Społeczne Muzeum Ziemi Gąbińskiej im. Sławoja Felicjana Składkowskiego
Social museum in an 1809 townhouse, the birthplace of Prime Minister Składkowski, with the largest collection of memorabilia of the general.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in an 1809 townhouse at Stary Rynek 6 (Old Market Square) in Gąbin, where Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, a doctor, general and the last prime minister of the Second Polish Republic, was born in 1885. In the 1990s the building became the seat of the Society of Friends of the Gąbin Land (Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Gąbińskiej), and in 1999 the Social Museum of the Gąbin Land began operating here. The first exhibitions were organised on the initiative of the Society and the Gąbin branch of the Association of Piłsudski Followers (Związek Piłsudczyków) as early as the early 1990s.
The heart of the museum is a permanent exhibition devoted to Składkowski. In 1995 the prime minister's widow, Jadwiga Składkowska, handed over to her husband's home town documents, photographs and personal memorabilia, and in 2007 the collections were enriched with further archival material. Among the exhibits are official documents, correspondence, albums, books, the manuscript of a diary from 1940–1958 and Jadwiga's diary from 1962–1964.
The collection numbers about a thousand objects, divided into 19 sections. The museum also organises temporary and occasional exhibitions, and the townhouse, renovated in 2017, also serves as a branch of the civil registry office (urząd stanu cywilnego).
Highlights
- The largest collection of memorabilia of Sławoj Składkowski in Poland
- Manuscript of the general's diary from 1940–1958
- Townhouse from 1809, birthplace of the prime minister
- Documents, photographs and correspondence of the Składkowski family
- Temporary exhibitions organised by the Gąbin Land Society
Permanent exhibition
- Wystawa stała o Sławoju Felicjanie Składkowskim – Documents, photographs, correspondence and the diary manuscript of the last prime minister of the Second Polish Republic, donated by his wife Jadwiga.
- Founded
- 1999
- Operated by
- Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Gąbińskiej
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Visitors are guided by members of the Society of Friends of the Gąbin Land; it is worth arranging the date by phone. |
