The Museum of the Biecz Land

 

The Museum “of all old things” – relics of the prosperous old Polish town – is housed in five historic buildings, located within Biecz Old Town. Inside the original Renaissance rooms, one can become acquainted not only with the life and work of craftsmen in Biecz but also with its intellectuals: a 16th-century Renaissance man – historian, music theoretician and diplomat Marcin Kromer as well as Wacław Potocki, a Baroque poet. The interior of a prison situated under the town hall tower refers to the 19th-century legend of a Biecz school of executioners and the work of a Master of Holy Justice who resided there.
In the House with a Tower – a branch of the museum situated in a Renaissance house adjacent to a massive medieval tower – an exhibition devoted to the history of pharmacy is situated. Not only has its trade room been reconstructed but also the basement and a laboratory from the old pharmacy so that we could see what a workspace of the 19th-century pharmacist looked like. The House with a Tower is also an ideal place for music enthusiasts as there is an exhibition of musical instruments from the 18th–20th century period (among the exhibits there is a handmade zither, a lyre and a music box).

Elaborated by Julia Czapla, Joanna Kotarba,
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www.muzeum.biecz.pl

ul. Kromera 3,
38-340 Biecz


phone 13 447 10 93
phone 13 447 13 28
Fax 13 447 19 50
page museum
How to get there :  pieszo on foot  samochodem by car 

Opening hours

The Haus with a Tower  — October — April
Monday
closed
Tuesday  — Sunday
8.00 — 16.00
May, June, September
Monday
closed
Tuesday  — Friday
8.00 — 17.00
Saturday  — Sunday
9.00 — 17.00
July - August  — sierpień
Monday
closed
Tuesday  — Friday
8.00 — 19.00
Saturday  — Sunday
10.00 — 19.00

Ticket Prices

Kromerówka normal 4 PLN Kromerówka reduced 2 PLN The Haus with a Tower normal 8 PLN The Haus with a Tower reduced 4 PLN
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Portable small altar

Portable small altar

Tradycja wiąże ten ołtarzyk z odsieczą wiedeńską. Kiedy po zwycięstwie nad Turkami wojska Sobieskiego wracały do Rzeczypospolitej, w Bieczu zatrzymało się kilku wojaków. W podzięce za pokonanie pogan i wyjście cało z wojny, żołnierze zostawili w kościele w Bieczu ten polowy ołtarzyk.
Old print. Marcin Kromer’s work, “De origine et rebus gestis polonorum libri XXX” (with Grodecki’s map)

Old print. Marcin Kromer’s work, “De origine et rebus gestis polonorum libri XXX” (with Grodecki’s map)

The presented old print is the most complete issue of one of the best known works by Marcin Cromer with the Polish title: O pochodzeniu i czynach Polaków ksiąg trzydzieści (About origins and deeds of Poles in thirty books) (the first Polish translation of the work written in Latin came out in 1611).
Sculpture “Our Lady of Sorrows” from 15th century

Sculpture “Our Lady of Sorrows” from 15th century

Sculpture “Our Lady of Sorrows” from 15th century is assigned to Kraków workshop.
Alabaster amphora

Alabaster amphora

Alabaster amphora for storing perfumes, from the 18th century.
Sculpture “Our Lady of Sorrows” from 16th century

Sculpture “Our Lady of Sorrows” from 16th century

Figura Marii pochodzi z grupy Ukrzyżowania, z której zachowała się również rzeźba św. Jana Ewangelisty, stanowiąca jej pendant, należąca również do zbiorów Muzeum Ziemi Bieckiej. Początkowo uważano, że obie figury były umieszczone na belce tęczowej bieckiej fary, jednakże ich mały rozmiar w stosunku do przestrzeni fary według historyków sztuki wyklucza ten pogląd. Najprawdopodobniej stanowiły zwieńczenie jednej z nastaw ołtarzowych. Prawdopodobnie wzorem dla tej figury jest Matka Boska Bolesna należąca do grupy Ukrzyżowania z belki w kościele św. Krzyża w Krakowie.
“Crucified Christ” from St. Jadwiga’s hospital

“Crucified Christ” from St. Jadwiga’s hospital

The sculpture depicts Christ hanged on a cross with his hands outstretched. His head is leaning a little towards his right shoulder. The plasticity of the face strikes us with the calmness with which the Redeemer accepts suffering. He is looking down and his lips are closed.
Gothic reliquary herm

Gothic reliquary herm

A bust of a man; an expressive face of a bearded old man with long hair falling over his forehead and shoulders; a split, long beard and a long moustache; on his chest, in a place where relics were enshrined there is a visible mark after their fixing.
Cash register with a counting machine

Cash register with a counting machine

A heavy, massive cash register for counting decorated with garlands and floral motives is an extremely valuable exhibit, considering its origin. The National Cash Register company from Dayton (in Ohio State) specialised in the production of counting machines, and gained a monopoly in this field within the territory of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Baptismal font

Baptismal font

A baptismal font of a goblet shaped with a dodecagon base, with a pyramidal bowl and a foot. The narrowing in the middle bears a band (a so-called node) which is covered by a net ornament with three coats of arms (one of which is now missing). The bowl of the baptismal font is covered by a bas-relief decoration, the fields of which are separated by tracery.
Renaissance plate

Renaissance plate

Płyta fundacyjna Mikołaja Ligęzy znajdowała się pierwotnie nad bramą wjazdową do miasta Biecz. Mikołaj Ligęza z Bobrku (ok. 1530–1603) w roku 1561, dzięki małżeństwu z Elżbietą Jordanówną, uzyskał starostwo bieckie, natomiast w 1575 z rąk Jana Tarły — województwo bieckie.
Woman’s fan

Woman’s fan

The presented fan from the 18th century was handmade. The top part is painted by hand on paper and depicts a genre scene. The lower part was carved in openwork from a whale bone.
Throne for a church monstrance

Throne for a church monstrance

A Baroque architectural throne for a church monstrance. A Baroque framing decorated with an auricular style ornament as well as a radiant halo consisting of rays alternately straight or curved. At the sides are two allegorical figures, at the finial of the framing are two figures of angels. The throne has a semicircular hollow, sapphire background covered with a convexly carved motif of a grape-wine.
Hurdy gurdy

Hurdy gurdy

A string and keyboard musical instrument. A rectangular box with keys and the complete playing mechanism is placed on the upper board. The shape of the instrument is similar to a violin. The upper board is made of coniferous wood, the bottom of beech wood.
Sculpture “Pensive Christ” by Wojciech Jędrusiak

Sculpture “Pensive Christ” by Wojciech Jędrusiak

Example of 19th century folk art from Biecz.
Sculpture “Halabardier”

Sculpture “Halabardier”

Sculpture presenting Halabardier comes from the castle in Biecz. The castle no longer exists.
Glass feudal coin

Glass feudal coin

A bright green coin made of glass which constituted as a substitute for legal tender within the territory of the dominion of the Koryciński family of the Topór (Axe) coat of arms from Jodłowa. Inside a glass disc there was the Koryciński coat of arms in the shape of an embossed axe; above it there is a crown with nine tops.
Sculpture “St. Anna” from 16th century

Sculpture “St. Anna” from 16th century

Renaissance sculpture representing Saint Anna.
Sculpture “Crucified Christ” from 14th century

Sculpture “Crucified Christ” from 14th century

“Crucified Christ” sculpture from 14th century is assigned to Biecz workshop.
Byzantine solidus

Byzantine solidus

The presented solidus was struck during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Marcian (450–457 A.D.). The obverse depicts the bust of the emperor in a diadem...
“The Canon of Medicine” of Avicenna

“The Canon of Medicine” of Avicenna

The work of a Persian doctor, philosopher, scholar, known in Europe as Avicenna (Abu Ali Ibn Sina, 980–1037). The Canon of Medicine was written at the beginning of the 11th century, but served as a manual of medical knowledge in the West even up to the 17th century, while in the East it is sometimes used up to this day.
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