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Permanent exhibition · c. 12,000 BC - late Middle Ages

Archaeological Exhibition

Two rooms on the history of settlement in the Prosna basin: from Final Palaeolithic flints to medieval coin hoards and the tomb of Mieszko III the Old.

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About the exhibition

The archaeological exhibition in the main building tells the story of the people who lived in the Prosna basin and in south-eastern Greater Poland before medieval Kalisz came into being. It occupies two rooms arranged chronologically.

The first leads from the Final Palaeolithic through the Neolithic and the Bronze Age to the Roman period: flints, reconstructed graves with grave goods, bronze jewellery and Przeworsk culture weapons. The second room covers the early and late Middle Ages, and at its heart are coin hoards found around Kalisz, an animation about the collegiate church at Zawodzie and objects from excavations in the Kalisz market square.

Exhibits and points (5)
  1. Ilustracja Muzeum Okręgowego Ziemi Kaliskiej1Room · c. 12,000 BC - Iron AgeFrom the Palaeolithic to the Bronze AgeThe first room of the archaeological exhibition: flints, reconstructed Neolithic graves, Bronze Age jewellery and the Bolesławiec hoard.Quiz
  2. Ilustracja Muzeum Okręgowego Ziemi Kaliskiej2Point of interest · Roman periodSword with the "ALLIVS PA" SignatureA Roman sword with the swordsmith's signature on its blade, found in a grave at a Przeworsk culture cemetery in Wesółki/Janków II.Quiz
  3. Ilustracja Muzeum Okręgowego Ziemi Kaliskiej3Point of interest · reign of Bolesław the BraveBolesław the Brave's Arrow DenariusA denarius of Bolesław the Brave from the Kalisz-Rajsków hoard, regarded by numismatists as the oldest Polish coin.Quiz
  4. Ilustracja Muzeum Okręgowego Ziemi Kaliskiej4Point of interest · turn of the 11th and 12th centuriesThe Słuszków HoardThe world's largest hoard of cross denarii, found in Słuszków in 1935 and probably hidden during the war between Bolesław Wrymouth and Zbigniew.Quiz
  5. Ilustracja Muzeum Okręgowego Ziemi Kaliskiej5Sculpture · turn of the 12th and 13th centuriesTomb Slab of Mieszko III the OldA sandstone tomb slab with a processional cross, associated with Mieszko III the Old’s burial in the collegiate church at Zawodzie.Quiz
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Where to find it
Main building, rooms 1 and 2 · Main building · Archaeological Exhibition
Author or origin
Muzeum Okręgowe Ziemi Kaliskiej w Kaliszu
Reference
EXP-MOZK-ARCH
  • archaeology
  • prehistory
  • Middle Ages
  • numismatics