge railway.

Founded

1982

Operated by

Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (Zespół Historii Drogownictwa)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free of charge.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Children under 13 must visit under the supervision of an adult; in organised groups there must be at least one adult supervisor for every 10 children.

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