Muzeum Skamieniałości i Minerałów w Dubiecku
Private museum with a collection of fossils from the Carpathian flysch, Pleistocene mammal bones and minerals; visits by telephone arrangement.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Skamieniałości i Minerałów (Museum of Fossils and Minerals) grew out of the collection of Robert Szybiak, who had gathered specimens for over forty years. The official opening took place on 29 December 2007. The institution is housed in the owner's private house and occupies three rooms with a total area of more than 80 m², in which several thousand exhibits are shown.
A considerable part of the collection consists of fossils from the Carpathian flysch: fish, crabs and plants from the Oligocene. A separate group consists of bones of Pleistocene mammals found in the valleys of the San and Wisłok rivers, including mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, giant deer, reindeer and bison. A particularly notable specimen is the fossil of one of the oldest passerine birds, described as jamna szybiaki.
The collection also includes petrified wood, bivalves, snails, corals, ammonites, trilobites, sea urchins and belemnites, as well as minerals, among them agates, amethysts, gypsum and rock crystal. According to the museum, a new exhibition of fossils from the Carpathian flysch has been opened, which shows, among other things, the fish Anenchelum, 167 cm long, and shark bones and teeth.
Highlights
- fossil of the bird jamna szybiaki, one of the oldest passerines
- bones of mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses and reindeer from the San and Wisłok valleys
- fossil fish, crabs and plants from the Carpathian flysch
- mineral collection: agates, amethysts, gypsum and rock crystal
- ammonites, trilobites, sea urchins and belemnites
Permanent exhibitions
- Skamieniałości fliszu karpackiego – Fish, crabs and plants from the Oligocene, including the fossil bird jamna szybiaki and the large fish Anenchelum from the new exhibition.
- Kości ssaków plejstoceńskich – Remains of mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, giant deer, reindeer and bison found in the Podkarpacie region.
- Minerały i skamieniałości z różnych regionów – Agates, amethysts, gypsum, rock crystal, and ammonites, trilobites, sea urchins and belemnites.
- Founded
- 2007
- Operated by
- Robert Szybiak (muzeum prywatne)
Admission & discounts
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Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available · 300 m to the entrance
There is space for 1–2 passenger cars at the museum. Larger groups and buses should use the large public car park at ul. Rynek 2, about 300 m from the museum.
Amenities & dining
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits by prior telephone arrangement of the date. The museum is located in the owner's private house. |
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