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Museum once upon a time...

Krynica-Zdrój
Stare Łazienki Mineralne, 1st floor

Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00

tel.: 576 444 077

sklepkrasnali@gmail.com

Owners of the collection: Magdalena and Mariusz Kędzierski
The family collection includes rare and unseen figures of dwarves, made in the 19th century and the first half of the 19th century. of the last century from various materials: terracotta, wood, bronze, porcelain, glass, gold and silver, and the less popular amber and various types of base metals, with the use of durable paints and enamels for finishing. The collection also includes many everyday items with a dwarf design: inkwells, candlesticks, coffee sets, toys, thermometers, hangers, boxes and more. You can, among others: see what a Victorian plate, music box or screen painted on silk from 1891 looks like. The collection includes over 1,400 exhibits of dwarfs and items related to applied art with the image of a dwarf. A separate part is an impressive collection of old editions of fairy tales and poems for children.v
The collection of exhibits for the future Museum began in 1980. Then the founder of the museum received the first dwarf from his grandmother, which today is in one of the display cases. In the museum you can also see a dwarf purchased from George Harrison, who, like his father, was fascinated by collecting this type of figures - this dwarf, along with several others, is on the cover of the album "All things must pass".

Currently, the collection is taken care of by Aleksandra Kędzierska, the owners' daughter, supported by her parents.