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Januš Parulis Museum of Life and History of Hrodna

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Offbeat history museum with a private collection of local antiques & artifacts exploring urban life. People often mention museum, interesting, Janusz,


Address

vulica Liermantava 25, Grodno, Hrodna Region, Belarus

Website

museumparulisgrodno.business.site

Contact

+375 33 604-90-08

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (156 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Friday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Sunday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Monday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Tuesday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Wednesday: 7 am to 9 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Antonius 6 months ago on Google • 718 reviews
    The museum is interesting in its own way. There is a lot of everything, just like at any flea market. You are sure to find things from your past in this picturesque chaos. Such places make you think about all-consuming time, which in itself is useful. The colorful owner of the museum will give you a tour and tell you about the most interesting things. Of course, there are probably no such museums anymore, but at a good flea market old things are in their natural habitat. But in the museum it’s clearly a bit crowded for them.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Наталья �. 6 years ago on Google • 92 reviews
    I was here with friends and the impressions were ambiguous. On the one hand, things, as previous commentators say, are piled on top of each other and it is not possible to see everything. On the other hand, every time you look closely and find something similar. Of course, this museum has everything from chicken feet to a recently published book from a tobacco company. The owner himself is quite a cheerful guy and at any moment he can blurt out a joke that everyone is clutching their stomachs. One minus, of course, is that for five rubles from the nose, we were not allowed to look at all the exhibits. And there really are a lot of them. I hope this museum will continue to delight tourists!)
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hubert L. 4 years ago on Google
    Warto odwiedzić Pana Janusza Parulisa i Jego Prywatne spontaniczne muzeum .Ogromna ilość eksponatów i pomimo pozornego bałaganu ma to swój urok i pozostaje w pamięci . Naprawdę warto .Pan Janusz to chodząca księga Historii Grodna .Polecam
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Оленька #. 3 years ago on Google • 86 reviews
    Nice place with a huge history of collected things. This is not the first generation that has been involved in this museum and its collection. Come, you will definitely find something interesting for yourself. For example, I was attracted by white skis with pickled snowmen on them. Only after seeing these skis did I remember that I had the same ones as a child. And what are the coupons with which you once went to the store worth? Gramophones, radios, a huge amount of all sorts of things that even a day would not be enough to look at. I recommend everyone to have a connection with the past, and you need to look for it here! Good health to you, Janusz. Thank you for being so passionate about this.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Катерина �. 6 years ago on Google • 28 reviews
    A very interesting museum, I advise you to visit it not only for tourists, but also for residents of the city of Grodno. A huge variety of different things about each of which Janusz will tell you in all colors.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Mateusz 4 years ago on Google • 260 reviews
    Hmm, it's hard for me to say anything unambiguous about this place. On the one hand, Mr. Janusz is a very interesting person, he talks wonderfully about the history of Grodno. On the other hand, the collected items are missing a key, everything is chaotic and resembles an antique warehouse. In addition, the price surprised us a lot because 10 rubles per person is a lot for what we get
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vitali R. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The most unusual museum you can imagine: an incredible number of exhibits that you can touch with your hands (Original) Самый необычный музей который только можно представить: невероятное кол-во эспонатов которые можно трогать руками
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Qba 4 years ago on Google • 76 reviews
    Hmmmm. On the 1st side: a storage room. With 2 wonderful monuments. A collection of glass, porcelain, clothes, uniforms, paintings and everything else. The host is absolutely amazing. He can say at least a few words about every little thing. Together with the King of the Biebrza River, they are unique on a global scale. This place simply must be visited!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anna M. 4 years ago on Google • 17 reviews
    A unique and really interesting private museum :) Mr. Janusz talks interestingly about the collected exhibits and their stories. Nice to listen and talk.

  • 5/5 Volha L. 4 years ago on Google • 7 reviews
    this is probably the best Belarusian museum

  • 5/5 Ilya P. 3 years ago on Google • 4 reviews
    One of the most interesting and unusual places in Belarus. Definitely worth its price!

  • 5/5 Гражданин �. 4 years ago on Google • 1 review
    I was walking down the street and thinking about where to go. I see on the map - a museum. I approach, and there is some kind of private house. Unclear. It turned out that yes, this is a museum. In general, I don't like museums. This walking along exhibits hidden behind glass, reading captions - all this is terribly boring. But this is not the case in this place. There is no glass or signatures here, and the exhibits are not placed separately or in groups of at most 8 pieces, no. Here everything is in a heap and things lie on top of each other. Everything can be covered at one glance, and you don’t need to read anything, because Janusz Parulis - the owner of this entire establishment and, part-time, a guide in this museum - will tell you everything you need. As correctly noted below, at first you get the impression that under the guise of a museum they are trying to scrounge in a tour of some flea market for almost 5 dollars, but as soon as the excursion starts, you begin to be imbued with all this action. This is truly a museum of history, which permeates every exhibited thing that was in those times. distant times when it was just a household item. History here is not something abstract, but you really feel the historical weight of each exhibit. And the owner fits into this environment as harmoniously as possible, as if he himself were an exhibit of this museum. To top it off, I would like to note the entertaining and, dare I say it, atmospheric non-cash payment procedure. The owner shouted to his friend, who was working on the car at that moment: “... let him buy some gari for 10 rubles,” and we went to the nearest supermarket to buy “gari” for these same 10 rubles by bank transfer. As a result, the payment was successful. To summarize, I would like to say that the museum is interesting and atmospheric in its own way, makes a pleasant impression and even makes you think about something after leaving it.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍


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    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible toilet

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