Muzeum Ziemi Pałuckiej w Żninie
Regional museum in the Żnin town hall (Magistrat), with exhibitions on the ethnography of the Pałuki region and the history of printing and motorboat sport. The Baszta on the market square is also a branch.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Ziemi Pałuckiej (Pałuki Land Museum) is housed in the building of the Magistrat (town hall) at Plac Wolności (Freedom Square) in Żnin. The red-brick building was erected in 1906 as the seat of the municipal authorities and has remained unfinished to this day. It later served many functions, and since the mid-1990s it has housed the museum’s administration and permanent exhibitions on the history of printing, ethnography and motorboat sports. The collections are also gathered and catalogued here, and temporary exhibitions are shown in the Galeria im. Tadeusza Małachowskiego (Tadeusz Małachowski Gallery).
The ethnographic exhibition presents the culture of the Pałuki region: traditional costumes with embroidery, wooden and clay sculpture, painting and a reconstructed interior of a cottage (chata). A special place is taken by the works of Klara Prill, who devoted her life to documenting Pałuki folklore, and the marquetry of Edmund Kapłoński. The exhibition on printing explains that in Żnin in the 1930s the first Polish colour and women’s press was born, thanks to the publishing house of Anna and Alfred Krzycki. The Muzeum Sportów Motorowodnych (Museum of Motorboat Sports) collects engines, propellers, medals, photographs and posters from competitions held in Żnin and around the world.
Also belonging to the museum are its branches: the Baszta (Tower), a Gothic tower of the former 15th-century town hall in the middle of the market square; the Żnińska Kolej Powiatowa (Żnin County Railway); the Muzeum Kolei Wąskotorowej (Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum) in Wenecja; and the castle in Wenecja.
Highlights
- ethnographic exhibition of the Pałuki region with a reconstructed cottage interior
- clay sculptures by Klara Prill
- marquetry by Edmund Kapłoński
- printing machines and the history of Poland’s first colour press from Żnin
- Museum of Motorboat Sports with engines and memorabilia of competitions
Permanent exhibitions
- Etnografia Pałuk – Exhibition on the folk culture of the Pałuki region, with traditional costumes, wooden and clay sculpture, painting and a reconstructed cottage interior.
- Historia drukarstwa – Exhibition with printing machines, telling the story of the birth of Polish colour and women’s press in Żnin in the 1930s.
- Muzeum Sportów Motorowodnych – Engines, propellers, medals, photographs, posters and programmes of motorboat events held in Żnin and around the world.
- Operated by
- Gmina Żnin (samorządowa instytucja kultury)
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 12 zł |
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| Reduced | 10 zł |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 3 · Children under 4 enter for free. |
| Groups | –Tourist guides and guardians of school groups (1 guardian per 15 participants) enter for free; other guardians pay the reduced ticket. |
| Polish-language guide | 60 zł |
| Visit to a temporary exhibition or to one of the permanent exhibitions | 5 zł |
Visits to temporary exhibitions are included in the price of the ticket for a permanent exhibition. The toilet is free for visitors; for others it costs PLN 5.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
The Magistrat stands on Plac Wolności, that is, on the market square in the centre of Żnin.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | A Polish-language guide costs PLN 60. Telephone contact is possible during the museum’s opening hours. |
