Muzeum Regionalne w Cedyni

About the museum

The Regional Museum in Cedynia opened on 19 June 1966, during the celebrations of the Millennium of the Polish State, which also included the unveiling of a monument at the hillfort. The institution was set up in the building where a first exhibition on the prehistory of Cedynia had been shown in 1959. It had been prepared by archaeologists from the Museum of Western Pomerania in Szczecin after the first excavations at the hillfort. The Szczecin museum, later the National Museum in Szczecin, became the patron of the new institution and helped equip it and provided professional guidance.

The collections come mainly from excavations at the Cedynia hillfort, its extramural settlement and cemetery, and the surrounding area, supplemented by donations from residents. The exhibition shows palaeontological specimens, everyday objects from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, early medieval weapons and grave goods, including the skeleton of a warrior from the cemetery. For years the museum has also presented the history of the Battle of Cedynia and the fighting on the Oder in 1945.

Before the war the town already had a small museum room, set up in the town hall by a municipal official, but its collections were scattered in 1945. The museum is now a municipal institution of the Gmina Cedynia. After renovation it resumed operations on 15 January 2026, and the permanent exhibition has fully returned to the refurbished rooms.

Highlights

• Antlers of the giant deer, and a mammoth shoulder blade and tusk
• Objects from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages
• Early medieval weapons: arrowheads, a sword and axes
• Skeleton of a warrior from the Cedynia cemetery
• The story of the Battle of Cedynia and the fighting on the Oder in 1945

Permanent exhibition

• Z dziejów Cedyni i okolic – Exhibition of finds from the hillfort, the cemetery and the surrounding area of Cedynia: palaeontology, objects from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, and early medieval weapons.

Founded

1966

Operated by

Gmina Cedynia

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Admission to the museum is charged. The museum provides the current ticket prices.

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The museum is in the centre of Cedynia, by the town's main square.

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