Muzeum Nożyczek w Tarnogrodzie

About the museum

The Muzeum Nożyczek in Tarnogród was founded in 2012 at the Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna (Municipal Public Library). The idea arose when the library manager Joanna Puchacz was looking for information on the town's coat of arms, on which a griffin holds shears. The first exhibits were donated by Witold Tchórzewski, director of the European Centre of Fairy Tales in Pacanów, and later the collection grew through donations from private individuals.

The collection contains more than 150 items: tailors', technical, surgical, hairdressing and cosmetic scissors, as well as scissors for bonsai, sheep shearing, eggs, cigars and metal, cable-cutters, buttonhole scissors and scissors for trimming cats' claws. Among them is, for example, a gilded pair of scissors for crabs and lobsters, decorated with mother-of-pearl, donated in 2015.

The museum is in the library building at ul. Kościuszki 3, to which the library moved from a former 17th-century synagogue. In the same building is the Regionalna Izba Pamięci (Regional Memorial Room), opened in 2005, with more than three hundred exhibits. The museum's website also offers a virtual tour.

Highlights

• More than 150 scissors and shears of various kinds
• Scissors for bonsai, sheep shearing, eggs and cigars
• Gilded scissors for crabs, decorated with mother-of-pearl
• Regional Memorial Room in the same building
• Virtual tour of the museum

Permanent exhibitions

• Muzeum Nożyczek – More than 150 scissors and shears: tailors', surgical, hairdressing, cosmetic and specialist ones.
• Regionalna Izba Pamięci – More than 300 exhibits, photographs and documents relating to the history of the town and the region.

Founded

2012

Operated by

Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna w Tarnogrodzie

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: not available
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: not available
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

There is one step before the main entrance, and a ramp is not mentioned in the accessibility statement. The building has no lift or induction loop, and there are no parking spaces for people with disabilities in front of the building. Entry with a guide dog or assistance dog is allowed.

Kids & families

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Amenities & dining

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