Muzeum Indian w Spytkowie

About the museum

Enthusiasts of the culture of the Native Americans of the Great Plains began as a reenactment group within the Polski Ruch Przyjaciół Indian (Polish Movement of Friends of the Indians). Reproducing costumes and everyday objects turned into collecting originals, and the collection kept growing until it became the largest private collection of original Native American exhibits in Poland.

They began in 2003 with an Indian Village (Indiańska Wioska) in Wolisko in the Borecka Forest, where they presented replicas of costumes, weapons and ceremonial objects in a dozen or so tipis. In 2006 they moved to a farmstead of almost ten hectares in Spytkowo, a few kilometres from Giżycko, with more than century-old post-German buildings.

Today the site consists of two parts: a museum in a stone Masurian building, which shows original craftwork, costumes, weapons, toys and ceremonial objects, and an open-air model of a Native American village with several full-size tipis and ceremonial structures such as a sweat lodge and a burial platform. Visits are led by guides, and the offer also includes a Native American shooting range and workshops.

Highlights

• largest private collection of original Native American exhibits in Poland
• open-air village with full-size tipis
• sweat lodge and burial platform
• guided tours adapted to the age of the group
• Native American shooting range (bow, air rifle, spear, tomahawk)

Permanent exhibitions

• Muzeum Indian Ameryki Północnej – Original Native American craftwork, costumes, weapons, toys and ceremonial objects in the century-old stone building.
• Plenerowa Indiańska Wioska – Several full-size tipis and ceremonial structures, including a sweat lodge and a burial platform.

Founded

2003

Operated by

Usługi Turystyczne „VIKTORIO” Bogdan Zdanowicz

Admission & discounts

Payment is in cash only (groups can also pay by bank transfer). The shooting range is charged separately.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• 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: no information

No accessibility information has been published.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Special programmes for kindergartens and schools, workshops and the Native American shooting range; a free obstacle course for children. Children under 3 enter free of charge.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in Spytkowo, about 5 km north-east of Giżycko, on the road to Węgorzewo. At the last buildings of the village turn left and drive 300 m.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Gift shop: amulets, dreamcatchers, ethnic jewellery.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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