THE NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM IN POZNAN (Nowe Muzeum w Poznaniu)

• Authors: Suchocki Wojciech
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The building which comprises the new wing in the main part of the National Museum in Poznan was the only museum edifice designed and erected in Poland after the second world war. More than half a century has passed from the time of its first conception. The completion of the initiative is the accomplishment of successive Museum directors - Zdzislaw Kepinski, Kazimierz Michalowski, Henryk Kondziela and Konstanty Kalinowski. The contemporary nature of the building consists of the fact that the use of newest technologies has created an environment minimalising the impact of assorted factors affecting the master of the objects and protecting them against burglary or devastation. The half a century in which the vision of the Museum had matured also witnessed a confrontation of diverse conceptions concerning museums and exhibitions as well as various theories of art. These aspects, involved in concrete political-economic- institutional conditions of the given time and place, have proved decisive for the ultimate shape of the building. The initial premises, devised in the 1950s and redesigned upon several occasions, have become the foundation of a competition solved in 1965. First prize went to a design by Ryszard Trzaska, Jacek Janczewski and Tadeusz Nesfeter. Construction was commenced in 1977, and a new functional programme was proposed in 1995 when the final phase of the project was entrusted to Witold and Magdalena Gyurkovich. The 100-metres long building located on a north-south axis along Marcinkowski Avenue, can be described simplest of all as composed of two parallel three-storey courses situated on different levels and created by a 'patio' running across all the storeys and covered with a glass roof, as well as transverse stairs connecting the space of the outer courses located on various levels. The lowest level contains storerooms, one of the most modern in Polish museums, and to the east: offices, conservation workshops and staff rooms; the ground-floor hall combines a number of basic reception functions (cloakroom, ticket office, shop), making it possible for the visitors to find their way to all the exposition sites. The same level includes the Drawing Cabinet. The third level is composed exclusively of showrooms, and the highest level features added interiors of the Poster and Design Department. Owing to the necessity of enlarging the storerooms and the exhibition area the Museum still lacks a lecture-projection room and a cafe. In the new wing the Polish Art Gallery occupies about 3 800 sq. m. on all three levels, and the Patio, together with adjoining showrooms, creates a space of approx. 1 500 sq. m. intended for temporary exhibitions.

Keywords

EN

NATIONAL MUSEUM IN POZNAN

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków
• Journal: Muzealnictwo
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 47
• Pages: 78-86
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Suchocki Wojciech

• Wojciech Suchocki, Muzeum Narodowe, al. Marcinkowskiego 9, 61-745 Poznan, Poland; www.mnp.art.pl

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA07987