Muzeum Miasta Turku im. Józefa Mehoffera

About the museum

The beginnings of museum activity in Turek date back to 1962 and are linked to the Turkowskie Towarzystwo Kultury (Turek Society of Culture), which organised exhibitions and collected memorabilia relating to the history of the town. In 1972 a Regional Room (Izba Regionalna) was opened, and in 1977 the seat was moved to rooms in the town hall. From 1978 the institution operated as the Muzeum Rzemiosła Tkackiego (Museum of Weaving Craft), a branch of the Konin Regional Museum, and it regained its independence in 1984 as a municipal unit.

The seat of the museum is the 19th-century town hall at Plac Wojska Polskiego 1. From 2001 it was reconstructed so that the whole building could be devoted to museum purposes, and after the renovation the museum reopened in May 2012 and was named after Józef Mehoffer.

The permanent exhibition “Turkowskie dzieło Józefa Mehoffera” (Józef Mehoffer's Work in Turek) occupies five so-called red rooms and shows the sketches and cartoons for polychromy and stained glass that the artist designed for the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Turek. Besides it, the museum presents an archaeological exhibition from excavations at Gąsin, from the Lusatian culture period, and with fossils from the Adamów mine; an ethnographic exhibition on the life of Turek weavers, with reconstructions of workshops and dwellings; and the exhibition “Opowieści pewnej ulicy – 1956 dni w okupowanym Turku” (Stories of a Certain Street – Days in Occupied Turek), based on about four thousand negatives from 1941–1943 known as the Needle Archive (Archiwum Igły).

Highlights

• Józef Mehoffer's sketches and cartoons for the polychromy and stained glass of the church in Turek
• Archaeological exhibition from excavations at Gąsin and fossils
• Reconstructions of the workshops and dwellings of Turek weavers
• Exhibition “1956 dni w okupowanym Turku” from the Needle Archive
• Seat in the historic 19th-century town hall

Permanent exhibitions

• Turkowskie dzieło Józefa Mehoffera – Sketches and cartoons by Mehoffer for the polychromy and stained glass of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Turek, in five red rooms.
• Wystawa archeologiczna – Finds from excavations at Gąsin from the Lusatian culture period, and Quaternary animal fossils from the Adamów mine.
• Ekspozycja etnograficzna – Everyday life of Turek weavers, with reconstructions of work workshops and the furnishings of their homes.

Founded

1962

Operated by

Gmina Miejska Turek

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Information on the accessibility of the town hall building for people with disabilities has not been published on the available pages.

Kids & families

The museum organises educational activities and holiday offers for children (see the “Edukacja” (Education) and “Wakacje w muzeum” (Holidays at the Museum) pages on the website).

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the town hall at Plac Wojska Polskiego 1 in the centre of Turek.

Amenities & dining

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