Trzęsacz Multimedia Museum (MuzeON)

Fifty metres from the most famous ruin on the Polish coast, on Klifowa Street in Trzęsacz, stands the Władysław Jagiełło Multimedia Museum of Trzęsacz, also known as MuzeON. Instead of display cases it has four rooms of images, light and sound that explain, in under half an hour, why the Gothic Church of St Nicholas slid off the cliff into the Baltic piece by piece. It is a good warm-up before you walk out to the viewing platform above the ruin.

History: from one resident's passion to MuzeON

The museum opened in 2000. Its founder was Władysław Jagiełło – namesake of the medieval king – who lived in Trzęsacz from 1998 to 2006 and wanted to tell the village's story in a way every generation could follow. The museum still bears his name. In May 2014 it reopened in a completely new multimedia form, with refurbished rooms and an exhibition built on projections, sound effects and animation.

What to see

The route leads through four air-conditioned rooms and the whole visit takes about 25–30 minutes. The exhibition revolves around several themes:

• the cliff and coastal erosion – how the sea undercuts the shore and why the village lost its church,
• the legend of Zielenica, the beautiful daughter of the Baltic King, told through animation and an "underwater" set,
• the 15th meridian – Trzęsacz lies on the line from which Central European Time is reckoned, and the museum also explains how time zones work,
• the story of St Nicholas's Church and village life about 600 years ago, with a few original fragments from the church itself.

The finale is a show recreating the building's last moments on the edge of the cliff. Children get a separate soundtrack so they can follow the same story in a simpler form.

Did you know: the church that lost to the sea

The brick church was built around the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, roughly 1.8–2 km from the shore, in the middle of the village. By 1868 only 1 metre separated it from the cliff edge, yet services continued until 2 March 1874. After that the sea claimed one section after another: the north wall in 1901, half of the south wall in 1994. In 2002 the ruin was stabilised with a new foundation and 15-metre columns, which is why the last fragment of the south wall still stands at the top of the cliff.

Tripto tips

• Opening hours: according to the museum's website it is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00, and closed on Mondays (as of October 2026). Organised groups can book other times.
• Tickets: standard PLN 29, reduced (children from 3, students, seniors) PLN 24, family 2+2 PLN 89; children under 3 go free.
• Plan your visit: start with the museum, then walk the 50 m to the ruins and the viewing platform – the story you have just heard suddenly takes on real shape. Allow about an hour in total.
• Getting there: it is a few minutes' walk from the Trzęsacz stop of the coastal narrow-gauge railway.