Muzeum Toruńskiego Piernika
Interactive museum in the former Weese factory, with the history of Toruń gingerbread-making and gingerbread baking workshops.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Toruńskiego Piernika (Toruń Gingerbread Museum) has operated since 2015 as a branch of the Muzeum Okręgowe w Toruniu. It was created in cooperation with the Toruń gingerbread company Kopernik.
The seat is the building of the former gingerbread factory of Gustaw Weese at ul. Strumykowa, regarded as the oldest factory of its kind in Europe. The rooms present the history of gingerbread-making from the Middle Ages to the present: reconstructed ovens, raw materials and spices, a 19th-century shop and parlour, and the largest collection of wooden gingerbread moulds in Europe, dating from the 17th to the 20th century.
The exhibition is interactive and includes, among others, multimedia stations, a virtual dressing room in historic costumes, a gingerbread playground and a room of fairy tales and legends. Since 2018 the museum has had the Piernikowe laboratorium (Gingerbread Laboratory), where visitors can bake gingerbread themselves. The museum has received awards in museum competitions, including the Sybilla in 2016, and in 2017 it was among the honourees of the European Museum of the Year Award.
Highlights
- Largest collection of wooden gingerbread moulds in Europe
- Former gingerbread factory of Gustaw Weese
- Workshops for baking your own gingerbread
- Reconstructed ovens from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
- Gingerbread playground and a room of fairy tales
Permanent exhibition
- Wystawa stała o historii toruńskiego piernikarstwa – Interactive exhibition on gingerbread-making: a collection of wooden moulds, ovens, a raw materials room, former shops and a virtual dressing room in historic costumes.
- Founded
- 2015
- Operated by
- Muzeum Okręgowe w Toruniu
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 33 zł |
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| Reduced | 28 zł |
| Exhibition rooms and baking workshops (Wednesday–Sunday) | 52 złReduced ticket PLN 46. |
| Baking workshops (Tuesday) | 33 złReduced ticket PLN 28. |
| Workshop for a child aged 4–7 | 21 złViewing the exhibition for the child is free of charge. |
Free admission: Tuesday – free admission to the permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Tickets can be bought at the ticket office or online; for family and group tickets, ask at the museum.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description
The entrance from the courtyard has no thresholds, and the lift has voice announcements. An accessible toilet is on the ground floor. Tactile boards and audio descriptions of the exhibitions and selected exhibits are available, and people with disabilities may also take part in the gingerbread workshops.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Time needed | approx. 60 min |
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- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
- Playground / play area
The museum has a gingerbread playground, a room of fairy tales and legends, a children’s corner and gingerbread baking workshops; separate sessions are provided for children aged 4–7.
Getting there & parking
The museum is at ul. Strumykowa 4 in the Old Town of Toruń, near the New Town Market Square (Rynek Nowomiejski).
Get directionsAmenities & dining
The exhibition has a club café with the story “Wędrówki Pyzy” (The Travels of Pyza); the museum runs a shop (bilety.muzeum.torun.pl).
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The visit usually lasts about an hour. Baking workshops take place every hour: from October to April 10:00–15:00, and from May to September 10:00–17:00; arrive 10 minutes early. Group bookings: rezerwacje@muzeum.torun.pl. |
