Muzeum Mleczarstwa w Królówce
A museum in the historic building of a former dairy from 1888, with machines for processing milk and documents of the dairy cooperative.
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About the museum
The dairy in Królówka was founded in 1888 on the initiative of the parish priest of the time, Father Franciszek Pawlikowski, who wanted to give residents a steady source of income. From 1896 it operated as a dairy company, later as a cooperative, and after the Second World War within the district dairy cooperative. A year after its founding it received 67,000 litres of milk per year, in 1900 206,000 litres, and in 1930 already 716,000 litres. The building, whose construction began in 1902, housed offices in its upper part and the processing plant in its lower part. The dairy produced butter, cream, cheese and buttermilk, and according to surviving documents, butter was sent to the court of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
In 1991 the cooperative handed the building over to the commune of Nowy Wiśnicz. Today it houses the Muzeum Mleczarstwa (Dairy Museum), a branch of the Muzeum Ziemi Wiśnickiej (Wiśnicz Land Museum). In the former processing room, complete machines and equipment for producing dairy products from the 19th century and later have survived, along with glass test tubes and bottles from a hundred years ago and milk centrifuges imported from Vienna. Visitors can also see documents and old photographs recording the work of the cooperative.
Highlights
- Historic dairy building from the early 20th century
- Milk centrifuges imported from Vienna
- Machines and equipment for making butter, cheese and cream
- Glass test tubes and bottles from a hundred years ago
- Old photographs and documents of the cooperative
Permanent exhibition
- Muzeum Mleczarstwa w dawnej mleczarni – Complete machines and equipment for making dairy products, centrifuges, glass laboratory vessels, and documents and photographs of the dairy cooperative.
- Founded
- 2009
- Operated by
- Muzeum Ziemi Wiśnickiej w Nowym Wiśniczu (oddział)
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits on Sundays and by arrangement with the Muzeum Ziemi Wiśnickiej in Nowy Wiśnicz (contact details of the managing institution). |
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