Muzeum Sakralne Katedry Zamojskiej
Parish museum by the cathedral in Zamość, with works of sacred art, including a relic of a thorn from the Crown of Thorns; run by the parish.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Sakralne Katedry Zamojskiej was set up to protect valuable objects gathered over the centuries at the Zamość collegiate church, later the cathedral. The treasury held relics, chalices, monstrances, embroidered liturgical vestments and books, largely coming from gifts of the Zamoyski family. Some of the objects survived despite the wars and the liquidation of the Zamoyski Entail after the Second World War.
The museum was officially opened in the building known as the Infułatka on 25 October 1987. The arrangement of the treasury was undertaken by Jan Zamoyski, the last ordynat, and the costs were covered by the Zamoyski family. In 2019 the most important exhibits were moved to the restored former vicarage (Wikarówka) by the cathedral in the Old Town.
The permanent exhibition “Skarbiec Historii, Sztuki, Nauki” (Treasury of History, Art and Science) shows the gifts of successive ordynats, members of the Chapter, professors of the Zamość Academy and the nobility and patricians of the town. The museum achieved its greatest fame through the relic of a thorn from the Crown of Thorns, which according to tradition was brought to Zamość around 1605.
Highlights
- Permanent exhibition “Skarbiec Historii, Sztuki, Nauki”
- Relic of a thorn from the Crown of Thorns
- Gifts of the Zamoyski ordynats and professors of the Zamość Academy
- Crypts beneath the cathedral (summer season)
- Historic former vicarage in the Old Town
Permanent exhibition
- Skarbiec Historii, Sztuki, Nauki – Valuable objects gathered since the beginnings of the town and the entail: gifts of the ordynats, members of the Chapter, professors of the Zamość Academy, the nobility and the patriciate.
- Founded
- 1987
- Operated by
- Parafia Katedralna w Zamościu
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 12 zł |
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| Reduced | 9 złchildren, young people, pensioners and people receiving disability pensions |
| Children & teens | 9 złfree up to age 10 · Children up to and including age 10 pay nothing. |
| Seniors | 9 złPensioners and people receiving disability pensions. |
| Groups (4+ people) | 9 zł per personPrice per person for a group of 4 or more people; organised groups of 20 or more also pay PLN 9 per person outside the season. |
The fee takes the form of a donation ticket towards the upkeep of the parish’s tourist sites. Exempt from the fee are group guides, children up to and including age 10, every 21st person in a group, and supervisors of school groups.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Outside the season, group visits require prior booking by telephone. |
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