Muzeum Ziemi Rawskiej w Rawie Mazowieckiej
Municipal museum in a villa from 1930, with a numismatic cabinet and a Rawa room, and with branches in the old municipal shambles (Jatki miejskie) and in the Tower of the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia.
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About the museum
The first efforts to establish a museum in Rawa were made in the 1960s by the Society of Friends of the Rawa Land Museum. The nucleus of the institution opened on 12 May 1963 in the reconstructed Tower of the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia, but space there was very limited. The Rawa Land Museum was formally established by resolution of 26 November 1965, and the official opening took place in 1966 in rooms of the former Jesuit college next to the late Baroque church.
In 1981 the museum moved to the villa at ul. Łowicka, built in 1930 for the director of the Rawa Agricultural Syndicate (Rawski Syndykat Rolniczy). After adaptation it reopened in December 1984. The permanent exhibitions here are the Numismatic Cabinet, showing the history of money in the Polish lands from antiquity to the 1990s (including local coin hoards), and the Rawa Room (Izba rawska) from the early 20th century, with the furnishings of a peasant cottage.
The museum also includes two other sites. In the municipal shambles at ul. Mickiewicza 11, built in 1827 and renovated in 2018–2020, there is a permanent exhibition on the former butchers' shambles; the building also houses educational workshops and a library. The Tower of the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia, a remnant of the medieval fortress of the Masovian dukes from the 14th century, houses an exhibition on the history of the castle against the background of the history of the town and region.
Highlights
- Numismatic cabinet with coin hoards from the Rawa region
- Rawa Room from the early 20th century
- Exhibition “Municipal Shambles of Old Rawa” in the historic building from 1827
- Tower of the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia with an exhibition on the castle's history
- Educational workshops and sessions with folk artists
Permanent exhibitions
- Gabinet Numizmatyczny – Exhibition on the history of money in the Polish lands from antiquity to the 1990s, based on coin hoards found in the Rawa region; it also shows banknotes and medals.
- Izba rawska z początku XX wieku – Furnishings of the room of a moderately well-off peasant family from the Rawa region, showing its living, farming and ritual functions.
- Jatki miejskie dawnej Rawy – Exhibition in the historic municipal shambles, showing the history of the Rawa butchers' shambles and recreating the interior of a nineteenth-century butcher's shop.
- Founded
- 1966
- Operated by
- Miasto Rawa Mazowiecka
- Director
- dr Marcin Broniarczyk
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 8 zł |
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| Reduced | 4 zł |
Free admission: Monday (free admission to the main seat)
The same prices (PLN 8 and PLN 4) apply at the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia.
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| Good to know | In the municipal shambles the museum runs educational workshops with folk artists, as well as lectures and meetings. |
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