We are in an unusual place – the House Under the Crazy Star. It was here, in this spacious, Modernist house, that several hundred people found a chance to live in humanit’’s most cruel time. In a time when death was the immediate penalty for giving a Jew a glass of water, two people, regardless of the consequences, decided to give shelter to those who were persecuted for belonging to a...

Bunkier Sztuki is one of the most important Polish cultural institutions presenting contemporary art. It originally functioned within the network of Art Exhibition Offices (the BWA) but in 1994 was given the status of city gallery. Mission of the institution is home to exhibitions, presentations of works from the Collection and artistic, educational, promotional and publishing activity....

The origins of the Teresa and Andrzej Starmach collection probably lie in the amount of time they spent in the company of works of art during the two decades of running their gallery, and also in their frequent attendance at international art fairs and auctions. Nor should we overlook the fact that they were responsible in practical terms for the Nowosielski Foundation, established in 1996....

A 2-storey building, rebuilt on a framework of high buttresses made of hewn stone in 1980, since 1984 housing the exhibition of the Gallery of Contemporary Polish Art, used for temporary exhibitions.

Two-storey, placed between Szewski house and Kurza Stopa on top of the defense walls. Preserved in its original structure in foundation layer made from carved stone. In the 1960s adapted for residental purposes. In 1985 acquired by museum and adapted for departamental substantive laboratories.

DESA - The Auction House and Gallery Ltd is the oldest company on the Polish art market, which has been continually in operation since 1950. We are not only a trading company but we also play an important role in culture-forming processes in Poland. We secure valuable works of art for museum collections and promote contemporary art and artists by organizing exhibitions both in Poland and...

A 3-storey building situated within the medieval city walls, between the Człuchowska Gate and the Shoemaker's House. Rebuilt by the museum in 1983-84 in a shape that preserves the original character and partly the original historic substance. At present, it houses a museum library with a valuable Pomeranian Studies book collection and a reading room.

Foksal Gallery was founded in 1966. The idea of founding a gallery with a focus on searching out and highlighting radical approaches to contemporary art, was developed by art critics, such as Wiesław Borowski, Anka Ptaszkowska, Mariusz Tchorek, and artists, including Tadeusz Kantor, Henryk Stażewski, Zbigniew Gostomski, Edward Krasiński and Roman Owidzki. Since its inception it has been...

The seat of the Regional Museum since 1981 is the former town hall in Kutno. The building in the classicist style was built between 1842 and 1845, according to the design of Bonifacy Witkowski, on a plot donated by the heir of the town, Felix Mniewski. In 1961, the former entrance gate was adapted as the lobby, in order to increase the functionality of the building. The renovation of the...

The mission of the Museum of the First Piasts at Lednica is to preserve in the collective memory the knowledge of the significance of Ostrów Lednicki and other Early Medieval strongholds in Greater Poland  from the period of the formation of the Polish state. It is also intended to provoke visitors’ interest in the history of Greater Poland’s countryside with its 19 th  c. positivist...