Muzeum Papiernictwa ~ Duszniki-Zdrój
This is the only museum in Poland that celebrates the history of papermaking. Particularly noteworthy is the building which houses the museum - an old paper milldating back nearly 400 years.
Housed
in a 17th-century paper mill, it is a unique monument to technology.
The museum lies on the banks of the River Bystrzyca Dusznicka, on the
southern outskirts of the town by the main road towards the border with
the Czech Republic. The first mention of the paper mill in Duszniki
Zdroj and the paper maker AmbrosiusTepper date back to the second half
of the 16th century. The surviving mill buildings form a complex of
adjacent architectural structures. The most important structure is the
main building of the mill built in 1605 which was used for both housing
and production. In the 17th century the paper mill was the most valuable
in Silesia. It had the monopoly on the supply of paper to offices in
Wroclaw. The production of paper was halted in 1937. Two years later the
last owner of the paper mill donated it to the city as a museum of
technology. The Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki Zdroj is the only
professionally run museum in Poland, dedicated to the broad subject of
papermaking. It accumulates, develops and displays collections on the
history of papermaking, printing and the history of Duszniki Zdroj
(Lower Silesian Voivodeship)This is the only museum in Poland that celebrates the history of papermaking. Particularly noteworthy is the building which houses the museum - an old paper milldating back nearly 400 years.
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