Muzeum Archeologii Gazociągu Tranzytowego

It is long closed. Did not work. There are only temporary exhibitions.

The 4196 km Yamal pipeline, running from the Yamal Peninsula in Russia to Germany through Belarus and Poland, is one of the largest European investments of the late 20th century. The Polish section of the 680 km gas pipeline routed through the following provinces: Podlasie, Mazovia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Greater Poland and Lubusz (67 communes in total) was built by EuRoPol GAZ. The construction of the Polish section was completed in September 1999. 5 gas compressor stations were built in Poland on the gas pipeline route in the following locations: Kondratki, Zambrów, Ciechanów, Włocławek, and Szamotuły. Before commencing construction and assembly works, the investor - EuRoPol GAZ was obliged to carry out rescue excavations along the entire route of the gas pipeline. For the first time, archaeological research was conducted so systematically. EuRoPol GAZ appointed, among others a special archaeological unit coordinating the works carried out. He also took the burden of financing the necessary conservation measures. It was assumed that each archaeological site along the gas pipeline route would be explored and the obtained research results would be fully developed, the acquired collections would be secured, and the most valuable of them would be exposed. One place where all the monuments of material culture discovered on the route of the Polish section of the gas pipeline will be collected, secured and exposed to visitors is the Museum of Archeology of the Transit Gas Pipeline in the nineteenth-century granary in Szamotuły. After carrying out the necessary adaptation works, in June 2000 the impressive building was commissioned. The basements of the renovated granary were intended as a warehouse for exhibits. The main exhibition hall is located on the ground floor, while work rooms and accommodation for archeologists are on the first floor.