THE PIASECZNO MUSEUM
IN THE PROCESSS OF ORGANISATION
Thanks to the efforts of Piaseczno Municipality, the project ‘Reconstruction and modernisation of the old Vicarage building in Piaseczno with a change of use to a museum and conference building’ was implemented and completed in 2023. It was also decided to incorporate into the structure of the Museum two more historic buildings - the Poniatówka manor house located in the Mazovian Princes’ Park in Piaseczno and the summer villa of the Zawadzki family, known as the House of ‘Zośka’ in Zalesie Dolne.
By a resolution of the Municipal Council of Piaseczno of 19 September 2018 a municipal cultural institution was established called the Piaseczno Museum (in the process of organisation), and the following year its statute was granted. As of 1 April 2022, Violetta Jarząbkowska was appointed as director and entrusted with the process of organising the museum. For the purposes of the process, Piaseczno Municipality provided office and administrative premises in the building of the former town hall, at 1 Piłsudski Square.
In May 2024, the first permanent exhibition devoted to the history of Piaseczno was opened to the public in the Vicarage building.
MUSEUM FACILITIES
THE VICARAGE
The existence of the Vicarage building in Piaseczno is already mentioned in the survey of Mazovian Voivodeship of 1565. However, we do not know many details about its construction or size. A brief mention of the building was made in the inventory of the Piaseczno estate in 1774: ‘To this church belongs a wooden Vicarage with a grange, the land is one and a half voloks by Piaseczno, plus meadows, gardens and a parsons’ tithe’. In 1794 ‘To this church belongs a woden Vicarage with a grange, the land is one and a half voloks by Piaseczno, plus meadows, gardens and a parsons’ tithe’. W 1794 r. obiekt uległ zniszczeniu w wyniku walk podczas powstania kościuszkowskiego. Około 1800 r. w jego miejscu wzniesiono nowy budynek.
Poniatówka
Obecna bryła dworku „Poniatówka” została nadana po 1891 r., kiedy to nabyła go hrabianka Cecylia Plater-Zyberkówna w celu adaptowania go na potrzeby organizowanego Zakładu Gospodarczego dla dziewcząt (od 1906 r. Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarcza). Wcześniejsza historia budowy obiektu nie jest oczywista, natomiast najnowsze badania przeprowadzone w 2018 r. przez zespół badawczy dra inż. arch. Marka Barańskiego i mgra inż. arch. Pawła Kinsera oraz dokumenty odnalezione w archiwum w Dreźnie dostarczyły nowych, niezwykle interesujących faktów. W czasie badań zwrócono m.in. uwagę na wielkość cegieł użytych w piwnicy oraz w ścianach parteru – pojawiły się tam cegły o wyraźnie większym wymiarze
THE HOUSE OF ‘ZOŚKA’
In 1925, the parcelling-out of land near Piaseczno began, belonging to Tadeusz Zawadzki, the owner of Wólka Kozodawska, and Adam Branicki, the owner of the Wilanów estate. In this way, summer resorts were created, including the Zalesie Forest and the Zalesie Garden, which were laid out along the main pathways. Common space and nature were taken care of. Tree felling was kept to a minimum. Officials, intellectuals or artists were often brought to the summerhouses.
OPEN HOURS
SUMMER SEASON
1 MAY
DO
30 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY – FRIDAY
10:00 – 17:00
SATURDAY – SUNDAY
11:00 – 18:00
WINTER SEASON
1 OCTOBER
DO
30 APRIL
WTOREK – PIĄTEK
9:00 – 16:00
SOBOTA – NIEDZIELA
10:00 – 17:00
