The Jan Jarocki Museum of Ustroń is located along the Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the facility dates back to 1772, which is when Albert Casimir founded an ironworks in the location. The building of the museum is one of the oldest structured in the town and dates back to circa 1800.
Before Ustroń became a popular holiday and health resort, it was an important steelworks centre. More than 230 years ago, iron was smelted in a provisional furnace among the Beskid summits, which marked the beginning of the operation of the first ironworks in the Duchy of Cieszyn named “KLEMENS”. The building of the museum was erected in front of the steelworks as the directorate’s office. Currently, you can see a model of an old farmstead, historic coats of arms of the Teschener Kammer and Archduke Albrecht Casimir, as well as cast iron ownership plates. The presented history of the resort provides information about the bath equipment as well as the types of baths offered: slag and therapeutic mud baths. On the top floor, there is an exhibition dedicated to the iron, casting and forging industries in Cieszyn. You can view documents, photographs and numerous interesting items produced in metallurgical plants in the 19th and 20th centuries. Other exhibits include forgings for Fiat and Polonez cars, models of presses and hammers constructed in the past by students of the Technical School of Mechanics and Forging. The museum also houses temporary exhibitions. Moreover, there is an exhibition titled The Circle of Childhood, where the exhibits include old toys, games, books, school supplies, clothes and many other items. The museum also comprises an open-air farming and industrial museum with an exhibition of old farming devices.
