Muzeum Przyrody i Techniki w Starachowicach, Industrial heritage museum in Starachowice, Poland.
The Jan Pazdur Nature and Technology Museum occupies 8 hectares of the former Starachowice ironworks. Its grounds hold the machine hall and casting hall of an 1841 blast-furnace plant, the 1899 blast furnace with its railway tracks and charging tower, and a water tower housing an iron-ore mining display. A separate section shows Star trucks, including a Star 266R that competed in the Paris-Dakar rally.
The site emerged during 19th-century industrialization when iron production transformed the town's economy and settlement patterns. The museum was established in 2001 to safeguard the technical heritage after many original manufacturing facilities had closed.
The museum takes its name from Prof. Jan Pazdur, the historian and director of the Kielce State Archives who championed its creation. Its grounds host the annual "Iron Roots" archaeological picnics, when the reconstructed ancient iron-smelting settlement fills with demonstrations of smelting, smithing, amber-working and weaving.
The site is easy to reach and offers parking directly at the entrance on ul. Wielkopiecowa. Allow several hours to explore the grounds thoroughly, as the facility covers a large area with multiple buildings and outdoor exhibits.
The palaeontology display holds dinosaur tracks from the Mesozoic era found at Wióry, Sołtyków, Zapniów, Błaziny, Wierzbica and Bałtów, shown together with models of reptiles. A working group at the museum studies the region's Piaskowiec Pstry sandstone beds for further finds.
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