Tatra Museum of the Titus Halubinsky ( Polish: Muzeum Tatrzańskie im. Dra Tytusa Chałubińskiego ) is a museum located in the city of Zakopane , Lesser Poland Voivodeship , Poland . Registered in the State Register of Museums . The museum is located at 10. Krupowki Street. The museum exhibits objects related to the history, material and cultural life of the historical and ethnographic regions of Podhale , Spis and Orava . The museum is named after the Polish doctor and ethnographer Titus Halubinsky .
| Tatra Museum | |
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| Established | 1889 year |
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| Address | Zakopane , Poland |
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History
The initiator of the creation of the museum arose among the followers of the Polish doctor, public figure and local historian Titus Halubinsky (1820-1889). In 1888, they founded the Titus Khalubinsky Museum Society. The aim of this society was to collect botanical, geological, ethnographic and zoological materials related to the Tatras . Society began to assemble a library. The first exposition was exhibited in 1889 in Zakopane in a house that does not exist today on Krupowki Street. At the end of the 19th century, the museum formed a rich collection of ethnographic materials.
In 1892, according to the project of the Warsaw architect Josef Pius Dzekonsky, a building for the museum was built. In the same year, the building housed a collection collected by the Titus Khalubinsky Society. Until 1911, the activity of the Titus Khalubinsky Society was significantly reduced and the museum collection was almost not replenished. In 1913, construction began on a new building for the museum, which was completed in 1920. In 1922, the grand opening of the new museum house took place on Krupowki Street 10.
At the end of the 20s of the 20th century, the museum formed departments of modern art, a craft department and a department of the Tatra foothills. Between the two world wars, a meteorological station was founded in the museum. At the same time, the museum began to publish the scientific yearbook Rocznik Podhalański.
After the Second World War, the Tatra Museum became the property of the state and began to engage in activities to collect information and preserve cultural and natural monuments. At the same time, the scientific team began to engage in field work in Podhale and the museum opened art and historical departments. In 1954, after the creation of the Tatra National Park, the museum’s activities in the study and conservation of wildlife were significantly reduced.
In the 70s of the XX century, a department for the protection of monuments was opened in the museum.
Branches
The museum has four branches in Zakopane and branches in the villages of Khokholow , Czarna Góra , Yurguv and Lopushna :
- Villa Koliba in Zakopane (Museum of Zakopane Style named after Stanislav Vitkevich) - the first building of the Zakopane style;
- Gallery of Vladislav Hacior in Zakopane - Museum of Art;
- Art Gallery named after Wlodzimierz and Jerzy Kulczicki in Zakopane;
- Cornelius Makushinsky Museum in Zakopane;
- Museum of the Chocholów Uprising in Chocholow;
- Tetmayer Manor in the village of Lopushna;
- Korkoszow Manor in the village of Czarna Góra;
- Soltys House and shepherd huts in Jurguwa;
Literature
- Józef Nyka, Tatry Polskie. Przewodnik, str. 51, Wydawnictwo TRAWERS, Latchorzew, 1998
Links
- Official website (Polish)