Muzeum Regionalne w Kluczkowicach

About the museum

The Muzeum Regionalne w Kluczkowicach was established in June 2007 by the District Council of Opole Lubelskie. Its seat is the Kleniewski palace, renovated in 2006 and located in the Wrzelowiec Landscape Park. The museum occupies several rooms on the ground floor: the former library, the dining room, Jan Kleniewski’s study, the drawing room and the świetlica (common room). The rest of the building is used by a horticultural school.

The palace was built in the 19th century in an eclectic form with features of Classicism. Franciszek Kleniewski with his sons acquired Kluczkowice in 1871, and after the division of the estate it passed to Jan Kleniewski, who commissioned the reconstruction from the Warsaw architect Konstanty Wojciechowski. Outstanding artists designed the interiors: Stanisław Witkiewicz designed the library in the Zakopane style, and Wojciech Gerson designed the common room, in which the Kleniewskis set up a painting gallery. The former library is the only room with partly preserved original fittings. After 1944 the estate was parcelled out, and after the war a school has operated in the building.

The museum presents collections relating to the Opole Lubelskie district: archaeological finds (including items from the Roman period and from the early medieval strongholds on the Chodelka river), ethnographic and geological collections, and memorabilia connected with the Kleniewski family and the history of the narrow-gauge railway. The institution also runs educational activities for schools and temporary exhibitions.

Highlights

• Palace library in the Zakopane style designed by Stanisław Witkiewicz
• Archaeological exhibition with finds from the Roman period and from the strongholds on the Chodelka river
• Ethnographic exhibition with furniture and folk art from the Lublin region
• Collection of rocks and fossils from nearby quarries
• Memorabilia of the Kleniewski family and documents from the Second World War

Permanent exhibitions

• Archeologia z terenu powiatu opolskiego – Finds from the Roman period from Nieszawa Kolonia, and pottery and objects from early medieval strongholds on the Chodelka river.
• Etnografia z terenu powiatu opolskiego – Furniture, pottery, household and farm tools, tools for processing flax, and elements of folk costume from the 18th and 19th centuries.
• Biblioteka pałacowa w stylu zakopiańskim – The former Kleniewski library with its preserved Zakopane-style fittings, where books from the 19th and 20th centuries and documents from the Second World War are shown.

Founded

2007

Operated by

Powiat Opolski

Admission & discounts

Guided tours of the museum are free of charge.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: not available
• 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

The main entrance leads up stairs and there is no ramp for wheelchairs. All museum rooms are on one level on the ground floor. The building has no induction loops or Braille markings, and no toilet adapted for people with disabilities. People with assistance dogs may enter the museum if the dog wears a harness and the owner has a certificate and a vaccination record.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The museum runs museum lessons and nature workshops for children, and a family ticket is available.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the palace in the village of Kluczkowice, in the Wrzelowiec Landscape Park, in a building shared with a horticultural technical school. A public car park is located next to the building.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

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