The Museum of Masuria in Szczytno was founded in 1945 based on surviving collections of the Kreisheimatmuseum Ortelsburg opened in 1925. Originally located in the fourteenth-century Teutonic castle, in 1948 it was transferred to the south and east wing of the Town Hall neighbouring the castle ruins.
The Szczytno Division of the Museum of Warmia and Masuria holds collections currently amounting to thousands of items from the fields of archaeology, history, art, ethnography including folk art, cartography, numismatics and wildlife, as well as a scientific library with antique books documenting the history, cultural heritage and environmental values of the Masuria region.
Among the gathered collections there are artefacts of regional sacred art (18th–19th C.), handicraft, artistic handicraft (15th–19th C.). Of special significance are historical documents and publications associated with the Polish press and the Polish movement in Masuria (19th–20th C.), of which Szczytno was an important centre. Ethnographic collections, the oldest of which come from the late 18th century, include painted Masurian furniture, wardrobes with the owners' notes on the inner side of the door, decorative and utilitarian fabrics, as well as traditional household and farming equipment. These objects constitute priceless traces of Masurian folk culture which, with the beginning of the 20th century, became marginalized.
szczytno.muzeum.olsztyn.pl| Day of the week | Opening hours | |
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| Tuesday | 10:00 - 16:00 | |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 16:00 | |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 16:00 | |
| Friday | 10:00 - 16:00 | |
| Saturday | 10:00 - 16:00 | |
| Sunday | 10:00 - 16:00 |
| Holidays | Opening hours |
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| 2024.12.25 (Wednesday) | x |
| 2024.12.26 (Thursday) | x |
| Day of the week | Opening hours | |
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| Tuesday | 10:00 - 17:00 | |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 17:00 | |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 17:00 | |
| Friday | 10:00 - 17:00 | |
| Saturday | 10:00 - 17:00 | |
| Sunday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Holidays | Opening hours |
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| 2023.08.15 (Tuesday) | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Tickets | ||
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| normal | 14.00 PLN | |
| reduced | 9.00 PLN | |
| when? | name | where? | about what? | for free | for children | |
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Permanent exhibition Permanent exhibition
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Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej na Zamku w Reszlu ul. Podzamcze 3 11-400 Reszel Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
malarstwo | |||
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Olsztyn. Szkice do dziejów miasta Permanent exhibition
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House of the ul. Targ Rybny 1 10-019 Olsztyn Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
city | yes | ||
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Kultura ludowa Mazurów Permanent exhibition
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Museum of Masuria in Szczytno ul. Sienkiewicza 1 12-100 Szczytno Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
architecture, crafts, folk art, region, utility items, village | yes | ||
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Historia Szczytna i okolic. Od pradziejów do współczesności Permanent exhibition
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Museum of Masuria in Szczytno ul. Sienkiewicza 1 12-100 Szczytno Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
city, documents, painting, region, weapons and militaria | yes | ||
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„Gazeta Olsztyńska” (1886-1939) Permanent exhibition
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House of the ul. Targ Rybny 1 10-019 Olsztyn Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
documents, interiors and everyday life, printmaking, region | yes | yes | |
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Meble i tkaniny mazurskie Permanent exhibition
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Museum of Masuria in Szczytno ul. Sienkiewicza 1 12-100 Szczytno Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
art crafts, fabrics, village | yes | ||
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Sztuka gotycka w zbiorach Muzeum Warmii i Mazur Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
painting, sculpture | yes | ||
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Malarstwo religijne ze zbiorów Muzeum Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
painting | yes | ||
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Wielcy mieszkańcy zamku lidzbarskiego Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
interiors and everyday life | yes | ||
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Mrągowo i ziemia mrągowska od zarania dziejów po czasy współczesne Permanent exhibition
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Museum in Mrągowo ul. Ratuszowa 5 11-700 Mrągowo Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
archeology, art crafts, region | yes | ||
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Zwierzęta Warmii i Mazur Permanent exhibition
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Museum of Nature in Olsztyn ul. Metalowa 8 10-603 Olsztyn Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
environment, region | yes | ||
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W mazurskiej kniei Permanent exhibition
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Museum of Masuria in Szczytno ul. Sienkiewicza 1 12-100 Szczytno Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
environment, region | yes | ||
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Dzieje budowlane zamku biskupów w Lidzbarku Warmińskim Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
architecture, art crafts | yes | ||
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Ludowe kafle mazurskie Permanent exhibition
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Museum of Masuria in Szczytno ul. Sienkiewicza 1 12-100 Szczytno Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
art crafts, folk art | yes | ||
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Józef Balicki, Łowiectwo pasją życia Permanent exhibition
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Museum of Masuria in Szczytno ul. Sienkiewicza 1 12-100 Szczytno Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
characters | yes | ||
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Portrety rodziny hrabiów z Siecina Krasickich Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
painting | yes | ||
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Gabinet Ignacego Krasickiego Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
characters, interiors and everyday life, painting | yes | ||
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Anton Hoffman Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
painting | yes | ||
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Galeria Malarstwa Polskiego 1. połowy XX wieku Permanent exhibition
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The Museum of Warmia in Lidzbark Warmiński pl. Zamkowy 1 11-100 Lidzbark Warmiński Warmińsko-Mazurskie |
modern art, painting | yes |
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