THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM IN TORUŃ. A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE 2005–2015

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THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM IN TORUŃ. A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE 2005–2015

Journal Title: Muzealnictwo - Year 2015, Vol 56, Issue

Abstract

The first decade of activity by the University Museum in Toruń, which has been open since 2005, is already complete. Located in an old building of the Reichsbank from 1906 (later the National Bank of Poland), it offers good facilities for presenting and storing museum objects (for example, the old bank treasury is used as storage) safely. The museum collection mainly consists of artworks, such as ceramics and ancient glass, old European art, and 18th- to 20th-century Polish paintings and engravings. The University Museum collection is distinguished by one of the largest and most representative collections of works by Polish artists in exile. Within a decade, the University Museum in Toruń has managed to visibly mark its presence through intensive exhibition, scholarly, publishing, teaching and promotional activity, all with relatively few employees and collaborators. The main problem faced by many university museums, which limit their activities to storing their legacy and function mainly as teaching facilities, has been avoided. With free admission and fixed opening hours, the University Museum in Toruń is predominantly intended for people from outside the university, and it has thus become an intermediary between the university and the public.

Authors and Affiliations

Sławomir Majoch

Keywords

University Museum in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń European painting ceramics and ancient glass non-European cultures collection of works by Polish artists in exile Marek Żuławski collection catalogue scientific research in a museum educational activity in a museum

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