Regional Museum in Barlinek

The Regional Museum in Barlinek is housed in Gutenberg House, a former printing works building from the mid-19th century. It is a municipal institution operating within the Barlinek Centre of Culture, and its best-known part is the exhibition on Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion.

How the museum came about

The museum was founded on the initiative of Czesław Paśnik, a regionalist and enthusiast of the history of these lands. On the basis of his private collection, a Memorabilia Room was established in 1961, which in time was transformed into the Regional Museum.

Permanent exhibitions

The exhibition consists of four parts:

• biographical - devoted to Emanuel Lasker, world chess champion, and his family,
• archaeological - old tools and vessels from the period from the Neolithic to the Iron Age,
• historical - the history of Barlinek, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries: old maps, postcards and illustrations, a diorama of the Barlinek railway station and mementoes of the “Waldschenke” restaurant,
• ethnographic - the everyday life of the surrounding village at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, with household items, agricultural tools and the equipment of craft workshops.

Part of the collections is held in a branch in Dziedzice, in the Museum of Military History, Education and Rural Life.

Practical information

• Address: Niepodległości 17, Barlinek.
• The museum is open all year round except on Mondays. Check the current hours and rules of entry before a visit with the Barlinek Centre of Culture, which runs the institution.

Nearby:

• Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary - approx. 100 m
• Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary - approx. 200 m

After a visit you can walk to Lake Barlinek, about one and a half kilometres away.