Mathematical Tower Of Wroclaw University — Attraction in Wrocław

The Museum is a historical museum and its collections are mainly devoted to the history of the University - from the 15th century to the present.

The oldest collections have the registers of Academy Leopoldina but the majority comes from the years after 1811. The Museum (Muzeum Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego) is situated in the main Baroque building of the Univeristy, designed by Christoph Tausch. It is a historical museum and its collections are mainly devoted to the history of the University - from the 15th century to the present. The oldest collections have the registers of Academy Leopoldina but the majority comes from the years after 1811. The Museum includes:

Aula Leopoldinum – the biggest and the most representative room of the main building - it is the only fully-equipped lay Baroque place in Poland, in which there are illusionist paintings of Krzysztof Handke from Ołomuniec, the decor and sculptures of Franz Mangoldt from Moravia and Ignatius Provisore, and Italian master.

Oratorium Marianum with Baroque decor and equipment as rich as the ones in Aula was built in the years 1728-1741 as a convent chapel. After the secularisation of the Jesuit order and establishment of the University in 1811, the interior became a Music Hall.

Mathematical Tower with a viewpoint terrace at the height of 42m is the old Astronomic Observatory, arranged in 1791 by the University's professor and a Jesuit, L.A. Jungnitz. On the floor there is a meridian line. It is the only instrument of this type in Poland.

Three exhibition rooms:

Roman Longchamps Room

Stefan Banach Room

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MATHEMATICAL TOWER

The Mathematical Tower is a part of the main building of the University. The tower’s terrace is at the height of 42m. It is a viewpoint on Słodowa Island and the Old Town.

The Mathematical Tower in the main building of the University was built in the years 1728 - 1737 as one of the three planned. The visiting starts in the western part of the building.On the first floor there are temporary expositions, on the second, we can see the exposition about astronomy. The terrace of the tower is at 42m and is a viewpoint on Słodowa Island and the Old Town. The four statues are allegories of four sciences, designed by Franz Mangoldt. With one ticket, one can visit 2, 3 or 4 attractions of the Museum of the University of Wrocław: Mathematical Tower, Aula Leopoldinum, Oratorium Marianum,...

It's no priority, but if you're staying some days on the city, it's worth to pay for the visit. Price is not expensive (summer 2019).

The ticket grants you entrance to some highly decorated baroque rooms/halls of this 18th century building and also gives you access to the "mathematical tower", from where you may enjoy a sublime panorama over the city.

Finally, you can also visit a museum section where they show you important features about the university's history, for instance, several Nobel Prizes on various scientific fields. There's also some authentic Roman sculptures.

Altogether the full visit shouldn't take you much more than one hour, so it's entertaining and not...