National Museum, Lublin
 Gallery of 19th-century painting | |
  Location within the city of Lublin | |
| Established | 1914 |
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| Location | Lublin, Poland |
| Coordinates | 51°15′02″N 22°34′20″E / 51.25056°N 22.57222°E |
| Collections | Archaeology, Painting, Decorative arts |
| Director | Katarzyna Mieczkowska, Ph.D. |
| Website | www.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[edit]
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[edit]
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.
Gallery[edit]
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Gothic apse vault of the Holy Trinity Chapel -
Pantocrator from Kułakowice -
Pilate washing his hands by Hendrick ter Brugghen -
Judgment of Midas by Gerard van Honthorst -
Girl in a garland of flowers, Jan Philip van Thielen -
Dogs fighting with foxes, Abraham Hondius -
The Union of Lublin by Jan Matejko
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