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A trip to history through museums

A trip to history through museums. National Museum of Szczecin by Comenius Club. National Museum , szczecin. National Museum of Szczecin ( Polish : Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie) – was established on 1st August 1945. It is located in 4 historic buildings in Szczecin

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A trip to history through museums

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  1. A trip to historythroughmuseums National Museum of Szczecin by Comenius Club

  2. National Museum, szczecin National Museum of Szczecin (Polish: Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie) – was established on 1st August 1945. Itislocatedin 4 historicbuildingsin Szczecin and a modern one in Gryfice. Landed Gentry House

  3. National Museum, szczecin • TheheadofficeislocatedintheMainBuilding of Muzeum Narodowe of Szczecinie,Wały Chrobrego 3 Street Theother parts are: • TheSzczecin'sHistoryMuseum, Old City Town Hall in Szczecin, Księcia Mściwoja II Street • The Old Art Galery of Muzeum Narodowe in Szczecinie, Staromłyńska 27 Street • TheMuseum of Contemporary Art, Staromłyńska 1 Street • TheNarrowGauge Railway Exhibitionin Gryfice (from 1st January 2012)

  4. In November 2011, we decided to beginourtrip to historywith a localmuseumcalled TheMainBuilding of National Museum of Szczecin.

  5. TheMainBuildingof National Muzeum, Szczecin • The building was built between 1908 and1913 • The founder and organizer of the facility was Lech Krzekotowski • Itis run by theMinistry of Culture and National Heritage • In thebeginning, the City Museumwas located here. It was officially opened on June 23,1913, andexhibitedarts collections • It is located on the Chrobrego Embankments • Now, itcomprises 5 depatments: marine, numismatics, education, ethnography of Pomerania, outside-europeancultures

  6. Depository Theme: • Polish Art from XVIII-XX c. • Modern Art • Archeology • Ethnography • Numismatics • Outside-european cultures • Marine • Szczecin • Polar and oceanographicitems; • Paintings, graphics, sculptures, everydayobjects, weapons, reliefs, pottery

  7. Cataloguing techniques • Duringourvisit to themuseum we learnthow to describe an item/antiqueusing a museumcard • According to thecard, we need, for examplethename of theobject, material, measurments, photo, origin, etc. /seeslidbelow/ in order to catalogueeachmuseumitem • Apartfromcards, themuseumuses a computer programme to cataloguehistoricobjects.

  8. Hereis an example • Place: National Museum, Szczecin • Object: Coin of 20 PLN • Department: Numismatics • Materials & techniques: Copper - nickel, mint/strike • Country, place, workshop: PRL, Warsaw Mint • Number of inventory: MZ/1462/MP • Value: - • Finddate & theway of purchase: 1 VII 1999r., Donated by A. Seweryn • Date of thefulfilment of thecard & thename of theresponsible person: 22 X 1999r. , Jacek Feduszka, • Origin, patricipationinexhibitions: - • Bibliography:- J. Parchimowicz, Monety polskie od roku 1916, Szczecin 1996, poz. 248 (ThePolishcoinsfrom 1916, Szczecin, entry 248) • Number of book of receiving: 4738 • Height: - • Width: 29mm • Length: - • Format: - • Weigth: 10,15 • Date of made: 25 VIII 1975r. • Number of inventory of plates:- • Description, sygnatures, Opis przedmiotu, sygnatury, notes/inscriptions: OBVERSE: national eaglefrom PRL inthecentre, thedate on thesides, inscriptionattheborder : „„ThePolishPeaple’s Republic; on thereverse: theleft profile of a woman’shead , theinscription on therim: „ International Year of Women” • State of conditions:Good • Conservatoryprocedure: - • Place of keeping of an object: – • Additional data:  -

  9. Photography: obverse reverse

  10. Permanent exhibitions • The ancient roots of Europe. TheSzczecin collection ofDohrnfamily (thebiggestcollection of thecopies of theancientsculpturesmade of bronzein Europe) • WestpomeranianCoinagefrom XII to XIX c. (exhibition for thePomeraniancoins and devices used to theirproduction and storage) • In theAfricanvillage (exhibition on everyday life in an Africanvillage) • Art of Africa:Betweena mask and fetish (collection of sculptures, masks, totems, and otherartefactsfrom an Africanculture)

  11. Temporaryexhibitions • ‘The past of thefuture’. TheCollection of theFoundation of theCzartoryskis Princes - including national mementoes ( opened to 31st December 2012) • ‘TheFine Arts’. Art collection of National Museum, Szczecin (opened to 8th January 2012) • ‘TheAmerican and European paintings from the collection of Marx’ (openedfrom 27th January 2012)

  12. Relationship between the museum and local culture life • Contemporary Theatre of Szczecin is located in the same building • There are a lot of organizations working or associated with the museum, e.g. The Academy of Toddlers, Junior Academy, Photographic Workshops, Lectures and talks, Screeningsfilms, Educational programs, Wednesdays with a history of Szczecin

  13. Reference • materials provided by themuseume.g. msuemcards • photographstaken by thestudents • www.muzeum.szczecin.pl • pl.wikipedia.org

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