Ethnographic Museum is a Museum based in Torun in 1959. In 1999 the Museum was named in honor of the Polish anthropologist and founder of the Museum of Mary Znamirowski-Preferowa.

The Museum began its activities on 1 January 1959. The exhibition is housed in the Arsenal, one of the fortifications of the fortress of Torun, built in 1824. Ethnographic Museum settled there after their separation from the city Museum, existing since 1946. For many years the Museum was headed by outstanding personalities of Polish Ethnology: Roderick Lange, John Ronski, Alexander Blachowski and many others.

At the moment, the Museum presents a permanent exhibition "Mysteries of everyday life. Folk culture, 1850-1950", which was opened to the public in early 2010. The exhibition tells about the everyday life of residents of several ethnographic regions, in particular: Palucki, Kashubian, Chelmno, it is divided into several sections: crafts, architecture, history and rural sociology, folklore.

In 2012, the Museum's collection consisted of more than 60,000 exhibits. The Museum collects documentary material in the field of Ethnography and Ethnology and related fields: Polish culture abroad, the history of ethnic and religious minorities.

On the territory of the Museum is ethnographic Park, where exhibits of rural architecture. Here you can see the outbuildings, wind and water mills, furniture.

The ethnographic Museum is actively involved in publishing activities. It publishes research articles and results from different studies.

Unfortunately, 30 April 2004 at the Museum was a severe fire that burned down three wooden houses.