During the 1980s, through a decision of the Minister of Culture and Art, the District Museum in Konin acted as Archeological Conservation Body. In order to implement charter tasks, i.e. rescue research, intervention work (accidental finds) and legal protection of archeological objects, the Archeological Emergency Department was created. During the next decade, after a state administrative reform, the Department cooperated with a newly-formed Provincial Office for the Protection of Historic Sites and Monuments in Konin, preparing documents and opinions in order to establish legal protection of selected objects, giving consent to spatial development plans and plans for location of investments. It also acted as a conservation supervisory body for numerous archeological expeditions conducing rescue research along the A2 highway and fuel pipelines. Either on its own or in cooperation with the Archeological Department of the District Museum it carried out rescue, intervention and surface research.
A created archived included not only research findings (about 12,000 archival items) but also cartographic and photographic documentation of the most interesting objects (settlements, cemeteries, historic towns).
Presently, the Department has many functions, the most important of which is carrying out archeological rescue activities (archeological supervision, rescue research, inventory activities) in the areas endangered by new investments (mines, land improvement work, storage reservoir, telecommunications, etc). Areas of its activity cover not only the territories where objects recognized as a result of earlier research of AZP, but also towns of old historical origin, where in the course of excavations, accidental finds can be expected, which enrich our knowledge about the history of the region. Besides, the staff of the Department secure reported accidental finds.
Apart from purely archeological work, the Department promotes archeology or protection of historical sites among the youth, the media, and self-governmental authorities. The constantly updated archive helps the young in their education when they need to write papers concerning the oldest history of the Konin region.
We offer our services to districts and investors when they wish to create local land development plans or future investment location plans. Opinions included in such reports allow to limit both the construction costs of new production plants and destructive effects of their establishment.