Kashubian Cultural Institute & Polish Museum

treasures abound

A great place to stop. Winona has a rich Polish history and thanks to the founder of the museum, has been lovingly preserved and run thanks to the volunteers and employees. There is a hidden treasure ...

Winona's Past

Winona is unique in that they have a lot of Kashubian Poles that immigrated here in the 1880's to early 1900's. The museum tells a bit about that past.

Treasure trove for researchers and descendants of Kashubian Polish

Stopped by this museum for a quick visit because some of our ancestors were Prussian. While the museum focuses primarily of the Kashubian Polish settlers of Winona and their descendants, it also provi...

The power of one

This is a hidden gem of a museum created by the vision of its founder, Father Breda. Rather than let the past fade to obscurity he began collecting the detritus of the local Polish community that the ...

A priest has worked over 40 years to put this collection together

Very friendly guide. She explained many historical highlights of polish immigrants who worked as farmers and in lumber industry. We were offered coffee and water and there were cookies available. T...