On Saturday, 17 May, the Museum of Ceramics invites you to the Night of Museums. The Ceramics Department at 13 Mickiewicza Street will be open from 18:00 to 24:00. The City History Department at 14 Kutuzowa Street will be open from 12:00 to 24:00. In addition, activities related to the temporary exhibition “Spring Fashion Show” presented here will be held throughout the evening.
Admission to both departments of the Museum of Ceramics will be free on this day. In addition, all the museum’s own publications will be available at a 20% discount. The Museum’s research staff will be ready to provide everyone interested with information, guidance and expert opinions on events or objects related to the history and culture of the city.
Programme at the building on Mickiewicza Street
At 18:00, the building of the Ceramics Department on Mickiewicza Street will host the launch of the latest book by Dr Andrzej Olejniczak, a member of the Museum’s research staff, entitled “The Grand Army in Lower Silesia in 1813”. During the author meeting, Andrzej Olejniczak will explain the research methods used by historians and discuss the difficulties he faced while preparing the publication. An additional attraction will be a presentation of the uniform and equipment of a soldier from the Napoleonic period.
During the Night of Museums, the book will be available at the promotional price of PLN 42.
On 17 May, the renovated building of the Ceramics Department, together with its garden, will also be opened to visitors for the first time. The exhibition rooms have been arranged in a modern way, and multimedia presentations, games and films provide additional attractions. The room devoted to European ceramics has also been modernised.
Interactive stations and educational activities have been prepared for the youngest visitors. In addition, visitors will be able to receive free copies of the publication “Kasia at the Bolesławiec Vocational Ceramic School”, which presents issues related to stoneware products in an accessible way.
Programme at the building on Kutuzowa Street
At 19:00, Dr Małgorzata Możdżyńska-Nawotka, the exhibition curator, will give a lecture entitled “Makeup, Beauty, Art”, in which she will discuss the ways women have enhanced their beauty throughout history. The lecture will be accompanied by a multimedia presentation.
At 19:30, a makeup presentation inspired by the art of the 1920s and 1930s will begin, performed by Alicja Konon-Patera and Agnieszka Górna from the Makeup Studio.
At 20:15, in an interior specially arranged for the occasion and accompanied by music played from gramophone records, outfits modelled on clothing from 1910–1960 will be presented. During the show, the individual elements of the models’ outfits will be discussed. The project was carried out in cooperation with Bożena Jędrzejczyk, Barbara Delimat, Danuta Maślicka, Sabina Hil and Johanna Kutschera, as well as Stanisław Pieliński, owner of the Private Collection of Historic Radio Technology and Related Equipment “Radio Retro”.
From 20:45, Johanna Kutschera and Sabina Hil will present jewellery of their own making, crafted from felt, metal and precious stones. During the meeting, visitors will be able to learn about the techniques and methods used to make handicrafts and see the process of creating jewellery. An attraction, not only for the youngest visitors, will be the opportunity to try on outfits and accessories: hats, scarves, gloves, mittens, handbags and more. This will make it possible to experience the true charm of times gone by.
In addition, a historic Bentley car will be placed in the museum courtyard on Kutuzowa Street, where visitors will be able to take a commemorative photograph. Krzysztof Kijowski, owner of the Bolesławiec company “Lux-Trans”, will provide the car for this purpose throughout Saturday evening.
(information: Museum of Ceramics/ii)