Muzeum Regionalne Samorządowego Centrum Kultury w Mielcu

About the museum

The Regional Museum in Mielec was established on 1 January 1978 as a state institution, and its first director was Henryk Momot. Previously, for ten years, a community museum set up by TMZM had operated in the town, and it handed over a large collection of residents’ donations to the new institution. Since 1 January 1998 the museum has been part of the Local Government Culture Centre in Mielec and consists of two sites: the Museum of Regional History “Pałacyk Oborskich” (Oborski Palace) and the Museum of the History of Photography “Jadernówka”.

The main seat since 2001 has been the Oborski Palace at ul. Legionów 73. The Counts Oborski bought the Mielec estate in 1891, and in 1905, to a design by the Rzeszów architect Kazimierz Hołubowicz, a new storey in the urban “villa in the garden” style was added to an old manor house from the early 19th century. After the war the building was destroyed, and after the museum took it over it was thoroughly restored in 1993–2001.

The branch “Jadernówka” is housed in the house of the Jadern family of Mielec photographers, built in 1904–1906, with its preserved photographic gazebo with a glazed wall and roof. It has served as a museum site since 1987, and after restoration in 2010–2011 it presents the history of photography. The museum organises permanent and temporary exhibitions, museum lessons, workshops, lectures and Museum Night (Noc Muzeów), and publishes, among other things, the “Rocznik Mielecki” (Mielec Yearbook).

Highlights

• Oborski Palace of 1905 – a former manor house with a storey in the “villa in the garden” style
• Permanent exhibition on the history of Mielec and the region in the rooms of the former Oborski manor
• “Jadernówka” branch of the Museum of the History of Photography, with its preserved photographic gazebo
• Free admission on Saturdays
• Museum lessons and optical illusion workshops for children
• Temporary and open-air exhibitions “Galeria na płocie” (Gallery on the Fence)

Permanent exhibitions

• Muzeum Historii Regionalnej – wystawa stała w Pałacyku Oborskich – Exhibition on the history of Mielec and the region in the rooms of the former manor of the Counts Oborski family.
• Muzeum Historii Fotografii „Jadernówka” – Exhibition on the history of photography in the house of the Jadern family of Mielec photographers, with its preserved photographic gazebo.

Founded

1978

Operated by

Samorządowe Centrum Kultury w Mielcu

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Admission is free on Saturdays.

Free admission is also granted to holders of the Mielec Family Card 3+, the Mielec Senior Card 60+ and to museum staff.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Museum lessons and optical illusion workshops for pre-school children and grades I–III; children under 6 enter free of charge.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

The museum runs a small shop selling publications.

Events & venue rental

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