Muzeum Historii Katowic

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Seat of the Museum of the History of Katowice (2016 view)

The Muzeum Historii Katowic (German Museum of the History of Katowice) was founded in 1981 by decree of the city president. Today the museum is located in a Secession bourgeois house in the center of Katowice . It includes two permanent exhibitions: one on the history of Katowice and another with reconstructed interiors of town houses.

building

The luxurious three-story tenement house was designed in 1908 and moved into in 1912 at Rüttgerstrasse 9 (today ks. J. Szafranka Strasse 9). It was built for Wilhelm Brieger, the owner of a construction company, and from the outset contained gas and water supply, electrical installation and district heating. Coal stoves were only in the kitchens. In 1919 Karl Polewka bought the house and in 1921 Siegmund Arz, owner of a cloth factory in Bielsko.

There were two apartments on each floor of the house - one with an area of ​​310 m², the second with an area of ​​150 m². They were rented by well-to-do people such as doctors, lawyers, and tradespeople. In 1939 the house was bought by Anna Grzesik. After the 2nd World War it came into communal ownership. Elżbieta Korfantowa, the widow of the well-known politician Wojciech Korfanty, lived in one of the apartments with her sister's family from 1947–1965 . In the first years after the war, the famous conductor Stanisław Skrowaczewski also lived here . In 1979 the building was designated for the Museum of the History of Katowice, which started operating in 1981.

history

The Muzeum Historii Katowic (German Museum of the History of Katowice) was founded in 1981 by decree of the city president. 1981–1983 it was part of the Muzeum Górnośląskie (Upper Silesian Museum) in Bytom . In 1991 the permanent exhibition of the living quarters of the rich bourgeoisie was opened on the 350 m² area, in 1999 the living rooms of the wealthy bourgeoisie on a 150 m² area. The permanent exhibitions also include the history of Katowice from 1299 to the present day (pol. Dzieje Katowice od 1299 r. Do współczesności ).

Permanent exhibitions

Permanent exhibition "From the history of Katowice"
  • Interiors of town houses : “The neighbors' rooms and kitchen” (Polish: “U sąsiadów na pokojach iw kuchni”) and “In the town house. Everyday life and feast day ”(Polish“ W kamienicy mieszczańskiej. Codzienność i odświętność ”). The exhibitions are on the first floor and include two apartments in which the living culture of a rich and a medium-rich bourgeois family are presented.
  • "From the history of Katowice" (Polish "Z dziejów Katowic")
  • Permanent exhibitions in the Nikiszowiec (Nickischschacht) section: “Woda i mydło najlepsze bielidło. W pralni i maglu na Nikiszowcu ”,“ Wokół mistrzów Grupy Janowskiej ”,“ U nos w doma na Nikiszu ”(housing culture in the workers' housing estate)

Departments

  • Department of History
  • Department of urban ethnology: The public laundry room, mangle and bathroom for the families of the miners of the Gieschegrube (later "Wieczorek" mine) were located here . The facilities there were used until the end of the 1980s. From 1996 the “Magiel” (“Deficiency”) gallery was active in the building. There were u. a. presents the souvenirs associated with the district. In September 2003 the gallery became a branch of the Katowice History Museum. In 2011, the Department of Urban Ethnology of the Katowice History Museum, founded in 1999, was moved to the revitalized building. The collection of this department contains many exhibits documenting the cultural aspects of the working-class milieu (especially the mining workers): family life, everyday life and festive days, religion, morality, professional culture and amateur art - especially the works of the lay painters of the Janowska group. Address: 4 Rymarska Street in Nikiszowiec (Nickischschacht).
  • Art department
  • Department of Photography
  • Department for Theater and Film, address: Kopernik Straße 11
  • Graphics Department, address: 47 Kościuszko Street
  • Department of Science and Education

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Museum of the History of Katowice on tripadvisor.de [2017-06-16]
  2. ↑ Dział Etnologii Miasta mhk.katowice.pl [2017-06-19]

Web links

Commons : Muzeum Historii Katowic  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 18.7 ″  N , 19 ° 1 ′ 43 ″  E