Muzeum Okręgowe w Koninie

About the museum

The Muzeum Okręgowe w Koninie (Konin District Museum) grew out of a regional collection of mementos, opened in 1953 by a branch of PTTK (Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society), which in 1956 expanded into a Regional Museum. In 1966 the state Muzeum Zagłębia Konińskiego (Konin Coal Basin Museum) was established, and in 1975 the institution received the status of a district museum.

In 1982 the museum moved its seat to Gosławice and took over two outbuildings of the manor complex. Exhibitions in the castle opened to visitors on 30 November 1986, and in January 1990 the exhibition “Dwór Polski” (The Polish Manor) opened in the reconstructed manor house. In 2010 new exhibitions were opened in the renovated granary.

Today the museum runs permanent exhibitions in the castle, the granary and the manor house, and two open-air museums: a mining one and an ethnographic one. The museum’s departments deal with archaeology, ethnography, history, geology and nature, artistic crafts, art and technology. The museum also offers audio guides with audio description and in Polish Sign Language.

Highlights

• Exhibition “Konin poprzez wieki” (Konin Through the Ages) with a model of the old town
• Prehistory of the Konin Land in the castle at Gosławice
• Exhibition on Greater Poland’s mining and remains of a forest elephant in the granary
• Renaissance panels from the Church of St James in Rzgów
• Mining open-air museum and ethnographic open-air museum
• Audio guides in Polish, English and Polish Sign Language

Permanent exhibitions

• Konin poprzez wieki – Exhibition opened in 2008, presenting the history of Konin with a model of the old town.
• Pradzieje Ziemi Konińskiej – A short overview of the key stages of the region’s prehistory, based on finds from the museum’s research.
• By czas nie zaćmił i niepamięć… Wielkopolskie górnictwo – Exhibition in the granary on the formation of coal and the mining heritage of Greater Poland.

Founded

1956

Operated by

Samorząd Województwa Wielkopolskiego

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Tuesdays (permanent exhibitions)

Standard ticket PLN 30, reduced ticket PLN 20. Admission to the exhibitions is free on Tuesdays and for holders of the Karta Polaka (Polish Card) and other entitled persons. Museum lessons cost PLN 20–30, workshops PLN 23–42.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours
• Easy-to-read materials: not available
• Audio description

Two parking spaces for people with disabilities at the main entrance from ul. Gotycka. Six steps lead to the granary, but an outdoor platform lift for wheelchairs is available; there is a lift to the upper floors in the hall. The castle has no lift; the toilets on the ground floor are adapted and there is a tactile plan, but the upper floors can only be reached by stairs. The manor house is partly accessible (a portable ramp on request; the upper floor is not accessible). Garden paths are sometimes gravel or grass. Assistance dogs may enter the buildings. The permanent exhibitions have audio description and a Polish Sign Language guide.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Baby changing facilities

The museum organises museum lessons, workshops and treasure-hunt games for children. In the granary on the ground floor there is a quiet room with a changing table.

Getting there & parking

Main entrance from ul. Gotycka, next to the church. Two spaces for people with disabilities at the entrance.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Information point and shop in the granary; eating and drinking only in the designated area by the reception.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Commercial offer of the museum: photo sessions, e.g. outdoor wedding photos for PLN 150, indoor ones for PLN 200.

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