Museums
a museum of everyday life in 1945-1989 in a former farmstead: flat interiors, a cinema and PRL-era cars
Museums
a multimedia exhibition on the history of the town from the Middle Ages, in a former school and municipal hall building
intuitive and naive painting by Silesian self-taught artists, in Ruda Śląska since 2010
Museums in Ruda Śląska include the Museum of the History of the Polish People's Republic, the Chrobok City Museum and the intuitive art gallery Barwy Śląska.
Three different institutions: one on life in communist-era Poland, one on the industrial story of the city and one with self-taught art. Each works well for a solo visit on a day when it rains.
The Museum of the History of the Polish People's Republic at Zajęcza 42, known until 2023 as the PRL Museum, shows everyday life in 1945-1989. It occupies the former Dwór Nowa Ruda farmstead and is run by the Fundacja Minionej Epoki. Visitors see furnished flat interiors, a reconstruction of the office of a Communist Party first secretary, cars and a park of monuments from that era. For the wider industrial heritage see the text on the Pokój steelworks and the Sendzimir mill.
The Maksymilian Chrobok City Museum at Wolności 26, in the Ruda district, tells the story of the city and neighbouring places through the lens of the industrial revolution. Its main exhibition is titled "Time is Money". The Barwy Śląska gallery presents paintings by self-taught artists from the collection of Stanisław Gerard Trefoń. It opened on 4 December 2006, has been in Ruda Śląska since 2010, and before that was housed in a palace in Nakło Śląskie. More about workers' housing is in the text on the Ficinus colony. Further addresses are things to do in Ruda Śląska and monuments in Ruda Śląska, and the region's museums are in the category museums in Silesia.
It is the Museum of the History of the Polish People's Republic, so named since 2023. It shows everyday life in Poland in 1945-1989.
The permanent exhibition is titled "Time is Money" and tells the city's history through the growth of industry and the economy.
