Regional Museum, Wolin
Facts and practical information
Andrzej Kaube Regional Museum in Wolin - a museum located on Wolin's market square, next to the town hall.
The museum presents exhibits about the Wolinian tribe, the city's defense system, crafts, and beliefs of its medieval inhabitants. An attraction is a miniature of a Slavic god with four faces: Swietowit. The figure was found by archeologists excavating in Wolin.
The museum exhibition shows the range of settlement of the Wolinian tribe, the development of the town, from the establishment of the open settlement at the turn of the 6th and 8th centuries to its collapse in the 12th century, the defence system, harbour, economy, trade and beliefs. It was prepared on the basis of information gathered in chronicles, and above all, on the basis of rich archaeological sources obtained in the course of many years of excavations in the town. On request, visitors can listen to a tape guide in Polish, English, French, German, Swedish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian and Spanish, obtain tourist information about the region, and purchase guidebooks, maps, museum publications and souvenirs.
Regional Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Smock mill, Skansen "Wioska Wikingów", Kościół pw. św. Stanisława, Gołogóra.