The Museum of Medallic Art is the only place in Poland specializing in gathering medallic and phaleristic exhibits. Currently, its vast collection includes around 50 thousand medals, medallions, and plaques, as well as orders, distinctions, Polish and foreign (mainly European) military decorations. The Museum also owns rich documentation of the artistic output of Polish and foreign sculptors...

For the first time ever, the gardens of Książ Castle will come alive with a thousand lights! For five months (November 8, 2019 – March 31, 2020), the Castle terraces will turn into a spectacular light show, bringing a shimmering vitality to the Castle walls. Streams of light will flow from the fountains; flowers will bloom on the Rose Terrace; and on the West Terrace, transformed into a...

The Star House is a unique historic building located in the heart of Toruń, in the Old Town Square. It is a tenement house which was first erected in the Middle Ages and rebuilt several times since its original creation. It contains elements of different eras – from the Gothic walls to a richly decorated Baroque façade – and contain a magnificent spiral wooden stairs decorated with figures of...

These unspoilt areas do look quite „humpbacked” due to the glaciations, but in combination with the lakes, they have become one of the last areas where nature still rules with its wisdom and reveals its unique beauty. In the charmingly situated historical settlement of Biała Olecka , manor farm buildings were put up in the mid-19th century. Its landmark soon became a neo-Baroque palace with...

The Research Library collects national and foreign publications in the field of history of art and culture (including materials related to non-European cultures – from the Far East, South America), archaeology, numismatics, museology, conservation, as well as all publications concerning Nicolaus Copernicus and Toruń. All books are obtained through donations, purchases and exchanges with...

It was built at the end of the 19th century for Maria and Zygmunt Wielopolski, the then owners of the Ostrowiec estate. Today it is the seat of one of the two branches of the Historical and Archaeological Museum. The two-storey building with a magnificent colonnaded portico was designed by the architect Leandro Marconi in an eclectic style. Its front is decorated with the coats of arms of...

Located in the heart of the historic Old Town of Toruń, the Old Town Hall is not only one of the most important historic buildings in the city, but also one of the largest and most beautiful constructions of this type in Europe. Built on a square plan with an inner courtyard, it is a symbol of the Gothic Old Town Complex which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. For centuries, the...

Apart from its permanent exhibition, the Museum of Crafts in Krosno also has display and concert hall, the Piwnica PodCieniami. Exhibitions, chamber concerts, conferences, read-outs, lectures and official meetings are organised there.

Next to the parish church stands a 38-metre high tower, whose tented roof towers over the Krosno Old Town. Both the tower and its bells were founded in the 17th century by Robert Portius, a Scotsman who made his fortune by trading in Hungarian wine. The largest of the bells – known as Urban – is 490 cm wide in its lower perimeter and is one of the largest historic bells in Poland. Inside there...

ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań is one of the largest cultural institutions in the country. Each year, the institution hosts 2,500 events which both showcase and stimulate the development of the most interesting phenomena in culture. Over the year, our institution is visited by almost half a million people. The spaces and interiors of ZAMEK are a venues where one sees the interfacing and...