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beginnings of the museum in Ziębice reach 1930,
when the authorities of the town decided to
organize Heimatmuseum to collect relics of the
town and the district. Already in 1931 they
created tirst museum exposition in two halls of
the town hall. Collections of the Ziębice
Heimatmuseum expanded quickly, and in the years
1934-1937 they were enriched with a huge
collection given to the town by the widow after
Silesian artist Joseph Langer. After liquidation
of the administrative district, the Ziębice
museum was transferred to former seat of district
office near today's Przemysłowa street. In this
way the museum got an independent seat, which
thanks to reconstruction and adaptation was
perfectly suitable for presentation of the museum
collections. Museum in
Ziębice survived the World War II without losses
and in 1946 the German curator passed it on to
Polish authorities. The museum started its
activities already in the 50s of 20th
century, under management of the first Polish
director Mr. W. Brajter. In the 50s the
collections of the museum were enriched with
relics from liquidated museum in Niemcza. The
authorities of that time reluctantly saw "post-German"
collections in the "Piastowskie"
Ziębice, therefore an idea appeared to create,
based on the museum in Ziębice, an institution
specializing in collection of household
appliances and equipment. Against the will of the
next director Mr. Jerzy Rozwadowski in first half
of the 70s of the 20th century the
museum was deprived of its seat. The building was
occupied by the Town Offices and the museum was
transferred to several rooms in the Town Hall
where it remains until today. In new location
narrowness of space permitted to organize only
a small exhibition, mainly household appliances.
Only in 90s
the next director of the museum Mrs. Renata
Kolega adapted the rooms in the Town Hall after
former PZPR (Polish United Workers' Party)
Committee, she organized new expositions and
brought exhibits from former store-houses in the
building of the Town offices. At present, the
museum in Ziębice, under management of Mr.
Jarosław Żurawski, being the only one
specializing in household appliances and
equipment, tries to join the functions of a
specialistic and regional museum, presenting its
rich collections in 7 exhibition rooms.
Unfortunately, the museum still is only one of
the users of the Town Hall and has too small
exhibition area, which causes that a part of
exhibits is kept in a warehouse (e.g. manuscripts,
old prints, numismatic, photographic, sfragistic
collections) or exhibited in other museums, e.g.
in Jelenia Góra or Z±bkowice ¦l. The museum
does not have a temporary exhibition hall, which
significantly limits the possibilities to
organize temporary exhibitions, even of own
collections.
Since 70s
of the 20th century the museum is
located in the Town Hall - an eclectic building
built in 1887-1890 on the site of previous
Renaissance town hall. The only remains of the
old town hall is a 16th century's
tower, from which a beautiful view of the town,
hilly neighbourhood and eastern part of the
Sudety mountains can be seen.
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