Zygmunt Szkocny Museum of the World's Smallest Books

The Museum of the World's Smallest Books is housed in a private home in Katowice's Piotrowice district, where Zygmunt Szkocny lived and worked. It is a permanent exhibition of miniature versions of outstanding works of Polish literature.

What is in the exhibition

The exhibition has been open since 1970. It shows 87 copies from 165 miniature works. The smallest of them, a Latin alphabet measuring 0.8 by 1 millimetre, made it into the Guinness Book of Records.

How they are displayed

Each book has a binding made by the author according to bookbinding rules and stands on a pedestal with a precise description: dimensions, number of characters and pages. The subjects of the miniatures are the lives of famous people, Nobel Prize winners and famous events. Each item therefore has a description with figures that allow you to judge how small these books are.

Practical information

• Address: Traktorzystów Street 5, Katowice-Piotrowice.
• The museum operates in a private home, so the hours and rules of visiting need to be arranged before a visit.
• Nearby lies Zadole Park.