Muzeum Regionalne w Pilźnie
Free regional museum in the former organist’s house by the church, with an exhibition on the history of Pilźno and paintings by Stanisław Westwalewicz.
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About the museum
The idea of a regional museum in Pilźno emerged in 2004, and the Town Council decided to create it ten years later. The museum operates as a municipal unit within the structures of the Pilźno Dom Kultury (House of Culture). Its ceremonial inauguration took place on 4 October 2014.
Its seat is the former organist’s house on the north side of the Church of St John the Baptist: a brick, single-storey building from 1908 with a new attic, which the town leased from the parish for 20 years. In 2012–2014 the building was renovated and adapted to the needs of the museum.
The collections number more than fifteen hundred exhibits from the fields of archaeology, ethnography, art, history and numismatics, as well as biographical and literary collections. Visitors will see, among others, archival documents, photographs, objects of material culture and craft, finds from archaeological research on the Market Square in 2014, the interior of a burgher’s parlour and a peasant cottage, a copy of a hussar armour, and works by Stanisław Westwalewicz, a painter associated with Pilźno and Tarnów.
Highlights
- exhibition on the history of Pilźno and the Pilźno Land from the town’s charter to the 20th century
- paintings and watercolours by Stanisław Westwalewicz from 1951–1962
- finds from archaeological research on the Market Square in 2014
- interior of a burgher’s parlour and a peasant cottage
- copy of a hussar armour
Permanent exhibitions
- Pilzno i Ziemia Pilźnieńska na przestrzeni wieków – History and culture of Pilźno and its surroundings from the town’s charter to the 20th century: excavation finds, copies of royal privileges, plans, seals, photographs, coins and guild mementoes.
- Pilzno w obrazach Stanisława Westwalewicza – Oil paintings and watercolours from 1951–1962 on Pilźno themes, and the artist’s designs for church murals (polichromie) in the surrounding churches.
- Founded
- 2014
- Operated by
- Dom Kultury w Pilźnie
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission to the museum is free of charge.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The museum organises educational walks around the town, exploring historic sites and traces of Pilźno’s past. |
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