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MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, EXHIBITION ROOMS

A. Lityński Wigry Museum in Stary Folwark

Contact / Owner Address

Stary Folwark 50
16-402 Suwałki
tel. (87) 563 01 52
kom. 510 992 695 
muzeum.wpn@wigry.org.pl
www.wigry.win.pl

The Museum is part of the Wigry National Park It presents the natural and cultural assets of the Wigry National Park in a modern multimedia way. Museum lessons are offered for children and youth. More: www.wigry.win.pl/mw

Museum of Narrow Gauge Railway in Płociczno

Contact / Owner Address

Stanisław Huryn

Płociczno - Tartak 40

16-402 Suwałki
tel. (87) 563 92 63
kom. 603 165 390
kom. 697 075 906
biuro@augustowska.pl

he Museum is located at the starting station of the historic Wigry Narrow Gauge Railway in Płociczno-Tartak. Exhibits include various types of locomotives and railcars used by narrow gauge railways. You are invited to listen to the museum guide?s tale of the history of the Forest Narrow Gauge Railway operating in 1916-1989, about the decade of its neglect and the foundation of the Wigry Narrow Gauge Railway in 1998 and its development. More: www.augustowska.pl

Pope's Apartments in Wigry Residential Arts Centre in Wigry

Contact / Owner Address

Dom Pracy Twórczej w Wigrach
16-412 Stary Folwark
tel. (87) 563 70 00
(87) 563 70 18
kom. 609 844 686
dom@wigry.org

Pope's Apartments - rooms inhabited by Pope John Paul II during his stay in Wigry 1999 and a library containing books about the Pope and his teachings. The rooms are inside the Chancellor?s House (now referred to as Pope?s House) of the Post-Camaldolese Complex. Admission fee applies. More: www.wigry.org/zwiedzanie.php

Gallery on the Rospuda in Raczki

Contact / Owner Address:

Gminny Ośrodek Kultury

16-420 Raczki

ul. Kościuszki 15
 tel. (87) 568 51 40
gokraczki@op.pl

The Gallery is located in the building of the Commune Culture Centre in Raczki. It is an multidisciplinary art gallery, with works by both professional and amateur photographers, painters and graphic artists.  The gallery features temporary exhibitions. More: www.gok.raczki.pl

The Galleries of the Residential Arts Centre in Wigry

Contact / Owner Address:

Dom Pracy Twórczej w Wigrach
16-412 Stary Folwark
tel. (87) 563 70 00
      (87) 563 70 18
kom. 609 844 686
dom@wigry.org

Na terenie dawnego zespołu pokamedulskiego znajdują się dwie galerie.
W Galerii Fotografii im. Edwarda Hartwiga (mieści się w dawnym Domu Kanclerskim) prezentowane są czasowe wystawy fotografii artystycznej.
W Dużęj Galerii (mieści się w Domu Królewskim) ekspozycje zmienne różnorodnych form i tematyki artystycznej.
Ponadto Dom Pracy Twórczej zaprasza na wiele interesujących projektów z dziedziny sztuk wizualnych.
więcej: www.wigry.org

Village Gallery in Przełomka

Contact / Owner Address:

Przełomka 4
16-427 Przerośl
tel. (87) 569 15 71
kom. 602 808 346
galwiej@poczta.fm

On display old traditional kitchen utensils, photos, Easter decorations and friendship cards drawn by children.   The Gallery owners organize also meetings dedicated to legends and storytelling. They also keep the Golden Guest Book. In the yard stands House of Earth - a manually made straw and clay structure which can be used for an overnight stay. More: www.galeriawiejska.prv.pl lub
www.galwiej.fm

Raczki Regional House  in Raczki

Contact / Owner Address:

Gminny Ośrodek Kultury
ul. Raczkowska

16-420 Raczki

tel. (87) 568 51 40
gokraczki@op.pl www.gok.raczki.pl  

A division of the Commune Culture Centre in Raczki. The collections are available to visitors and for organization of educational events for youth and children. Among old domestic utensils from Raczki and its environs the visitors can find themselves in the distant and strange world of our ancestors. One can listen, watch to and also experience it e.g. by touching an old washboard, clothes wringer or charcoal iron. More: http://raczkowskidomregionalny.prv.pl

Regional Chamber in Przerośl (Local Heritage Centre)

Contact / Owner Address:

ul. Rynek 11
16-427 Przerośl
tel. (87) 569 10 32
kom. 506 820 218
jrynkiewicz@poczta.onet.pl

A branch of the Commune Culture Centre in Przerośl. You can visit the exhibitions of (no charge): 1. The Charm of the Old Bed Chamber, 2. Old Articles of Everyday Use 3. Przerośl in Old Photographs. The Chamber houses also the local Information Centre offering access to the Internet (E-Learning Commune Education Centre) More: www.gokprzerosl.pl

Regional Chamber in Smolniki

Contact / Owner Address:

Tadeusz Łukaszewicz Punkt Widokowy "U Pana Tadeusza"
Smolniki
kom. 501 560 945, 503 011 669 

ul. Olsztyńska 27 16-400 Suwałki 

The Chamber presents old utensils and furniture from the collections of the owner of the wooden house and the residents of Smolniki and local villages. You can purchase here regional souvenirs and tourist brochures and guidebooks. You can also obtain information on local tourist attractions. 

Regional Chamber in Turturl

Contact / Owner Address

Suwalski Park Krajobrazowy
Malesowizna - Turtul
16-404 Jeleniewo
tel. (87) 569 18 01
fax (87) 569 76 36
zarzad@spk.org.pl
www.spk.org.pl

he Chamber is located at the headquarters of the Suwałki Landscape Park. Dedicated to the village of the Suwałki region it offers exhibitions of olds articles of everyday use, and other utensils used formerly in the local villages. Among the most valuable exhibits are: decorated front doors, cradle and a trunk used formerly for storing clothes.

Open-air Museum at "Drumlin" Inn in Udziejek

Contact / Owner Address

Gościniec "Drumlin"

Udziejek 11A
16-404 Jeleniewo
tel. (87) 568 32 86
kom. 796 530 476
poczta@drumlin.pl

The open-air museum includes both the houses, built from characteristic for the region materials (stone, wood, aspen shavings and reed), and stored in them collections of old, formerly German, farm tools and machines. ?Drumlin? Inn is a 19th century settlement composed of a restored manor house built in the Eastern Polish borderland style and other buildings. More: www.drumlin.pl

Open-air Museum of East Prussian Fortifications in Bakałarzewo

Contact / Owner Address

Andrzej Stróżyk

ul. Drozdów 24 42-700 Lubliniec
kom. 693 085 135 tel. (34) 353 12 96

Guided tours of the former German two-storied military bunker from the 2nd World War with an exhibition of militaria inside. Next to the bunker a restored fragment of the old field fortifications. A wonderful viewpoint on the Rospuda Valley. Museum entrance fee applies. More:  www.wolfschanze.republika.pl/

"History and traditions of fishing on Wigry Lake" Exhibition in Stary Folwark

Contact / Owner Address

Czerwony Folwark
16-402 Suwałki
tel. (87) 563 25 62
kom. 510 992 693
kom. 510 992 672
turystyka@wigry.org.pl
www.wigry.win.pl

Museum is part of the Wigry National Park The Exhibition is organized in the Wigry Park fishing base. It presents traditions of fishing on Lake Wigry, including Park?s efforts to restoration of engendered species and active conservation of aquatic eco-systems. Exhibition accessible also to kayaking tourists (at Lake Postaw). Permanent exhibition. At the Exhibition visitors can also obtain entrance tickets to WNP and angling licences. more: www.wigry.win.pl/it/wystawy

"Rescue from Oblivion" Ethnographic Exhibition in Krzywe

Contact / Owner Address

Wigierski Park Narodowy
Krzywe 82
16-402 Suwałki
tel. (87) 563 25 62
      (87) 563 25 77
kom. 510 992 672
turystyka@wigry.org.pl
www.wigry.win.pl

The Exhibition is situated in an old wooden house in Krzywe, about 200m from the Wigry Park headquarters. Its collections present ca. 800 exhibits, donated by the local residents. Each of the 5 rooms of the house presents a different collection: the first shows old village vehicles with accessories (e.g. sledges, cart with iron-rimmed wheels), another two show furnishings of a peasant cottage, the forth one shows equipment for linen production, carpenter?s, leatherworking and bee-keeping workshop, and the last one displays farm machines. Permanent exhibition. Off-season visiting for organized groups is possible on earlier appointment. more: http://www.wigry.win.pl/it/wystawy.htm

Nature Exhibition "On the Wigry Lake" in Krzywe

Contact / Owner Address

Wigierski Park Narodowy
Krzywe 82
16-402 Suwałki
tel. (87) 563 25 62
      (87) 563 25 77
kom. 510 992 672
turystyka@wigry.org.pl
www.wigry.win.pl

The Exhibition is located in the Wigry National Park headquarters.  It presents a variety of natural habitats found in the Park. The collections include prepared samples of fish, birds, mammals, insects and aquariums with indigenous species of fish. Those interested in geomorphology can see a model of a glacier and various forms of the lie of the land, and those interested in history can find here the ?time axis?. There are also installations for active ecological education.  Permanent exhibition. Off-season visiting for organized groups is possible on earlier appointment. More: http://www.wigry.win.pl/it/wystawy.htm

A collection of darning-eggs in Płociczno

Contact / Owner Address

Wigierska Kolejka Wąskotorowa

Płociczno - Tartak 40

16-402 Suwałki
tel. (87) 563 92 63
kom. 603 165 390
biuro@augustowska.pl
www.augustowska.pl

This unique collection can be visited in the building at the starting station of the historic Wigry Narrow Gauge Railway in Płociczno. The largest certified Polish collection of darning-eggs and other darning utensils. The collection includes exhibits from all around the world.

"From Marusarz to Małysz and Kowalczyk" Exhibition in Szelment

Contact / Owner Address

Wojewódzki Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji ?Szelment?
Szelment 2
16-404 Jeleniewo
tel./fax (87) 567 07 08 -sekretariat
tel. (87) 568 30 07 - recepcja
biuro@wosir-szelment.pl
www.wosir-szelment.pl

The Exhibition is located in the building of the lower base of the Centre.  It presents commemorative equipment of eminent Polish sportsmen and sportswomen of various sport disciplines: ski jumping, running, skating, biathlon and downhill skiing. The Exhibition organized under the auspices of Wojciech Fortuna - the first Polish Winter Olympics Gold Medallist in ski jumping.  

Camaldolese crypts in Wigry

Contact / Owner Address

Parafia Rzymskokatolicka pw.  Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Wigrach
16-402 Suwałki
kom. 604 772 468 roginski@diecezja.elk.pl
http://wigry.kuria.elk.pl/

It is possible to visit the catacombs of the Wigry Church containing the Camaldolese crypts. There are niches with the remains of the monks and the tomb of Michał Karpowicz, bishop of Wigry. On one of the crypt walls a decorative 18th mural with a portrayal of the ?Dance of Death?. Entrance fee applies. Inside the Church is you can witness the ceremony of unveiling the painting of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.