On that day, visitors will find a range of attractions both in the City History Department at 14 Kutuzowa Street and in the Ceramics Department at 13 Mickiewicza Street. The Museum will be open from 12:00 p.m. to midnight. Admission to the exhibitions and participation in the scheduled events are free, and the organizers will provide the materials (except cameras). In addition, selected publications issued by the Museum of Ceramics will be available that day at a 50% discount.
City History Department
Photography and fashion activities in cooperation with the “Camera” Photographic Association. Photography-related activities will take place in the building at Kutuzowa Street. Workshops and demonstrations will be organized throughout the evening, and members of the “Camera” Photographic Association will be happy to answer any questions or address any doubts related to taking photographs.
In addition, everyone interested will have the opportunity to try on costumes, headwear and accessories, as well as have professional makeup applied. In these styles, they will be able to pose for participants in the portrait workshops in interiors specially arranged as a photographic atelier.
- 6:00 p.m. – opening of the 5th Annual Jubilee Exhibition of the “Camera” Photographic Association and the exhibition of photographs by Andrzej Żuk, “My Photography.” The two exhibitions will present several dozen photographs in total, as well as old photographic equipment—cameras and darkroom equipment.
- 7:00 p.m. – multimedia photography presentations, photo shows and specialist consultations (Part I)
- 8:00 p.m. – “Wardrobe of Wonders”—visitors will be able to try on various types of costumes, headwear and accessories and have professional makeup applied. Fashion show—presentation of the most interesting fashion creations
- 9:00 p.m. – portrait workshop—classes led by members of SF “Camera” for anyone who brings their own camera. Models participating in the fashion show will pose for photographs in specially arranged interiors
- 10:00 p.m. – “Great Flash” event—at precisely the same time, the flashes of all cameras brought by class participants, visitors and organizers will light up in the museum courtyard
- 10:30 p.m. – multimedia photography presentations, photo shows and specialist consultations (Part II)
Ceramics Department
Children’s workshops related to the “Włocławek Faience” exhibition. For the Night of Museums, a temporary exhibition entitled “Włocławek Faience” has been prepared in the Ceramics Department at Mickiewicza Street. The exhibition presents approximately 200 of the finest vessels in various forms, decorated with characteristic floral designs, made in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
- 4:00–8:00 p.m. – children’s workshops. Under an instructor’s guidance, participants will be able to make floral decorations by hand on prepared paper forms. Children will be able to create designs using both paints and ready-made stickers. The workshops will be inspired by the tableware, vases, amphorae, candlesticks, containers and decorative wall plates presented in the exhibition, decorated with characteristic Kujawy flowers in cobalt, and less commonly brown and green.
Włocławek products were initially decorated using tracing paper and overpainting. Later, a characteristic decoration in the form of small bouquets of flowers was developed and applied with a brush. The 1930s were dominated by spray decoration using a stencil, as well as decoration applied with tracing paper. In the 1950s, the floral ornamental decoration typical of Włocławek faience emerged; it was used until the 1980s. During the workshops organized as part of the Night of Museums, participants will be able to try their hand at creating their own artistic compositions inspired by Włocławek designs.
We warmly invite you to join in the fun!
Information from the Museum of Ceramics