About
Zagłębie Museum in Będzin makes available to visitors cultural property and documentation relating to the history of the region. It is housed in two sites: the castle at Zamkowa Street and the Mieroszewski Palace at Gzichowska Street. In addition, museum sites include the Będzin Underground, the former Jewish prayer house “Mizrachi” at Potockiego 3, the city walls, and Castle Hill. The institution operates under a statute adopted by the Będzin City Council and approved by the minister of culture and national heritage. The museum's premises also host the Jan Dorman Foundation, the Polish Numismatic Society, the Union of Combatants of the Republic of Poland and Former Political Prisoners, as well as an inn and the 1st Company of the Black Knight of the Będzin Castellany.
