Saturday, February 12, 2022

Dom Esterki

Dom Esterki, Muzeum Etnograficzne (Ethnographic Museum), ulica Krakowska, Kazimierz, Kraków

Dom Esterki
Muzeum Etnograficzne (Ethnographic Museum)
ulica Krakowska, Kazimierz
Kraków, September 2018

“The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum of Kraków (Polish: Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Seweryna Udzieli w Krakowie) is a museum in Kazimierz, Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1902. The plans for the establishment of the Ethnographic Museum began in 1902 and were related to the exhibition on folk art from the collection of Seweryn Udziela, organized by the Polish Applied Arts Society. The National Museum in 1904 created an ethnographic department and a permanent ethnographic exposition in the Cloth Hall was opened. There were collections of, among others, Seweryn Udziela, Stanisław Witkiewicz, and Tadeusz Estreicher. In 1910, the Society of the Ethnographic Museum was founded, which took over the collection from the National Museum. In 1911 a separate branch was established at Studencka St., with Seweryn Udziela as its director. A year later, the collections were exported to Wawel. After World War II, the seat of the Ethnographic Museum changed its place to Plac Wolnica 1, and after some time also to 46 Krakowska Street. The main building is the former Town Hall of Kazimierski. The collection numbers over 80,000 monuments and is associated with Polish culture (folklore, art, everyday life ...) as well as with other cultures of Europe and the world.” (Ethnographic Museum of Kraków, Wikipedia)

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