The Andrzej Myrcha University
Museum of Nature



about us | e-mail | staff | collections & current exhibitions | publications
Museum of Nature online (in Polish)

about us

Opened in 1999 (due to the inspiration of Prof. A. Myrcha, 1939-1997), our Museum soon became well-known to the regional public. Several thousand people, also foreigners, visit us every year. Furthermore, the Museum takes part in the didactic process carried out at the Institute of Biology and carries out the research work [link 1] [link 2].
The mission statement:
our mission is to promote the knowledge on biodiversity of North-Eastern Poland and the history of life on Earth.


We invite you to visit us either online (the website is in Polish) or in the real world (get a personal guided tour in English). We are open Monday through Friday (9.00-15.00), Saturday 10.00-14.00 (we are closed on Sundays and holidays); see the location maps.


e-mail

muzeum@uwb.edu.pl


staff

Wiesław Mikucki, M.Sc. (head), phone (+48 85) 745-73-22
Piotr Jadwiszczak, Ph.D., phone (+48 85) 745-74-27
Małgorzata Berych, phone (+48 85) 745-73-22

collections & current exhibitions

collections

  • Birds and mammals of Poland
  • Insects of Poland
  • Fossils from the Świętokrzyskie Mountains
  • Fossils from the erratic boulders
  • Arthropods of the tropics
  • Mollusc shells
  • Animals from the coral reefs
  • Antarctic invertebrates
  • Antarctic fossils
  • Birds of the polar regions
  • Fossil penguins from the Eocene La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula); a scientific collection with five holotype specimens [more info]


permanent exhibitions

    - The phylogeny of Metazoa
   
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    - The history of life on Earth (plates)
   
    - The nature of polar regions
   
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    - The nature of our region
   
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    - Spiders of wetlands of North-Eastern Poland (photos by J. Kupryjanowicz)    
    - A photographic exhibition (several themes a year) in the main hall (1st floor) and three theme show-cases scattered through the building
   
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temporary exhibitions

    - The nature of coral reefs

publications

Jadwiszczak P. 2008. An intriguing penguin bone from the Late Eocene of Seymour Island (Antarctic Peninsula). Antarctic Science doi: 10.1017/S0954102008001405; published online by Cambridge University Press 27 May 2008.

Jadwiszczak P., Gaździcki A., Tatur A. 2008. An ibis-like bird from the Upper La Meseta Formation (Late Eocene) of Seymour Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 20(4): 413-414.

Mikołuszko W. (text; key illustration [a reconstruction of Palaeeudyptes klekowskii] by D. Cyranowska, photo and scientific consultation by P. Jadwiszczak) 2007. Wyspa pingwinów. National Geographic Polska 8(95). [in Polish] [PDF]

Jadwiszczak P. 2006. Eocene penguins of Seymour Island, Antarctica: The earliest record, taxonomic problems and some evolutionary considerations. Polish Polar Research 27(4): 287-302. [PDF]

Jadwiszczak P. 2006. Eocene penguins of Seymour Island, Antarctica: Taxonomy. Polish Polar Research 27(1): 3-62. [PDF]
- supplementary material

Duda N., Chętnicki W., Jadwiszczak P. 2003. Intraspecific nest parasitism in Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus. Ardea 91 (1): 122-124.

Jadwiszczak P. 2003. The early evolution of Antarctic penguins. In: Huiskes A.H.L., Gieskes W.W.C., Rozema J., Schorno R.M.L., van der Vies S.M., Wolff W.J. (eds.), Antarctic Biology in a Global Context, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden: 148-151.

Myrcha A., Jadwiszczak P., Tambussi C.P., Noriega J.I., Gaździcki A., Tatur A., del Valle R.A. 2002. Taxonomic revision of Eocene Antarctic penguins based on tarsometatarsal morphology. Polish Polar Research 23 (1): 5-46. [PDF]

Jadwiszczak P. 2001. Body size of Eocene Antarctic penguins. Polish Polar Research 22 (2): 147-158.

Jadwiszczak P. 2000. The fossil record of Antarctic penguins. In: Grześ M., Lankauf K.R.,  Sobota I. (eds.), Polish Polar Studies, 27th International Polar Symposium, Toruń, Poland: 39-45.

Gębczyński A.K., Jadwiszczak P. 2000. Importance of fat reserves in Wilson’s storm petrel chicks. Ornis Fennica 77: 71-76.




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