Muzea: Kamień Pomorski

Museums in Kamień Pomorski: the Museum of the History of the Kamień Land, the Museum of Stones with dinosaurs and Kleist House.

Three places in Kamień Pomorski for a rainy day: a town museum with archaeology, a private fossil collection in a medieval tower and a Baroque manor linked to Kleist's experiment.

Which museums in Kamień Pomorski should you see first?

Muzeum Historii Ziemi Kamieńskiej w Kamieniu Pomorskim (Museum of the History of the Kamień Land) is a town museum at Mickiewicza 34, in a building opened in 2015 in the Dominican Quarter. Collections cover archaeology, early town history, cathedral treasures and a display on Ewald von Kleist's capacitor.

Muzeum Kamieni w Kamieniu Pomorskim (Museum of Stones) is a private institution of the Sokołowski family, opened in 2001 in the medieval Wolin Tower and Gate. The exhibition includes dinosaur fossils, minerals and a fossilised nest.

Dom Kleista w Kamieniu Pomorskim (Kleist House) at Plac Katedralny 4 is an 18th-century manor, once the home of the chapter dean. Ewald Jürgen von Kleist lived here, credited with the first experiment with an electrical capacitor, the Kleist jar.

What else is there to see in Kamień Pomorski?

The town, its walls and the former episcopal seat are the subject of the article Kamień Pomorski: ratusz, baszta, pałac biskupi i muzea. Churches have their own list, Kościoły i klasztory: Kamień Pomorski, and the full set of addresses is on Kamień Pomorski.

Frequently asked questions

Where in Kamień Pomorski can you see dinosaur skeletons?

In the Museum of Stones, in the Wolin Tower and Gate.

What is the Kleist jar?

It is the first experiment with an electrical capacitor, credited to Ewald Jürgen von Kleist, who lived in Kleist House.

Does the Museum of the History of the Kamień Land have its own building?

Yes, since 2015 in the Dominican Quarter at Mickiewicza 34.