Museums
salons from Baroque to Art Nouveau, works from the Osieki open-air workshops and the prehistory of Pomerania
Museums
Fachwerk cottages with reed roofs and an exhibition on the distinct culture of the village of Jamno near Koszalin
museum in a former filter station with maps of the water supply network and a pipe from 1726
anti-aircraft weapons, military equipment in the open air and aircraft in Koszalin
Museums
a book museum in a publisher's premises, entry by arranging a date
an ethnographic branch of the Museum in Koszalin with a reconstruction of a 19th-century farmstead
Museums in Koszalin are six places: the city museum, an open-air museum of Jamno culture, the Water Museum, the Book Art Museum and an air defence museum.
A list for any weather, because every address carries the tag "rainy day". Most exhibitions are run by the Museum in Koszalin, but the smaller, themed institutions are worth a visit as well.
The best beginning is Muzeum w Koszalinie (Museum in Koszalin), seated at Młyńska 37/39. It collects archaeological and historical objects, coins and art, mostly from Pomerania, and its exhibitions are spread over several places in the city.
The institution was founded in 1947 and has been listed in the State Register of Museums since 2009 under number 100. It is the best starting point because it also runs two ethnographic branches, described below. The city in a wider setting, from its founding charter in 1266 to the town hall, is covered by the article Koszalin: cathedral, town hall, Old Town Market Square and museums.
Skansen Kultury Jamneńskiej (Jamno Culture Open-Air Museum) is a branch of the Koszalin museum devoted to the inhabitants of the villages of Jamno and Łabusz near Koszalin, today districts of the city. The area had its own island-like culture, and the open-air museum shows it in a farmstead with reed roofs. A fisherman's cottage stands on Młyńska Street.
In the northern part of the city, in Jamno, lies Zagroda Jamneńska (Jamno Farmstead), part of the Ethnography Department. The permanent exhibition shows a reconstruction of part of a 19th-century farmstead: a cottage and a barn. Workshops are also held here. Both places share a theme, but they lie in different parts of Koszalin.
Muzeum Wody w Koszalinie (Water Museum) is housed in an old filtration plant, over a century old, on Żwirowa Street. The exhibition tells the story of nearly three hundred years of the city's waterworks: there are plans of the network, a piece of pipe from 1726 and hydrants. Until 1996 pressure filters stood here, removed once a new, modernised station was put into service.
Muzeum Obrony Przeciwlotniczej w Koszalinie (Air Defence Museum) at Wojska Polskiego 70 belongs to the Air Force Museum based in Dęblin. It shows the weapons and equipment of the former air defence troops, and part of the equipment stands in the open air. The institution continues the tradition of a museum created in 1976 at the officers' school of those troops. More about such places is in the text on museums of militaria and military technology in the region.
Muzeum Sztuki Książki (Book Art Museum) is at Szczecińska 1, in the historic seat of the Kurtiak and Ley Art Publishing House. It is a small institution linked to a workshop that publishes artists' books and does bookbinding.
The museum can be visited only by prior arrangement, so do not plan it as a spontaneous stop. It carries the tags "painting" and "rainy day".
The museums are scattered around the city, so check the addresses when planning a route: Młyńska, Żwirowa, Wojska Polskiego, Szczecińska and Jamno. When the weather improves, head for Chełmska Hill with its tower from 1888, and for water under a roof see aquaparks and pools of the region.
The other categories in Koszalin are churches and monasteries, parks and nature and theatres and opera. The whole city is gathered on the Koszalin page, and museums from across the region are in the category Museums.
Six, including two ethnographic sites run by the Museum in Koszalin: the open-air museum and the Jamno Farmstead.
According to the description the museum can be visited only by prior arrangement.
Plans of the water network, a piece of pipe from 1726 and hydrants, in an old filtration plant on Żwirowa Street.
The air defence museum on Wojska Polskiego Street shows part of its equipment outside.
