Goldstein Palace is one of the grand nineteenth-century buildings that mark Katowice's rise from industrial town to confident Silesian city. Built for the Goldstein brothers, timber entrepreneurs, it stands at Plac Wolnosci with the decorative self-assurance of the neo-Renaissance.
The palace is not a conventional museum visit, but it is worth seeking out on a walk through central Katowice. Its ornament, sandstone, and urban position show the wealth that industry brought to the city before coal, rail, and administration remade the whole region.