Muzeum Regionalne w Pułtusku
Museum in the Gothic-Renaissance town hall tower in Pułtusk, with exhibitions on the history of the town, the archaeology of the stronghold and the cellars of the former town hall.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Regionalne w Pułtusku was established in 1964 on the initiative of the Towarzystwo Kulturalne Ziemi Pułtuskiej (Pułtusk Land Cultural Society), with the support of the Voivodeship National Council in Warsaw. Its seat is the historic town hall tower, whose construction began in the first half of the 15th century. Since 2011 the museum has also used the lower floor of the tenement house at ul. Rynek 36.
At first the museum mainly collected works of decorative craft, including pewterware, textiles and furniture. From the 1990s the collection has focused on the history of the town and region. Among the oldest documents is the statute of the shoemakers’ guild from 1540. Valuable items from excavations on the castle hill include a silk scarf woven with gold thread from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries.
The collections also include the iconography of the town, including the oldest known panorama of Pułtusk, from 1657, postcards and old photographs; ethnographic collections from the folk culture of the Puszcza Biała (Biała Forest); cartography of Masovia; Napoleonic memorabilia; and fragments of the Pułtusk meteorite, which fell near the town in 1868.
Highlights
- Seven storeys of the exhibition on the medieval stronghold in the town hall tower
- 18th-century cellars of the former town hall
- The oldest known panorama of Pułtusk, from 1657
- Post-Jesuit storage cellars on Abraham’s Hill (Wzgórze Abrahama)
- Collections related to the Pułtusk meteorite and the Napoleonic era
Permanent exhibitions
- Średniowieczne proto-miasto w Pułtusku – Multimedia exhibition on seven storeys of the town hall tower, on the earliest history of Pułtusk and the results of archaeological research on the castle hill.
- Praetorium Pultoviensis – piwnice dawnego ratusza – Exhibition in the 18th-century cellars of the town hall on the history of the Pułtusk magistrate from 1405 to the reform of 1727–1729, supplemented by archaeological finds.
- Pojezuickie piwnice magazynowe we Wzgórzu Abrahama – Underground corridors built by the Jesuits in the 16th century as storehouses of their college, open seasonally.
- Founded
- 1964
- Director
- Andrzej Popowicz
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 10 zł |
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| Reduced | 6 złpupils, students, pensioners, holders of the Large Family Card, the 3+ Card and the Karta Polaka (Polish Card) |
| Post-Jesuit cellars on Abraham’s Hill – standard ticket | 5 złtickets are sold at the museum at Rynek 43 |
| Post-Jesuit cellars on Abraham’s Hill – reduced ticket | 3 zł |
Free admission: free admission on Thursdays
The standard ticket costs PLN 10 (reduced PLN 6) and covers the town hall tower, the cellars of the former town hall and the tenement house at ul. Rynek 36. A separate ticket applies to the post-Jesuit cellars on Abraham’s Hill.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Organised groups (more than 10 people) may visit outside the designated days and hours by prior arrangement. Bookings must be made by telephone (23 692 05 53) or by e-mail, at least one week in advance. |
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