Muzeum Regionalne Ziemi Pyzdrskiej
Museum in a former Franciscan monastery on the Warta, with an exhibition on the history of Pyzdry, ethnographic collections and Late Medieval frescoes.
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About the museum
The museum in Pyzdry was established in 1957 and was initially housed in a rented historic arcaded house from the 18th century. In 1985 it was moved to the buildings of the former Franciscan monastery, one of the three surviving examples of early medieval Franciscan architecture in Greater Poland. In 1989 the town self-government took over supervision of the museum, and in 1997 an exhibition of late medieval and Baroque frescoes was opened in the monastery’s cloisters.
The collections number more than 4,000 exhibits. The exhibition is preceded by a display on prehistoric animals, with mammoth bones, a woolly rhinoceros and the skull of a musk ox from about 35,000 years ago. The part devoted to the history of the town shows, among other things, parchment guild charters, the oldest of which dates from 1531, a model of the royal castle, cannonballs, a replica of a 14th-century bombard, and memorabilia of the Battle of Pyzdry of 1863. Separate collections cover ethnography and the history of the Pyzdry convent.
Since 2018 the museum has also run an exhibition in the arcaded house on the market square, which houses an information point and an exhibition on the Szlak Piastowski (Piast Trail). The institution organises pottery workshops and outdoor events.
Highlights
- Former Franciscan monastery with late medieval and Baroque frescoes
- Remains of Ice Age animals, including a musk ox skull 35,000 years old
- Parchment guild charters from the 16th century
- Replica of a 14th-century bombard
- Memorabilia of the Battle of Pyzdry in 1863
Permanent exhibitions
- Dzieje miasta Pyzdry – Guild charters, a model of the royal castle, cannonballs, a replica of a bombard and memorabilia of the 1863 battle; preceded by an exhibition on prehistoric animals.
- Zbiory etnograficzne – Exhibition of the folk culture of the region.
- Freski w krużgankach klasztoru – Late medieval and Baroque frescoes discovered in the cloisters of the former Franciscan monastery.
- Operated by
- Miasto i Gmina Pyzdry
- Director
- Robert Michał Czerniak
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum runs a pottery workshop and organises cultural events and historical festivals in the town. |
