Podlaskie Museum in Białystok

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Podlaskie Museum in Białystok is the biggest museum of Podlaskie Voivodeship.^[1] It is based in Białystok, a city located in north-eastern Poland.

History

It was established in 1949 by the decree of the Ministry of Culture and Arts as the first regional museum in the history of the city.

Its site was the rebuilt right wing of the Branicki Palace. In March 1950, the museum was moved to the Branicki Guest Palace located at Kilińskiego Street. On January 1, 1952, the institution was nationalized, and the National Museum of Warsaw took supervision over it. On July 27, 1957, the Regional Museum gained the rank of a district museum and took charge of the regional museums in Łomża and Suwałki.^[2]

On September 13, 1958, the museum moved to the rebuilt town hall. Due to the expansion of the area, new workshops were established - next to the existing, historical and archeological ones, in 1958 an art workshop was established, in 1962 an ethnographic workshop, and in 1965 an scientific and educational workshop.

In 1973, the museum developed rapidly, it was handed over to the palace in Choroszcz, where an interior exhibition was created. A Museum Point was also created in the refectory and chapel of the former Abbots' Palace in Supraśl. Two years later, the historical workshop moved from the guest palace at Kilińskiego Street to the historic Cytron Palace at Warszawska 37 Street. A new branch was established in Tykocin, based in the rebuilt synagogue and Talmudic house.

In 1982 and in the areas located in Wasilków on the road to Augustów, the Bialystok Village Museum was established. In 1984, in the renovated town hall in Bielsk Podlaski a new branch of the museum was established. The turn of the century brought further name changes to the institutions: on April 27, 1998 at the State Museum in Bialystok, and on April 25, 2000 it was renamed the Podlaskie Museum in Bialystok.

From January 1, 2020, the Podlaskie Museum is co-run by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Podlaskie Voivodeship. A 10-year contract in this matter was signed on December 17, 2019.

Collection highlights

Jana Klemens Branicki
Józef Simmler Lucyna Karska
Józef Simmler August Karski
Aleksander Kotsis Matula died
Wincenty Wodzinowski Portrait of a highlander
Jacek Malczewski Study of a girl
Jan Chrucki Forest
Olga Boznańska Portrait of a Parisian woman
Anna Bilinska-Bogdanowicz Peony

References

^ Muzeum Podlaskie w Białymstoku. culture.p
^ Historia Muzeum. oficjalna strona.

External links

Official website

Białystok

Districts

History

Landmarks and culture

Streets and squares	Lipowa Street Kościuszko Market Square
Museums	Podlaskie Museum in Białystok Podlaskie Museum of Folk Culture Army Museum
Cemeteries	Bagnówka cemetery Ghetto cemetery

Politics and defense

Demographics and religion

Churches	Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit St. Roch's Church St. Kazimierz Church St. Jadwiga Church Divine Mercy Sanctuary