A Museum of the People’s Republic of Poland was founded in place of the Nowa Ruda Manor built in 1890 by the well-known German family von Ballestrem. After the war, the mansion was acquired by the State Treasury and transformed into a State Agricultural Farm [PGR].

On 4^th  June, 2010, on the 21^st anniversary of the first democratic election, the Museum of the People’s Republic of Poland opened with the exhibition “Starting from the end…”.

 

On the premises we can find:

– the Time Capsule- arrangements of apartments (kitchen, living room, hall, dining room),

– the Delight Cinema,

– exhibitions halls,

– motoring models i.e. OSA scooter, Trabant [car produced between 1957 and 1991 in German Democratic Republic], Fiat 132 [car produced by the company Fiat], FSO Warszawa [car manufactured in Warsaw under a Soviet license], fire engine Star-25, SHL Gazela motorcycle, Mikrus MR-300 [very simple car manufactured in Poland], Moskvitch 400 [Soviet car produced by the Moscow Compact Car Factory], Skoda Octavia, Syrenka 105 [Polish car manufactured in Warsaw],

– the Park of Monuments,

– poster gallery.

 

The main objective of the museum is to collect, preserve and present a wide range of materials concerning the period of Poland’s past from 1940s to 1980s.

 

Due to a large space it is possible to locate a film crew on the farm, which thanks to place’s charm will change into a film set.