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OFOLE
graphs of natural objects and collecting exhibits. It deals
in particular with monuments of non-living nature, protected
landscapes and the erosion of soils.
L i b r a r y. The Library was established in 1945; it con-
tained 5,000 books at that time. In the years 1945—87, the
Library grew to contain 16,000 volumes, acquired by way of
purchases, donations and exchanges. The Library specializes
in the history, archaeology, ethnography, art and nature of
the region. The collection includes a number of valuable
regional publications ranking as very rare collector's items.
Also valuable is the collection of about 1,600 old prints. The
Library has both alphabetical and subject catalogues and
a reading room.
OLSZTYNEK (Olsztyn Voivodship, Ostroda County)
MUSEUM OF FOLK ARCHITECTURE, open daily from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the summer season from 8 a.m. to
6 p.m.
The Ethnographic Park, a branch of the Mazurian Museum
in Olsztyn, was established in 1962 out of those buildings
which survived the war. The Park comprises at present 18
specimens of regional wooden architecture; most of them
have interiors arranged with old furniture. Four homestead
buildings and two dwelling cabins come from the region
inhabited by a population bf Lithuanian origin (the region
of Memel). The most valuable objects in the Ethnographic
Park include a wooden Mazurian church, an inn, a Mazurian
porched cottage and two windmills — one of them of the
Dutch type. It is planned to transfer to the Park in the
future some 50 specimens of folk architecture of the regions
of Warmia, Mazuria and the Vistula. The Park has an area
of 34 hectares.
OPINOGORA (Warsaw Voivodship, Ciechanow County)
MUSEUM OF ROMANTICISM in a small neo-Gothic castle
built in the first half of the 19th century. Open daily, except
Mondays and days following holidays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and from 3 to 6 p.m.
The Museum was organized in 1961 as an attempt to recon-
struct the climate of the period of Romanticism. A separate
group of exhibits consists of mementoes connected with the
person of Zygmunt Krasinski (1812—59), one of the leading
poets of Polish Romanticism.
OPOCZNO (Kielce Voivodship)
REGIONAL MUSEUM in a historic Gothic castle, organized
by the Society of Friends of the Opoczno Region. The
collection pertains to the history and the rich folk art and
folklore of the region.
OPOLE
MUSEUM OF OPOLE SILESIA, 7 Small Market Square, tel.
34-11 (Curator) and 36-77 (Research and Educational Section).
Open daily, except Mondays and days following holidays,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
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graphs of natural objects and collecting exhibits. It deals
in particular with monuments of non-living nature, protected
landscapes and the erosion of soils.
L i b r a r y. The Library was established in 1945; it con-
tained 5,000 books at that time. In the years 1945—87, the
Library grew to contain 16,000 volumes, acquired by way of
purchases, donations and exchanges. The Library specializes
in the history, archaeology, ethnography, art and nature of
the region. The collection includes a number of valuable
regional publications ranking as very rare collector's items.
Also valuable is the collection of about 1,600 old prints. The
Library has both alphabetical and subject catalogues and
a reading room.
OLSZTYNEK (Olsztyn Voivodship, Ostroda County)
MUSEUM OF FOLK ARCHITECTURE, open daily from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the summer season from 8 a.m. to
6 p.m.
The Ethnographic Park, a branch of the Mazurian Museum
in Olsztyn, was established in 1962 out of those buildings
which survived the war. The Park comprises at present 18
specimens of regional wooden architecture; most of them
have interiors arranged with old furniture. Four homestead
buildings and two dwelling cabins come from the region
inhabited by a population bf Lithuanian origin (the region
of Memel). The most valuable objects in the Ethnographic
Park include a wooden Mazurian church, an inn, a Mazurian
porched cottage and two windmills — one of them of the
Dutch type. It is planned to transfer to the Park in the
future some 50 specimens of folk architecture of the regions
of Warmia, Mazuria and the Vistula. The Park has an area
of 34 hectares.
OPINOGORA (Warsaw Voivodship, Ciechanow County)
MUSEUM OF ROMANTICISM in a small neo-Gothic castle
built in the first half of the 19th century. Open daily, except
Mondays and days following holidays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and from 3 to 6 p.m.
The Museum was organized in 1961 as an attempt to recon-
struct the climate of the period of Romanticism. A separate
group of exhibits consists of mementoes connected with the
person of Zygmunt Krasinski (1812—59), one of the leading
poets of Polish Romanticism.
OPOCZNO (Kielce Voivodship)
REGIONAL MUSEUM in a historic Gothic castle, organized
by the Society of Friends of the Opoczno Region. The
collection pertains to the history and the rich folk art and
folklore of the region.
OPOLE
MUSEUM OF OPOLE SILESIA, 7 Small Market Square, tel.
34-11 (Curator) and 36-77 (Research and Educational Section).
Open daily, except Mondays and days following holidays,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
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