It is the oldest museum in Warmia and Mazury and one of the most interesting cultural institutions in northern Poland, which has approx. 115,000 items in its collection. museum objects. The museum is located in the center of the Old Town downtown. Its headquarters are: the eastern building of Podzamcze and the western building - the Junior High School. Historic buildings are located around the so-called courtyard. the northern outer bailey, a spatial and construction relic of the former Teutonic castle complex. In both buildings you can admire exhibits collected for over 150 years, coming from nearby archaeological sites, including: medieval old town complexes, the former Viking trading post of Truso and the Gothic necropolis in Weklice. Excavation works, carried out on a scale unprecedented in Europe, mean that each year the museum collections grow by thousands of new items made of ceramics, metal, wood, leather, glass and amber. Some of these objects are unique on a European scale, such as a collection of medieval musical instruments and pilgrimage signs, Viking amulets and a solar compass, or richly decorated everyday objects of Roman provenance. The discovered artifacts testify to the extraordinary history and extensive trade contacts of the inhabitants of the Elbląg region with many regions of ancient Europe.
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