Museum of Minerals in Nowa Ruda

The Museum of Minerals in Nowa Ruda is a private collection of rocks, minerals and fossils, assembled by Robert Borzęcki, a collector and former employee of the Museum of Technology and Industry in Warsaw. The institution now operates under the patronage of the Spirifer Geological Society.

A journey through several towns

The museum opened in May 2001, and its first home was Złoty Stok. In 2005 the collection moved to Nowa Ruda, to the buildings of a former coal mine on Obozowa street, where it operated until 2012. Later, between 2012 and 2014, the museum was housed in Kłodzko, on Czeska street. The exhibition has since returned to Nowa Ruda and again occupies the post-mining buildings on Obozowa street.

What the collection includes

The collection numbers over 2,700 specimens, divided into several sections: minerals of the world, minerals of Poland, gemstones, meteorites, rocks, amber with inclusions, fossils and educational specimens. The exhibits include the first dinosaur bones ever found in Poland, discovered in Lipie Śląskie. Some of these finds are also shown at the Palaeontological Museum in Lisowice.

Practical information

• Address: Obozowa street, Nowa Ruda (exact building number to be confirmed on site)
• Getting there: Nowa Ruda, Kłodzko County, in the same post-mining complex as the neighbouring Mining Museum
• What to expect: viewing the mineralogical and palaeontological collections, including educational specimens