Address
ul. Towarowa 4
Jaworzyna Śląska
Dolnośląskie
powiat świdnicki
58-140
Poland
In 9 km from Świdnica, Jaworzyna Śląska is the Museum of Industry and Railway. The engine house from 1895 in Jaworzyna Śląska was closed in 1991 and transformed into Skansen Steam Locomotives – a branch of the Railway Museum in Warsaw. Since 2004 it has been operating as the Museum of Industry and Railway in Silesia. Currently, the Museum provides an exhibition including historic standard gauge rolling stock from 1890 to the 1970s. The collection consists of over 50 locomotives (Polish, German, Austrian, English and American), around 50 wagons, railway cranes and snow plows. The entire collection is set in a fan-shaped hall with 19 stands and 1.5 km of tracks. Outside the rolling stock, the Museum also received a unique collection of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Indians. The models from 1924-1978 have been meticulously restored and are now technically sound. In the historic rooms of the former engine house, a series of thematic exhibitions devoted to the history of technology and industry was organized. The exhibition includes exhibitions of machines and industrial, agricultural and carpentry equipment, ODRA computer from 1974, printing machines, craft equipment, household appliances pedigree from Silesia. Tourists can also visit the exhibition devoted to the history of communication, which is made up of antique radios, teletypewriter, telephones and telephone exchanges. An interesting proposal for children and adolescents is the Toy Car Museum. On two historical trains an exhibition was opened devoted to “The role of railways in resettlements after the Second World War”, depicting the migrations and fate of the population in Silesia after the Second World War.
The museum is open: Summer season (May-September) every day from 10:00 to 18: 00 Winter report (October-April) Mon – Friday from 8:00 to 16: 00s. – sun from 10:00 to 16: 00People from 10:00 to 16:00. Ticket prices: Adults: 16.00 PLN / person. Children * and young people: 12.00 PLN / person. Family ticket **: 50.00 PLN / 2 + 2 * Children up to 3 years they enter the Museum free of charge. ** Family ticket is granted to parents with two or more own children. The price of the ticket includes visits with a guide for permanent display of historic rolling stock (selected units) and so-called additional exhibitions (exhibitions of historic motorcycles, railway model, ODRA computer, railway hall, antique printing house, radio room, Automotive equipment room, antique printing house and Household House Hall).
Information source: wikipedia.org and the museum’s own website: http: //www.muzeumtechniki.pl. See regulations.
