| Silesian Museum in Katowice | |
| Image Upright: | 1.23 |
| Established: | 1929, 1984 reinstated |
| Director: | Maria Czarnecka |
| Logo Upright: | 0.7 |
| Website: | www.muzeumslaskie.pl |
Silesian Museum in Katowice (Polish: Muzeum Śląskie w Katowicach) is a museum in the city of Katowice, Poland.
The museum was founded in 1929 by the Silesian Sejm, while the region was recovering from the Silesian Uprisings. In the XX century interbellum, the Silesian Museum in Katowice was one of the biggest museums in Poland. After their invasion of Poland, the Nazi Germans however brought the collection to Bytom and tore the building down in 1940. In 1984 the museum was reinstated in the former . In 2015 a new main location was opened on the site of the . The new museum reuses some of the historical buildings from the mining complex, and the primary exhibition space is underground.[1]
Permanent exhibitions and attractions include attractions, exhibitions and galleries dedicated to:[2]
Among the works of Polish art are remarkable examples portraits by Stanisław Wyspiański, paintings by Olga Boznańska, Henryk Rodakowski, Jan Matejko, Józef Chełmoński, Aleksander Gierymski, Jacek Malczewski, Leon Wyczółkowski, Józef Pankiewicz, Władysław Podkowiński, and Jan Stanisławski. Other artists on display from the original collection, returned from Bytom, are:
More contemporary artists on display are:, Adam Marczyński, Andrzej Wróblewski, Tadeusz Kantor, Jerzy Nowosielski, Władysław Hasior, Zdzisław Beksiński, Lech Majewski, Zbigniew Libera, Natalia LL.