Muzeum Narodowe Rolnictwa i Przemysłu Rolno-Spożywczego w Szreniawie

About the museum

The museum in Szreniawa was established by an order of the Minister of Agriculture in 1964 and opened to visitors on 29 August 1964. Its seat became a former landed estate with a manor house built in 1852–1853 for the Bierbaum family to a design by the Berlin architect Carl Heinrich Eduard Knoblauch, together with a farmstead and a park. On a nearby hill, around 1880, the Bierbaums erected a neo-Gothic mausoleum combined with a lookout tower. In 1920 the estate was bought by Józef Glabisz, and after the Second World War it was nationalised.

In 1975 the institution received the status of a national museum, and since 1986 it has borne its present name. Since 1999 it has been a self-governing cultural institution, whose founder is the self-government of the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The museum also runs branches: the Museum of Nature and Hunting in Uzarzewo, the Museum of Milling in Jaraczewo, the Museum of Basketry and Hop Growing in Nowy Tomyśl, the Museum of Meat Production in Sielinko and the Museum of Beekeeping in Swarzędz.

In 2008–2011 the manor house and the park were restored, and the buildings of the 19th-century farmstead were adapted to the museum’s needs. Visitors can now see exhibitions on the history of agriculture, village crafts, food processing, plant and animal breeding, and farm technology. The museum relies on “living” presentations: demonstrations, the starting up of historic machines, and the breeding of conservation-breed animals on the farmstead.

Highlights

• Bierbaum manor house with exhibitions on three floors
• Pavilions with exhibitions on the history of agriculture, village crafts and food processing
• Historic farmstead with live farm animals of conservation breeds
• Neo-Gothic Bierbaum mausoleum with a viewing terrace (currently closed for renovation)
• Museum demonstrations, fairs and cooking workshops

Permanent exhibitions

• Historia rolnictwa polskiego do XX wieku – The exhibition presents the history of agriculture in Polish lands from the earliest times, from the appearance of the first farming cultures.
• Rzemiosło wiejskie – The exhibition shows the crafts that made former farms largely self-sufficient.
• Przetwórstwo i przemysł rolno-spożywczy – The exhibition covers successive food-processing branches such as sugar-making, baking, oil-pressing and dairying.

Founded

1964

Operated by

Samorząd Województwa Wielkopolskiego

Director

Paweł Siemiński

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Saturdays, except days on which ticketed events take place

The standard, reduced and family ticket includes admission to the pavilions, the palace and the tower-mausoleum. Payment by card is possible at the museum. The museum is a partner of the Poznań Tourist Card. Opening the museum after hours costs PLN 250 per hour. Free admission applies, among others, to holders of the Poznań Tourist Card, holders of the Karta Polaka (Polish Card), museum staff, members of ICOM, ICOMOS and AIMA, and carers and leaders of groups of children and young people.

Accessibility

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

The entrance has a ramp and automatic doors; the paved path through part of the park and most of the pavilions are accessible to wheelchair users, and the palace has a lift. Pavilions no. 7 and 9 and some of the farm buildings are inaccessible or accessible only with restrictions because of stairs and uneven cobbles. A guide in Easy-to-Read language and an audio guide with audio description can be borrowed free of charge at the ticket office; a mobile induction loop is available, and the pavilions have tactile paths and Braille descriptions. Two disabled parking spaces are 30 m from the entrance. The museum presents detailed information on its “Muzeum dostępne” (Accessible Museum) page.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Baby changing facilities

The museum offers museum lessons, cooking workshops, shows and fairs. Children can see live farm animals on the farmstead. A changing table for babies is in pavilion no. 7.

Getting there & parking

Szreniawa lies on voivodeship road no. 311, next to the Wielkopolska National Park. It can also be reached by bicycle, through the forest or by the cycle path from Komorniki. The road from the railway station to the museum is not paved. The bus stop is 500 m from the museum.

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant
• Museum shop
• Lockers

The tavern in the cellars of the historic steward’s house (rządcówka) serves traditional dishes and is open during the museum’s opening hours. At the entrance there are a museum shop, vending machines with drinks and snacks, and lockers for small luggage.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

The museum makes its grounds available outside opening hours for a fee of PLN 250 per hour.

Plan your visit