VisitTorun: Torun Guide - District Museum in Bydgoszcz

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District Museum in Bydgoszcz

Muzeum Okręgowe w Bydgoszczy

Address:

Bydgoszcz, ul. Grodzka 7-11 (7-11 Grodzka Street)

47 km west of Toruń
Opening hours:
Tue - Fri: 9am - 5pm | Sat - Sun: 11am - 4pm | Mon: closed
Admission fees:
5 PLN, reduced: 3 PLN, family: 8 PLN
Further details:
tel.: (+48) 52 5859816, fax: (+48) 52 5859816, e-mail: muzeum@muzeum.bydgoszcz.pl

The idea to establish a museum in Bydgoszcz was implemented only when the city had been taken over by Polish authorities in 1920, after the period of German Prussion patrition. The newly established Municipal Museum did not have abundant collections; these were first of all historical items from the fields of archaeology, history, numismatics and ethnography. After necessary adaptation works, the Municipal Museum named after Leon Wyczolkowski was officially opened on April 11, 1946.

Permanent exhibitions:

Bydgoszcz memorabilia

Presented are the various artefacts associated with Bydgoszcz's history, the life of its residents and the changes of architecture over centuries.

In the exhibition one can see the sets of the following items:
- objects related to religious matters, including items related to the non-existent buildings,

- memorabilia from local authorities, especially insignia of power,

- memorabilia from guilds, including the heritage of them,

- items of Bydgoszcz's Shooting Brotherhood,

- collection of various memorabilia associated with the town and its inhabitans.

Bydgoszcz. City scraps

The exhibition without the exhibition hall. All photographs have been placed on communication ways, accompanying visitors from the entrance to the museum. The other aspect is the nature of photography. So far it was the city of Bydgoszcz to be the hero of exhibitions and photo albums produced by the museum. This time is differently: the city became the backdrop for people and events.

Gallery of Modern Art

(at the Red Granary)

Gallery of Modern Art is an exhibition of selected works of the most representative collection of the Bydgoszcz District Museum. The exhibition arrangement is a chronological and the thematic in character and reflects the trends, tendencies and attitudes of Polish art and creativity in the last hundred years.