Mineralogical Museum in Szklarska Poręba

The Mineralogical Museum in Szklarska Poręba is a private institution housed in a historic villa from 1885, one of two museums of this kind in the town, alongside the "Juna" Earth Museum. It is run by the Sokołowski family, who also own the Museum of Stones in Kamień Pomorski.

Founding and fossils

The museum was founded in 1993. The exhibition includes fossils of dinosaurs and other extinct animals, including trilobites, as well as the so-called Carboniferous Forest, meaning fossilised trunks of the Dadoxylon tree, and stromatolites.

Mineral collection

The collection of minerals and rocks includes, among others, calcites and stalactites from Wojcieszów, metal ores from Trepča and Cavnic, and specimens from the Karkonosze and the Izera Mountains. The collection also includes the Gibeon meteorite.

A historic seat

The exhibition is housed in a villa built in 1885, now listed on the register of immovable heritage sites. The building's stone structure is itself worth viewing, alongside the specimens gathered inside.

Practical information

• Address: Jana Kilińskiego 20, Szklarska Poręba
• The museum is open all year round, every day; it is worth checking the exact opening hours before a visit
• Nearby are the Cheap Wine Museum in Szklarska Poręba and the Szklarka Waterfall