Silesian Museum (Katowice)
Silesian Museum ( Muzeum Śląskie ) is the most famous museum in Katowice . The museum was founded by the decision of the Silesian Parliament ( Sejm Śląski ) on January 23, 1929. Initially, the exhibits were exhibited in the building of the Silesian Parliament, but at the same time the construction of the modern, representative new building for the museum began in 1936, based on the project of the architect Karol Schayer. The opening was planned for spring 1940. At the suggestion of the director of the State Museum in Beuthen, Franz Pfützenreiter (1888–1968), the almost finished building was demolished in 1941–1944 as a “memorial to Polish-Jewish arrogance”. Only the residential wing remained. The healing remaining exhibits were partially deprived and partly by Beuthen ( Bytom been accomplished), in the resident Oberschlesische National Museum. It was also the Great Synagogue at ul. Mickiewicza set on fire (Mickiewicz Str.) And the Jewish Quarter of the city. After the war there was neither the necessary financial means nor the good will of the communist central government to restore the museum, which embodied the autonomy of Silesia. A union building was erected in its place .
restoration
It was not until 1984 that the people gave in to the pressure of the population and the Silesian Museum was re-established, mostly with new exhibits. However, the Schayer building was not rebuilt; the museum was temporarily housed in a neo-renaissance building , the former Grand Hotel Wiener , on al. Korfantego 3, which at that time was not at all suitable for a museum and z. T. was in need of renovation. It started small, with only one exhibition room, and at the same time carried out the necessary work on the building, which was only finished in 1992, after the political change. Today's collections of the museum include over 75,000, mainly ethnological and archaeological exhibits related to the city and region of Upper Silesia and a picture gallery of Polish painting of the 19th and 20th centuries, which includes 233 works of art. In addition, various special exhibitions are shown in the museum, which thematically can also affect other regions.
Plans to move the museum to a new, larger building have been publicly discussed since the beginning of the 21st century. The planned new location is the site of the former " Zeche Katowice ". On June 15, 2007 the architectural competition for the new building of the museum was decided. The project by architects Riegler Riewe from Graz , Austria was unanimously declared the winner. Construction began in 2011 and was completed in 2014. The total cost will be 324 million zloty amount. The new museum building has seven floors, three of which are underground. The facilities of the disused mine were integrated.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The light underground. In: derStandard.at. August 18, 2014, accessed December 13, 2017 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 37.8 ″ N , 19 ° 1 ′ 20 ″ E