Park Miniatur Województwa Mazowieckiego, Miniature park museum in Warsaw, Poland
Park Miniatur Województwa Mazowieckiego was a miniature park in Warsaw that displayed ten 1:25-scale models of Warsaw landmarks, most of them no longer standing, such as the Saxon Palace, the Kronenberg Palace and the Iron Gate. The models were made from weather-resistant materials including glass and sheet metal, with some decorative elements and figurines produced by 3D printers. The exhibition also included old city plans, paintings and engravings of the former city.
The first miniature, of Saski Palace, was shown in April 2014 in a glass case beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The display then moved to the amphitheatre in Sowiński Park on Wola (July–September 2014), the Bracia Jabłkowscy department store on Bracka Street, and from May 2015 to 2018 the former Wilhelm Landau banking house at Senatorska 38. It later stood in the garden of the Central Agricultural Library and from 19 June 2021 at Marszałkowska and Świętokrzyska, where it was vandalised in 2022 and cleared in September 2023.
The park's aim, set by founder Rafał Kunach, was to show Warsaw monuments that no longer exist, such as the Saxon Palace, the Kronenberg Palace and the Iron Gate, alongside culturally important buildings of the Masovian region. The exhibition was enriched with old city plans, paintings and engravings of former Warsaw. Partners included the Warszawa1939.pl Foundation, the Saski 2018 association, the monthly Stolica and Radio Plus.
The park no longer exists: the exhibition closed in 2022 and the remains on the plot at the Marszałkowska/Świętokrzyska junction were cleared in September 2023. Its last site was a private plot at Marszałkowska 105, by the south-west corner of that crossing. Nothing of the ten 1:25 models is on display there today.
The first model, Saxon Palace, was shown in April 2014 in a glass case beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The park then moved five times: to the amphitheatre in Sowinski Park, the basement of the Bracia Jabłkowscy department store, the former Wilhelm Landau bank house on Senatorska Street, the garden of the Central Agricultural Library, and finally the corner of Marszałkowska and Świętokrzyska. In 2022 the display was vandalised and in September 2023 the remains were cleared away.
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