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Regional Museum of the Limanowa Land

Local name: Muzeum Regionalne Ziemi Limanowskiej

Regional Museum of the Limanowa Land is located in 18th-century Mars Manor. It presents collections related to the history and culture of the Limanowa Land and the area. Two exhibitions - "Townsman living room from the 1920s/1930s" and "In Mars Manor" - are recreations of interiors of a townsman house and landowner's manor. They are equipped with original furniture and trinkets. There are also exhibitions dedicated to pharmacy and ethnography, and the collection of watch-chains.

The Mars Family, which owned the manor, had vast lands in the area of Limanowa. They also worked toward the development of the whole region. It was thanks to them that French investors, who founded refinery in Sowliny, arrived in the city. In the interwar period, the manor was visited by, among others, Józef Beck and president Ignacy Mościcki.

The museum shows the life od different social stratum in Limanowa and the area. The ethnographic exhibition consists of costumes, tools, and everyday objects of Lachy Sądeckie, white mountaineers, and Zagórzanie. There are also presented interiors of an old pharmacy, landowner's manor, and townsman living room. Worthy of attention is also the collection of watch-chains from the 19th and 20th centuries, rarely seen in museums.

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    Marka 13 Limanowa , Poland