Copper Museum in Legnica

The Copper Museum in Legnica is housed in a baroque building, the former curia of the abbots of Lubiąż, on Partyzantów street 3, at the junction with Świętego Jana street. The building itself dates from 1728, and the museum institution was established in 1962. The organiser and owner of the institution is the Legnica municipality, which runs it as a public local government cultural institution.

The only museum of its kind in Poland

The institution has two main areas of activity. The first is the only museum in Poland devoted to copper, gathering collections related to the mining, processing and use of this metal in craft, art and industry. The second area is its function as a museum of the history of the city and region, documenting the history of Legnica and its surroundings from prehistory to the present day.

Six collection departments

The collections are divided into the Department of History, the Department of the History of Copper Mining and Metallurgy, the Department of Art, the Department of Archaeology and the Department of Numismatics, complemented by the museum's library. Part of the exhibition is also housed in the building of the Knights' Academy on Chojnowska street.

More than one building

The Copper Museum also includes facilities outside its main seat: a pavilion in the courtyard of the Piast Castle in Legnica with relics of the castle chapel of St Benedict and St Lawrence from 1220, and the largest lapidarium in Lower Silesia, currently closed to visitors. The Battle of Legnica Museum in Legnickie Pole is also a branch of the museum, and the institution also manages visitor traffic at the Mausoleum of the Silesian Piasts in Legnica.

Practical information

• Address of the main seat: Partyzantów street 3, Legnica.
• Second exhibition building: Knights' Academy, Chojnowska street 2, Legnica.
• Winter season hours, from October to May: Tuesday to Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturdays 11:00-17:00.
• Summer season hours, from June to September: Wednesday to Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturdays and Sundays 11:00-17:00.
• The Battle of Legnica Museum branch in Legnickie Pole, Henryka Pobożnego square 3, open all year Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00.
• It's worth checking opening hours before your visit on the museum's website, especially for the branches in Legnickie Pole and the Mausoleum of the Piasts.
• Close to the main seat are the Mausoleum of the Silesian Piasts in Legnica, the Market Square in Legnica and the Herring Tenement Houses in Legnica.