Muzeum Pożarnictwa w Kotuniu

About the museum

The Fire Museum in Kotuń was established as a social institution by resolution of the board of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade (OSP) of 26 August 1982. Provincial institutions and fire brigade associations joined the organisational work. The permanent exhibition was opened to visitors on 25 November 1983, and later that same year the museum was transformed into a branch of the District Museum in Siedlce.

The museum is housed in the fire station (remiza OSP), whose exhibition area was enlarged during extensions in 1984–1985 and 1987–1988. The collections come mainly from donations by firefighters and units from the former Siedlce voivodeship and from across the country. The museum now holds more than one thousand three hundred items, including several hundred technical and several hundred artistic and historical objects.

The exhibition shows the development of firefighting technology from the middle of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. It includes the largest collection of hand-operated portable fire pumps in Poland, motor pumps, firefighting and alarm equipment, historic horse-drawn carts and fire engines, as well as banners, diplomas, decorations and photographs. The museum library holds firefighting books and periodicals, including yearbooks of “Strażak” (The Firefighter).

Highlights

• The largest collection of hand-operated portable fire pumps in Poland
• Motor pumps, Polish and foreign
• Historic horse-drawn fire carts and fire engines from the first half of the 20th century
• Banners, diplomas and firefighting decorations
• Opportunity to operate alarm equipment and put on a fire helmet

Permanent exhibitions

• Rozwój techniki pożarniczej od połowy XIX do końca XX wieku – Hand-operated portable and mobile fire pumps and motor pumps, Polish and foreign, donated by volunteer and professional fire services.
• Zabytkowe pojazdy pożarnicze – Horse-drawn fire carts from the first half of the 20th century, a water barrel cart and fire engines from the 1950s.
• Kultura polskiego pożarnictwa – Banners, pennants, diplomas, decorations, seals, photographs and posters documenting firefighting traditions.

Founded

1982

Operated by

Muzeum Regionalne im. Mieczysława Asłanowicza w Siedlcach

Admission & discounts

Prices as listed on the website of the Siedlce Regional Museum (“Oddziały” tab).

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

For children the attractions include operating alarm equipment, pumping with hand pumps, putting on a fire helmet and climbing into historic vehicles. The museum organises museum lessons.

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