Muzeum Regionalne im. dr. Henryka Florkowskiego w Kościanie
Free museum in the Kościan town hall, with seven permanent exhibitions on the history of the town, archaeology and the wars of the 20th century.
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About the museum
The origins of the museum go back to the 1960s, when members of the Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Kościańskiej (Society of Friends of the Kościan Land) began to plan an institution to collect memorabilia of the region. In 1976 a museum room was opened in a tenement house on the Market Square, and in 1981 the town authorities decided to establish a museum, which began operating in April 1982. In 2005 it was named after the regional historian Dr Henryk Florkowski.
Today the museum occupies most of the rooms in the town hall, which dates from the late 18th century, and its exhibitions are on the first, second and third floors. Over its forty years of activity it has organised more than 260 temporary exhibitions and numerous cultural events.
The permanent exhibitions, which use multimedia, tell of the prehistory and archaeology of the town; of the “royal town of Kościan”, with a multimedia model from the early 17th century; of the 19th century; of the heroes of 1918–1919; of the Second World War; and of the interwar period. The museum is gradually adapting its exhibitions to the needs of people with special requirements.
Highlights
- Multimedia model of Kościan from the early 17th century
- Exhibition “Królewskie miasto Kościan” (The Royal Town of Kościan)
- Prehistory and archaeology of the Kościan Land
- Exhibitions on the Greater Poland Uprising and the Second World War
- Numismatic room with coins, banknotes and substitute money
- Free admission
Permanent exhibitions
- Królewskie miasto Kościan – The history of the town, craftspeople, religious life and the starost’s castle; the central element is a multimedia model of Kościan from the early 17th century.
- Prahistoria w dziejach ziemi kościańskiej – Finds from archaeological research in the area around Kościan, displayed in a stylised former cottage.
- Kościan w XIX wieku – czas przemian – Exhibition on the transformation of the town in the 19th century.
- Founded
- 1982
- Director
- Dariusz Kram
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission to the museum is free of charge.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The exhibitions are on the first to third floors of the town hall; a lift on the ground floor connects the ground floor with the third floor. The toilet for people with reduced mobility is on the second floor. The museum has FM systems with induction loops for hard-of-hearing visitors, tactile graphics with Braille descriptions, multimedia with sign language translation in the permanent exhibitions, and QR codes on the second floor.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Group registration by telephone at +48 608 147 409. The museum also has an escape room. |
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