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National Museum, Lublin

Coordinates: 51°15′02″N 22°34′20″E / 51.25056°N 22.57222°E / 51.25056; 22.57222
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National Museum, Lublin
Gallery of 19th-century painting
National Museum, Lublin is located in Lublin
National Museum, Lublin
Location within the city of Lublin
Established1914
LocationLublin, Poland
Coordinates51°15′02″N 22°34′20″E / 51.25056°N 22.57222°E / 51.25056; 22.57222
CollectionsArchaeology, Painting, Decorative arts
DirectorKatarzyna Mieczkowska, Ph.D.
Websitewww.mnwl.pl

The National Museum in Lublin (Polish: Muzeum Narodowe w Lublinie) is one of the oldest and largest museums in Eastern Poland, located in Lublin. It was created in 1914, and received its own building in 1923.[1]

History

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Lublin Castle

The history of the Lublin Museum dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, and is associated with Hieronim Łopaciński, a junior high school teacher and a correspondent of the Academy of Learning, amateur historian, ethnographer, bibliophile and lover of antiquity.[1] Thanks to his efforts in 1901, two exhibitions were organized in Lublin.[1]

The exhibition of art and antiquities was opened on June 4 in the former Dominican Monastery.[1] Approximately 4,000 exhibits were assembled – engravings, paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, documents, prints, manuscripts, excavated artefacts, guild artefacts, arms, coins, medals, stamps and maps.[1] The industrial and agricultural exhibition was opened on June 22 with ethnographic section where folk costumes, wooden products and ritual art were presented.[1]

In 1974, the premises of Lublin Castle were adapted for the needs of the District Museum in Lublin, established in 1950. [1] The permanent exhibitions of painting, decorative arts, armaments, archeological, ethnographic, and numismatic artefacts were opened.[1] In 1987 the museum was renamed the Lublin Museum.[1]

On 15 May 2020, the Lublin Museum was nationalized, and therefore officially promoted to the rank of a National Museum, seamlessly the ownership of museum was transferred from the local government (pol. Sejmik Województwa) and placed under the authority of Polish Ministry of Culture. [2]

Permanent collection

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It has permanent collections for:

  • Polish and foreign painting from the 17th to 20th century;
  • Gallery of paintings by Tamara de Lempicka;
  • Polish and foreign decorative arts;
  • Polish historical and battle paintings;
  • Painters and folk art from the Lublin Region;
  • Coins and medals in Polish territories from the 10th to the 20th century;
  • Polish and foreign armaments from the 14th to the 20th century.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Historia muzeum". www.muzeumlubelskie.pl. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. ^ TVP Lublin. "Muzeum Narodowe w Lublinie" (in Polish). TVP Lublin. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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51°15′02″N 22°34′20″E / 51.25056°N 22.57222°E / 51.25056; 22.57222