National Museum (Poznan)
The National Museum in Poznan (pl. Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu ) is an art museum in Poznań .
history
In 1857 the Museum of Polish and Slavic Antiquity in the Grand Duchy of Poznan was founded by the Poznan Society of Friends of Science . In 1894 it was named Provincial Museum Posen, in 1902 it was renamed Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum. In 1903 the museum received the extensive collection of paintings by Count Atanazy Raczyński , born in Poznan, on permanent loan, which was exhibited in Palais Raczyński on Berlin's Königsplatz from 1844 to 1884 before the Reichstag building was erected on the same site .
The current building was built in 1904 according to a design by Karl Hinckeldeyn in the historicist style. In the same year the painter Karl Ziegler took over the management of the museum with the title of professor.
Rooms and collections
In addition to a gallery of ancient art, a room for medieval art and galleries of Polish art from the 16th to 18th centuries and the 18th to 20th centuries, the museum also includes a collection of contemporary works and foreign artists. In addition to a poster and design gallery, there is a special room for the coin collections.
The holdings include the triptych "Allegory of the World and Society of Danzig", "Allegory of Wealth" and "Allegory of Pride" from the year 1600 by the painter Anton Möller (1563–1611), who is known in art history as the "painter from Gdansk ”.
literature
- Konstanty Kalinowski, Christoph Heilmann (eds.): Collection Graf Raczyński. Late Romantic painting from the Poznań National Museum. Hirmer, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7774-5950-X .
Web links
- Museum website (Polish)
- Museum website (English).
Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 31.1 ″ N , 16 ° 55 ′ 47.5 ″ E