What to See in Wałbrzych - Top Sights and Attractions

Porcelain Museum in Waldenburg - a museum founded in 1908 on the initiative of the Altertumsverein für das Waldenburger Gebirgsland set up by Julius Joppich and given the name Altertumsmuseum für das Waldenburger Gebirgsland. In 1926 the care for the museum, which changed its name to Heimatmuseum in Waldenburg, was taken over by the then City Council in Waldenburg. The collections were moved to the representative Alberti Palace in Walbrzych at 1 Maja Street, then Gottesbergerstrasse 23. The first full-time manager of the museum became Friedrich Stelter, and since 1936 the position was held by Heinrich Bartsch.

After the Second World War the collections of Wałbrzych museum were secured by local authorities. The first post-war curator and manager of the museum was Marek Sagan. Under his direction the collections of the museum were cleaned up and prepared for the reexhibition. In 1947 there was a ceremonial opening of the museum to the public. In 1949, the museum was nationalized and renamed to the Walbrzych Museum, with Eufrozyn Sagan as its long-term manager. In 1975, the Wałbrzych Regional Museum was elevated to the rank of the District Museum, covering the whole area of the newly created Wałbrzych Province.

Based on the decision of the Minister of Culture of 2002, the Walbrzych museum was entered in the National Register of Museums.

In 2015, after the renovation of its headquarters and a new arrangement of exhibition halls, the museum, so far playing the role of a regional museum, was transformed into the Porcelain Museum, focusing on exhibiting a collection of over 10,000 objects of Silesian porcelain (including those from Wałbrzych factories) and historical porcelain from European manufactories and factories (including Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Russia, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and England). Some of the rooms have been arranged in the style of an old bourgeois mansion with the use of own collections, mainly paintings, furniture and artistic crafts.

The museum also houses a collection of contemporary Polish paintings (with works by such artists as Jerzy Duda-Gracz, Franciszek Starowieyski, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Jerzy Nowosielski) and a collection of Polish ceramics from the 1950s and 1960s.

The museum functions as: Ceramics Department, Art Department, City and Regional History Department, Library, Education and Promotion Department

Church of the Resurrection in Walbrzych is a basilica-style church built in the Neo-Gothic style with a square tower with a spire helmet added on the left side.

It was built between 1867-1870 by Protestants according to the design of Karl Lüdecke. After the end of World War II both Protestant and Catholic services were held there.

Since March 1, 1972 the church has belonged to Roman Catholics, since it was bought by the Bishop's Curia in Wroclaw, where the church was located at that time.

The church has a nave covered with a gable roof and two side naves covered with monopitch roofs. On the front elevation above the portal there is a rose (rosette), which was renovated in 2008. Currently, it is the only originally preserved stained glass window, which was not replaced during the renovation in the 1970s.

The naves are separated from each other by a total of twelve square columns, which symbolize the Twelve Apostles. In the right nave there is an image of the Merciful Jesus, and on the side wall there is an image of St. Maximilian. The left nave, on the other hand, has since 2012 housed a special altar containing relics of the blood of Saint John Paul II.

The chancel is separated by an elevation and a transept and closed by a pentagonal apse. Three windows contain stained glass windows made in the 80s of the 20th century. They show the Resurrection of Christ, the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor and the Ascension. On the left wall of the apse closing the presbytery hangs a painting of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Adolf Hyla. In the central part of the altar is the statue of the Risen Christ, which until 2015 was located above the rainbow arch of the presbytery.

In the gallery of the church there is a historic organ from 1871, made by Schlag & Söhne company from Świdnica. The instrument has 14 registers and mechanical: traction of playing and traction of registers.

As part of the renovation work carried out in the 21st century: in 2006 the roofing of the church tower was replaced, in 2007 the wall of the front and the church tower was cleaned, in 2008 the rosette was restored, in 2015 the statue of the Risen Christ was restored and placed in the chancel, in 2017 the main entrance portal, including the fanlight, was restored, in 2018 the roof over the northern and southern tracts was replaced, in 2019 the roof over the chancel was replaced, in addition, the windows were successively replaced with stained glass windows similar to the original between 2008 and 2012.