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PIESKOWA SKALA
maps, guild seals, mementoes irom the time oi the struggles
ior ireedom, etc. The ethnographic section contains collections
irom Central Airica and Asia, the iolk art oi the region,
weaving and cut-outs. The section oi natural history presents
a systematic review oi Central Poland's iauna as well as
historical and dynamical geology.
PASYM (Olsztyn Voivodship, Szczytno County)
REGIONAL MUSEUM, inaugurated in 1966.
The Museum collects relics oi iolk material culture, archival
material pertaining to the past oi the town and old books.
PCIM (Cracow Voivodship, Myslenice County)
REGIONAL ROOM in the building oi the Farmers' Club at
the Cracow-Zakopane highway. Open daily, except Tues-
days, aiter 4 p.m.
PELPLIN (Gdansk Voivodship, Tczew County)
DIOCESAN MUSEUM, established in 1928 by Stanislaw Oku-
niewski, bishop of Chelmno, in the episcopal palace, the
bishop's chancellery and in the building of the Clerical Se-
minary, had a valuable collection of mediaeval painting and
sculpture from the whole territory of Pomerania. Some of
the more valuable specimens were displayed at the exhibition
"Polish Gothic Art" in Warsaw in 1935. During the last war,
the Museum suffered heavy losses. What has remained of
the collection does not have for the time being the character
of a museum.
PIESKOWA SKALA (Cracow Voivodship, Olkusz County)
CASTLE MUSEUM — Branch of the State Art Collections at
Wawel. Telephone: Suloszowa 4 or Olkusz 56. Open daily,
except Mondays and days following holidays, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; from May 1st to September 30th, open on Tuesdays
from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Notifications of group excursions are
received daily during the visiting hours — by telephone, or
by mail under the following address: Panstwowe Zbiory
Sztuki na Wawelu, Oddzial — Zamek, Pieskowa Skala (poczta
Suloszowa). Regular bus connections: Cracow — Ojcow —
Pieskowa Skala — Olkusz; Cracow — Zielonki — Skala —
Pieskowa Skala — Olkusz; Cracow — Ojcow, from there
a tourist trail to Pieskowa Skala.
The castle at Fieskowa Ska!a, tirst mentioned in 1315, was erected
in brick by Casimir the Great, and considerably extended in the
15th century. Further extended and transformed into a stately mo-
dern residence in the time oi Renaissance, it was strengthened with
bastion iortifications beiore the middle of the 17th century. Sold
by auction at the end of the 19th century, it was afterwards used
as a boarding house. After World War II, the castle was thoroughly
renovated and partly reconstructed with State funds. Particularly
Interesting parts Include: the arcade and pillar courtyard from
c. 1580 with late-Renaissance masks; the two-tier loggia irom the
last quarter of the 16th century; the chapel from the middle oi the
17th century; the Gothic defensive tower; the curtain wall with the
entry gate and two bastions from the middle of the 17th century.
The first-iloor and second-floor interiors and part oi the ground-
floor interiors are used ior exhibition ipurposes.
The Library with about 20,000 volumes (including valuable old books)
was until 1939 in the castle in Krasiczyn, owned by the Sapieha
family.
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maps, guild seals, mementoes irom the time oi the struggles
ior ireedom, etc. The ethnographic section contains collections
irom Central Airica and Asia, the iolk art oi the region,
weaving and cut-outs. The section oi natural history presents
a systematic review oi Central Poland's iauna as well as
historical and dynamical geology.
PASYM (Olsztyn Voivodship, Szczytno County)
REGIONAL MUSEUM, inaugurated in 1966.
The Museum collects relics oi iolk material culture, archival
material pertaining to the past oi the town and old books.
PCIM (Cracow Voivodship, Myslenice County)
REGIONAL ROOM in the building oi the Farmers' Club at
the Cracow-Zakopane highway. Open daily, except Tues-
days, aiter 4 p.m.
PELPLIN (Gdansk Voivodship, Tczew County)
DIOCESAN MUSEUM, established in 1928 by Stanislaw Oku-
niewski, bishop of Chelmno, in the episcopal palace, the
bishop's chancellery and in the building of the Clerical Se-
minary, had a valuable collection of mediaeval painting and
sculpture from the whole territory of Pomerania. Some of
the more valuable specimens were displayed at the exhibition
"Polish Gothic Art" in Warsaw in 1935. During the last war,
the Museum suffered heavy losses. What has remained of
the collection does not have for the time being the character
of a museum.
PIESKOWA SKALA (Cracow Voivodship, Olkusz County)
CASTLE MUSEUM — Branch of the State Art Collections at
Wawel. Telephone: Suloszowa 4 or Olkusz 56. Open daily,
except Mondays and days following holidays, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; from May 1st to September 30th, open on Tuesdays
from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Notifications of group excursions are
received daily during the visiting hours — by telephone, or
by mail under the following address: Panstwowe Zbiory
Sztuki na Wawelu, Oddzial — Zamek, Pieskowa Skala (poczta
Suloszowa). Regular bus connections: Cracow — Ojcow —
Pieskowa Skala — Olkusz; Cracow — Zielonki — Skala —
Pieskowa Skala — Olkusz; Cracow — Ojcow, from there
a tourist trail to Pieskowa Skala.
The castle at Fieskowa Ska!a, tirst mentioned in 1315, was erected
in brick by Casimir the Great, and considerably extended in the
15th century. Further extended and transformed into a stately mo-
dern residence in the time oi Renaissance, it was strengthened with
bastion iortifications beiore the middle of the 17th century. Sold
by auction at the end of the 19th century, it was afterwards used
as a boarding house. After World War II, the castle was thoroughly
renovated and partly reconstructed with State funds. Particularly
Interesting parts Include: the arcade and pillar courtyard from
c. 1580 with late-Renaissance masks; the two-tier loggia irom the
last quarter of the 16th century; the chapel from the middle oi the
17th century; the Gothic defensive tower; the curtain wall with the
entry gate and two bastions from the middle of the 17th century.
The first-iloor and second-floor interiors and part oi the ground-
floor interiors are used ior exhibition ipurposes.
The Library with about 20,000 volumes (including valuable old books)
was until 1939 in the castle in Krasiczyn, owned by the Sapieha
family.
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195