Muzeum Geologiczne w Kielcach
Practical Information
- Detailed InformationZwińRozwiń
- Object type:
- Museums
- County:
- Kielce
- Community:
- Kielce
- Address:
- Kielce
- Latitude:
- 50.8610812
- Longitude:
- 20.6287372
- Tourist region:
- Kielce Region
- Phone:
- +48 41 361 25 37
- Surrounding AccommodationZwińRozwiń
Built on the southern slope of the Castle Hill (18thc.), it"s the only timber (larch wood) manor in Kielce. Covered with shingle roof and entered through a charming portico with columns, the Laszczyk family manor houses the head office of the Open-Air Museum of the Kielce Village and temporary exhibitions.
- Kielce, ul. Jana Pawła II 6
- +48 41 344 92 97
Stefan Żeromski was particularly connected with the Kielce region. He was born in Strawczyn, near Kielce, spent his childhood in Ciekoty, lived in Kielce and studied at the local grammar-school. Today, the building houses the Museum of Stefan Żeromski’s School Years...
- Kielce, ul. Jana Pawła II 5
- +48 41 344 57 92
Kielce is considered as a city of outstanding geological qualities with its four geological reserves located in the city’s area. The most famous of them is Kadzielnia reserve established in lieu of the former quarry.
- Kielce
- +48 41 367 66 54
In 1847, the head of the Kielce county authorities Tomasz Zieliński, a patron of fine arts and lover of antiquities, became a leaseholder of a riding school building and transformed it into a private residence.
- Kielce, ul. Zamkowa 5
- +48 41 368 20 53
In 1171 the Bishop Gedeon founded a collegiate church under the invocation of the Assumption located on Wzgórze Zamkowe. It was a Romanesque-style temple.
- Kielce, pl. Marii Panny 3
- 048 41 344 63 07
The most beautiful and historic sacred-art works from the Diocese of Kielce can be seen in the ex-curia building which now hosts the Diocesan Museum.
- Kielce, ul. Jana Pawła II 3
- +48 41 344 58 20
Description
The museum was founded in 1963 as a fixed part of PIG"s branch in Świętokrzyskie, first as an archive and since 1992 as a museum open for visitors. The regular exhibition covers over 600 million- year long history of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains: rocks and fossils from all geological epochs, starting from the paleogene eras (cambrian epoch) to caneozoic era (pleistocene). Moreover, one can see the collection of devonian corals, striped flints, dinosaurs" tracks, the whale"s (Pinocetus Polonicus) skeleton from Pińczów as well as mineral and building materials: iron, copper and zinc ores, sulphur, as well as decorative stones, such us “marbles” of Kielce.
Practical information:
The Świętokrzyskie Branch of Polish Geological Institute
ul. Zgoda 21
25-953 Kielce
Phone: +48 41 361 25 37
E-mail: pgi.os@pgi.gov.pl
www.pgi.kielce.pl
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday: 8.00 - 16.00
On other days: requested visit
Ticket:
- free entrance