On that day, both at the City History Department at 14 Kutuzowa Street and at the Ceramics Department at 13 Mickiewicza Street, visitors will find a range of attractions in the afternoon and evening, and visiting will be possible from 12:00 noon to midnight.
City History Department – opening of the exhibition “Where Did We Come From? Bolesławiec Settlers in the 1940s and 1950s”
Bolesławiec settlers in the 1940s and 1950s” together with accompanying events. The exhibition aims to present a picture of post-war Bolesławiec—a city where the fates of people arriving from different parts of the world became intertwined—including areas of the former Yugoslavia, the Eastern Borderlands, Siberia, France, Central Poland and elsewhere. The organizers intend to show the characteristics of the individual groups, explain the distinct customs and traditions brought from different parts of Europe, and present the process of their adaptation to a new place and new circumstances. The exhibition will feature original everyday objects, tools, interior furnishings and clothing brought by the settlers, as well as documents and archival photographs. A particular attraction will be a model of the railway carriage in which most of the Bolesławiec re-emigrants arrived.
The exhibition will be supplemented by multimedia presentations featuring the memories of representatives of the arriving population groups, as well as films. It will also be accompanied by a free catalogue. The exhibition is being prepared in cooperation with members of the Society of Friends of Lviv and the Southeastern Borderlands, the Association of Re-emigrants from Bosnia, Their Descendants and Friends, the Bolesławiec branch of the Union of Siberians, a group of re-emigrants from France, Municipal Middle School No. 2 named after Poles Deported to Siberia, the Tomisław Open-Air Museum, the Lusatian Museum in Zgorzelec, and many private individuals who lent documents, photographs and exhibits.
The exhibition opening will be accompanied by a series of events related to settlement.
- 18:00 exhibition opening: “Where Did We Come From? Bolesławiec Settlers in the 1940s and 1950s”
- 18:30 “An Evening of Memories”—meetings with Bolesławiec re-emigrants from the Eastern Borderlands, Siberia, France and the former Yugoslavia
- 20:00 tasting of traditional dishes from Bosnia, the Eastern Borderlands and France
- 20:30 meeting with residents of Bolesławiec who took part in cleaning Polish cemeteries in the Eastern Borderlands as part of the “Save Your Great-Grandfather’s Grave from Oblivion” campaign
During the Night of Museums, competitions with prizes have been planned for both children and adults. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see historic documents discovered at the beginning of the year in the tower of Bolesławiec Town Hall.
Ceramics Department – workshops and the exhibition “A Journey to Japan. From the Manggha Museum Collection”
The exhibition invites visitors to discover the mysterious, exotic and rich culture of Japan. Prepared by the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków, it presents a valuable part of the Kraków institution’s unique collection. The exhibition will include, among other things, “white porcelain”—hakuji; Bizen ceramics; and a hanaire made using this technique, a flower vase used during the tea ceremony; as well as ceramics made using the yōhen method, also used in the chadō tea ceremony. The ceramic works will be accompanied by photographs taken by Ze’ev Aleksandrowicz during his journey to Japan in 1934, “Japanese” drawings by Andrzej Wajda, katagami dyeing stencils, Hiroshige ukiyo-e woodcuts and theatrical props.
The exhibition will be accompanied by workshops introducing various aspects of Far Eastern culture
- 17:00 and 19:00 origami workshops—the art of decoratively folding paper compositions, known in Japan since the 7th century and now popular throughout the world; the finished creations are figures of many different shapes, resembling animals, plants, boxes or other objects from the surrounding world
- 18:00 and 21:30 Japanese calligraphy workshops—drawing kanji characters, which the Japanese have used to write words since the 6th century AD; participants will be able to learn to draw basic Japanese characters with a brush and learn the fundamentals of the language
- 20:00 tasting of Far Eastern cuisine—participants will have the opportunity to discover the flavors of popular Asian dishes
- 20:30 furoshiki workshops—the traditional Japanese art of decoratively wrapping gifts and objects in square cloths of various sizes made from different types of fabric
Moreover, during the Night of Museums, the Museum of Ceramics’ own publications will be available at a 30% discount. We warmly invite you!