The lapidarium (a place for storing and displaying specimens of natural stone and stone fragments of architectural elements) in the museum park was established in 1911 and is located behind the building on what is now Adama Mickiewicza Street. Stonework monuments from various locations in Bolesławiec were collected there. Among the most important historical relics (witnesses) in the lapidarium are undoubtedly the epitaphs and tombstones from the cemeteries that were closed: the Evangelical cemetery on Garncarska Street and the cemetery on Ptasia Street.
An extraordinary monument is the penitential cross from the 15th century (?) (a simple monument erected by a murderer at the site of the murder as a sign that penance had been completed). which originally stood approximately 1.2 km north of the centre of Kruszyn, near the Wrocław–Węgliniec railway line. The penitential cross from Kruszyn recalls a crime committed with a sword.
The sandstone sculptures and monuments were in poor technical condition and required conservation work. The work was divided into several stages; in the first, eight objects were restored for a sum of EUR 75,000 (the value of the entire project on both sides of the border). The project was carried out with the Czech partner, the Hradek nad Nisou Municipal Office. The conservation work was performed by K. M. Dubieccy.
The project “Show the Forgotten Monuments of History,” co-financed by the European Union through the ERDF and by state budget funds, perfectly fulfilled its primary task: bringing EU members closer together through joint, creative work for the sake of history and national memory. The Ceramics Museum has successfully carried out yet another EU-funded project and, by working with partners, is building exceptional and lasting relations with our neighbours and fellow EU members.
