The Central Fire Service Museum in Mysłowice, founded in 1975: over 4,000 exhibits, including the oldest surviving horse-drawn fire pump in Poland, from 1717.
The Central Fire Service Museum in Mysłowice is Poland's main institution devoted to the history of the fire service. Its collections number more than 4,000 exhibits, and the exhibition area exceeds 4,000 square metres. The museum is subordinate to the State Fire Service Headquarters.
The museum was established on 14 September 1975 as the Fire Service Museum in Mysłowice. The first seat was in buildings on Powstańców Street. In 1979 construction of a new building on Stadionowa Street began, and in May 1991 the museum moved there and opened the first two exhibition halls. In 2005 the fourth and fifth halls were opened, and in 2025 the Multimedia Educational Hall opened. In 1995 the Greater Poland Fire Service Museum in Rakoniewice became a branch of the museum.
The exhibition is divided by theme: banners, uniforms, helmets, motor pumps, fire engines, and hand and horse-drawn pumps. The oldest exhibit of this kind is a four-wheeled horse-drawn fire pump from 1717, the oldest surviving fire pump in Poland.
Selected exhibits include a horse-drawn steam fire pump from 1894, a horse-drawn pump by the Knaust company from 1899, a horse-drawn turntable ladder by Magirus from the early 20th century and a Leopolia motor pump from 1933. The collections also include volunteer fire brigade uniforms from Niepokalanów from the 1930s, a König breathing apparatus from the second half of the 19th century, a heavy airfield fire engine from 1973 and an anti-aircraft searchlight from about 1940. Part of the exhibition is outdoors. The museum also runs fire safety education, among other things with a mobile simulator of fire hazards in a single-family house. The museum's library holds 5,000 items.
In Mysłowice, near the museum, there are several places worth a short walk or drive.
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