The Museum of Technology and Transport – Art Depot () is
Szczecin
Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...
, Poland was established in 2006. The main themes of it are related to
road transport
Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads. Transport on roads can be roughly grouped into the transportation of goods and transportation of people. In many countries licensing requirements and safety regulations e ...
.
[O muzeumEnglish-language page]
, European ROute of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) It is supervised by the local government.
It has a series of specialized exibutions, such as "Cars of Socialist States", "Microcars", "Motorcycles of the
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I ...
", etc.
It was established in the abandoned tram depot Niemerzyn by the Niemierzyńska Street. The costs of its renovation was expected to be too high, and it was transferred to the city property. The Szczecin Society of Public Transport Enthusiasts found funding to create the museum there.
[
The collection of the museum includes trams, buses, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, electronic equipment, household appliances, etc. Muzeum Techniki i Komunikacji – Zajezdnia Sztuki w Szczecinie]
/ref> The most valuable contribution to the collection is 32 vintage cars and 56 motorcycles purchased from the Warsaw collector Leszek Liszewski for 1.2 million Polish złoty
The złoty (alternative spelling: ''zloty''; Polish: ''polski złoty'', ;The nominative plural, used for numbers ending in 2, 3 and 4 (except those in 12, 13 and 14), is ; the genitive plural, used for all other numbers, is abbreviation: zŠ...
s.[
]
Notes
References
{{coord, 53.4482, 14.5406, type:landmark_region:PL, display=title
Culture in Szczecin
Transport museums in Poland
Technology museums in Poland
Museums established in 2006
Road transport