Sacred Museum of the Zamość Cathedral
The Sacred Museum of the Zamość Cathedral (formerly the Collegiate Church Museum, the Zamoyski Family Foundation) - is a museum based in Zamość, Poland. The facility operates at the Cathedral of the Resurrection and St. Thomas the Apostle, Zamość, and its headquarters is the ground floor of a former prelate building, dating from the late 16th century.
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| Established | 1987 |
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| Location | ul. Kolegiacka 1a, Zamość, Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°42′58″N 23°15′02″E |
The museum was opened in March 1987, thanks to the efforts of the last head of the Zamoyski Family Fee Tail, Jan Tomasz Zamoyski.[1] As part of the museum exhibition you can see monuments of sacred art from the treasury of the cathedral, including:
- The coronation alb of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki,
- liturgical vestments - the oldest from the 16th and 17th centuries,
- liturgical vessels, reliquaries, votive offerings and church books,
- portraits of Prelates and Zamoyski headwinders, including coffin portraits.
References
- "Muzeum Sakralne Katedry Zamojskiej". www.pascal.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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