Since 1909, it was owned by Józef Pankiewicz, succeeded by his son Tadeusz (21/11/1908-5/11/1993), who ran it from 1933. Before the war, the customers of the pharmacy, one of four in Podgórze, included both Jewish and Polish residents of the district. It supplied medicines to, among others, the charitable society taking care of the sick, Bikkur Cholim. When in March 1941 the Germans...

The Naval Museum has already become a part of Gdynia’s landscape. It is hard to imagine Kościuszko Square without ORP BŁYSKAWICA‘s beautiful silhouette or the Seaside Boulevard (Bulwar Nadmorski) without the Museum’s naval weaponry outdoor exhibition. The Naval Museum is a permanent institution in the service of the community and of its development. It is open to the public. The Museum...

The Herbst Palace is a place inextricably connected with the histories of the Herbst and Scheibler families counted among the richest and most influential Polish families of the industrial era of the second half of the 19 th century. After two years of modernization works the palace will be reopened for public. The interior design and the new arrangement was created based on conservation...

The Museum is located in Żywieckie Przedmieście district, in the buildings of a former manufactory and, after 1887, a broadcloth and woollen mill, established by Bielsko clothier Karl Büttner (1833-1884), and later run by his sons, Karl Theodor (1863-1932) and Gustav Adolf (1865-1933). The complex of buildings was gradually expanded. On the plot purchased in 1868, they first erected a...

In Sudol near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski there is an unusual place – the Archaeological Museum and Krzemionki Reserve. Striped flint mines operated here during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The architecture of the prehistoric excavations and the landscape on the surface are an invaluable testimony to the knowledge and technical capabilities of the people of the Stone Age. This unique...

The Museum operates in six historic buildings within a preserved section of the medieval defensive walls in the centre of Chojnice, listed in the Register of Immovable Monuments of Pomorskie Voivodeship: Brama Człuchowska, Baszta Wronia, Baszta Szewska, Dom Szewski, Dom na Murach, Baszta Kurza Stopa and in two additional buildings in Chojnice at 5 Drzymały Street and in Odry. Baszta Wronia...

In 1863, the great fire of the city of Oświęcim ravaged the old city hall, probably dating back to the 16th century, which was located in the central part of the market square. In 1873, the land for the construction of a new magistrate was purchased from Anna Kowalska. The works carried out between 1874-75 were initially supervised by the Oświęcim builder Leopold Michl, and then they were...

On the first and second floor, there are permanent and temporary exhibitions which present world’s biggest collection of works by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz . They are entitled Witkacy. Paintings – Drawings – Prints + Archival Material and Witkacy otherwise… On the third and fourth floor – In relation to Witkacy , collections of contemporary art, including about 200 of other Polish...

The museum consists of six rooms which present the events of WWII in Kędzierzyn-Koźle and the surrounding area. The main theme is the 15th USAAF’s air campaign against three targets located around Kędzierzyn-Koźle. AG Blechhammer, IG Farben Heydebreck and Schaffgotsch Odertal were chamical plants producing synthetic oil for the Nazi German army; they became American aerial bombing targets....

The Main Building of the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum is located in the Former Bishop's Palace on the Cathedral Hill. There was once a residence of the Warmian bishops here. The building was built before 1523, combining a thirteenth-century corner tower (previously housing a cathedral school) and a bishop's house (built in 1480). The palace was rebuilt many times. Currently, it houses the main...