Regional Museum in Sieradz

The Regional Museum in Sieradz is housed in the oldest brick building in the city, at ulica Dominikańska 2. It holds archaeological, ethnographic, historical and artistic collections related to the Sieradz region, and beyond its main headquarters operates two branches outside the city.

How the museum was founded

The museum has its roots in an appeal to Sieradz residents on 1 February 1937, when two commissions jointly announced the need to establish the Museum of the Sieradz Region. The museum's board was elected and its statute approved on 23 November of the same year. The first curator was Rudolf Weinert, an amateur archaeologist who conducted excavations in the county between 1937 and 1944 and compiled the first monograph of its prehistory. Since 1947 the institution has operated in the building at Dominikańska, a townhouse dated to the late 16th or early 17th century, the oldest brick building in the city.

Collections

The collections cover palaeontology, archaeology, history, art history and ethnography of the region. Among the exhibitions is also military communications equipment from 1948-1988, illustrating post-war army equipment.

Branches outside the city

The museum operates two branches. The first is the Sieradz Ethnographic Park, the second is the Walewskis' Museum in Tubądzin, established on 25 October 1984 and housed in an eighteenth-century manor house.

Educational offer

The institution runs museum lessons, workshops and lectures for schools, and in its audiovisual pavilion organises chamber music concerts. In summer children's classes and folk events take place, part of Sieradz's cultural calendar.

Opening hours

The museum is open on Tuesday from 10:00 to 18:00, with free admission on Tuesdays. From Wednesday to Friday it is open from 9:00 to 16:00, and on Sunday from 10:00 to 15:00. On Monday and Saturday the museum is closed, as it is on public and religious holidays. The visiting season runs from 2 January to 20 December.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Dominikańska 2, Sieradz.
• Getting there: the headquarters is located in central Sieradz, near the Market Square in Sieradz.
• Contact: telephone 43 827-16-39, e-mail mos@pro.onet.pl.
• What to expect: archaeological, ethnographic and historical collections in a historic townhouse, free admission on Tuesdays, two branches outside the city.