Muzeum Regionalne w Bobolicach

About the museum

The idea of reviving a museum in Bobolice arose in spring 1990, on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the town receiving Lübeck town rights. Work on it began in 1999 on the initiative of a local ecological and cultural society. The premises chosen were the basement rooms beneath the Municipal and Communal Cultural Centre (MGOK) on Plac Zwycięstwa. For cost reasons the institution first operated as a museum room within the cultural centre, opening on 23 June 2002.

The room drew on the tradition of the pre-war Heimatmuseum and collected memorabilia of the town and the Bobolice area, both from the German period and items brought by Polish settlers after the Second World War. The collections were divided into sections: archaeology, ethnography, a gallery of contemporary painting and graphic art, town history and militaria. The museum also ran lessons for young people and lectures for adults and over time organised regular exhibitions of prison art (twórczość więzienna).

The town council transformed the room into a Regional Museum by resolution of 15 March 2013, and the institution continues to operate within the cultural centre. It then gained additional rooms on the first floor, where a gallery and the section “Prison Art” were set up, while the other sections remained in the basement. The museum was officially inaugurated in its new form on 29 June 2013.

Highlights

• Ethnographic section with craft tools and household equipment
• Church bell from 1581 from the church in Poroście
• Clock mechanism from the tower clock of the church in Bobolice, dating from 1885
• Cannonball from the 16th–17th century and weapons from both world wars
• Exhibition “Prison Art”
• Collection of carved wooden birds and deer-antler wreaths

Permanent exhibitions

• Dział Etnograficzny – The museum's most extensive section: craft tools, old household equipment and vessels, office, radio and photographic devices.
• Dział Historii Miasta – In the basement are shown, among other things, a model of the hillfort, a 17th-century panorama of Bobolice, the town's location charter, the 1581 bell and photographs of the town's former buildings.
• Dział Militariów – Weapons and soldiers' equipment from both world wars, cannonballs from the 16th–17th centuries, and badges, uniforms and banners of veterans' associations.

Founded

2002

Operated by

Miejsko-Gminny Ośrodek Kultury w Bobolicach

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free admission on Thursdays.

Accessibility

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

The museum is housed in the building of the cultural centre, on the first floor and in the basement. A wheelchair can reach the building from the side of the main entrance, but there is no lift. Visitor toilets are on the second floor. There are no devices for hard-of-hearing visitors and no sign language interpreter. Assistance dogs and guides may enter all rooms.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

During the holidays the museum organises meetings in the series “Wakacje z Muzeum”. For school pupils it runs museum lessons.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the building of the Municipal and Communal Cultural Centre at Plac Zwycięstwa 5 in Bobolice.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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