The 7 Best Things to Do in Gniezno, Poland

Visiting The Museum open Tuesday till Sunday from 9.00a.m. till 5.00p.m. The Museum is friendly for the disabled. There is a free parking site for cars and coaches in front of the Museum. The History of the Museum The establishment of the museum in Gnesen is connected with the archaeological research held there from 1948 in order to learn the history and obtain the relics proving the origins of the state of Poland and its first capital. The results of the discoveries gave an impulse to founding the Gnesen Branch of the Archaeological Museum in Posen with its seat at 9 sw. Jana Street where mainly the relics from the excavations were presented. In 1966, the idea of erecting a monument to Mesko I and Boleslaus the Brave, the first historical sovereigns of Poland, appeared. A complex of buildings consisting of a museum and a secondary general school became that monument. The realization started in 1973 to the design created in the State High School of Fine Art in Posen. The building of the monument gave an opportunity to build a self sustaining museum unit in Gnesen. As an institution, the Museum of the Beginnings Origins of Polish State was established in 1973. A change of the museum profile from the archaeological type to the one with many departments took place then. The archaeological part remained vastly developed and the departments of history and history of art were added. From the mid-70s, preparations to the main permanent exhibition took place, which was to be the summing up of the then state of research on the shape of Polish statehood. In March 1983, a ceremonious opening of the permanent exhibition called "The origins of Polish state" took place in the new building at 1 Kostrzewskiego street. The Museum of the Origins of Polish State is an institution dealing with the heritage of Polish Middle Ages and the history of Gnesen and the region. It has archaeological, art, historical and archival collections. It carries on scientific, research and publishing work together with educational activity organizing museum lessons. Apart from permanent Exhibitions which are systematically enriched with new exhibits, the museum organizes various cross-sectional temporary Exhibitions depicting the relics from prehistoric period through the Middle Ages and modern times up to the contemporary period.

Do You like to spend time with animals? Do You love alpacas and dogs? Would You like to rest, while Your child is playing with animals on fresh air? Nasza Zagroda Alpaki Gniezno is a place for You! We are located near Cathedral, so You cannot miss our place when visiting Gniezno. We are open for guests for a whole year.