The National Museum in Szczecin () is a

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Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

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, established on 1 August 1945. The museum features ancient and modern art, archaeological, historical, numismatic, nautical and ethnographic collections and is divided into six branches, five located in Szczecin and one in

Gryfice Gryfice (pronounced ; )". 1880. is a historic town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, with 16,600 inhabitants (2017). It is the capital of Gryfice County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The town is situated approximately 22 kilometres from the B ...

Departments

The six branches are: *Main Building of the Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Wały Chrobrego 3 – Maritime Museum *Szczecin's History Museum, Old Town Hall, Księcia Mściwoja II 8 *Museum of Regional Traditions, Staromłyńska 27 *Museum of Contemporary Art, Palace of the Heads, Staromłyńska 1 *Dialogue Center "Breakthroughs" (Polish: ''Centrum Dialogu „Przełomy”''), Solidarności 1 Square *

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Exhibition in

Town hall in Szczecin, September 2022 02.jpg, Szczecin's History Museum Wik 22 Szczecin Pałac Sejmu Stanów Pomorskich.jpg, Museum of Regional Traditions 13 Muz.1.JPG, Museum of Contemporary Art

Directors

*Lech Krzekotowski (1945–1949) *Józef Marciniak (1949–1952) *Natalia Pacanowska-Haltrecht (1952–1955) *Władysław Filipowiak (1955–2000) *Lech Karwowski (2001–present)

Old Art Gallery collection

File:Kolumny z Kolbacza.jpg, ''Columns from the Kołbacz Abbey'' File:Oltarz gl z kosciola sw Jana w Stargardzie Szczec (1).jpg, ''St. John's Polyptych'' File:Stargard poliptyk.jpg, ''Part of the scene of baptism Christ in the Jordan (Quarter from the St. John's Polyptych)'' File:Filip I pomorski.jpg, ''Portrait of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania'',

Lucas Cranach the Younger Lucas Cranach the Younger (, ; 4 October 1515 – 25 January 1586) was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach. Life and career Lucas Cranach the Younger was born in Wittenber ...

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Wojciech Gerson Wojciech Gerson (; 1 July 1831 – 25 February 1901) was a Polish painter, educator, architect and art critic who was one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long ...

File:Vinckboons Grand kermess.jpg, ''Grand kermess'', David Vinckboons File:Zrekowiny.jpg, ''Zrękowiny'', Włodzimierz Tetmajer File:Ludwig_Eduard_Lütke_-_Ansicht_von_Stettin_vom_Oderufer_1836.jpg, ''View of Szczecin'', Ludwig Eduard Lütke File:Corinth Georg Hirschfeld and his wife.jpg, ''Portrait of the writer Georg Hirschfeld and his wife Ella'',

Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism. Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Secessio ...

File:Slevogt La Argentina.jpg, ''Portrait of a dancer Antonia Mercé called "La Argentina"'',

Max Slevogt Max Slevogt (8 October 1868 – 20 September 1932) was a German Impressionist painter and illustrator, best known for his landscapes. He was, together with Lovis Corinth and Max Liebermann, one of the foremost representatives in Germany of t ...

References

External links

National Museum, Szczecin, Official websiteNational Museum, Szczecin, Facebook fan page
National museums of Poland Art museums and galleries in Poland Buildings and structures in Szczecin History of Szczecin Art museums and galleries established in 1945 1945 establishments in Poland Museums in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Registered museums in Poland Culture in Szczecin Old Town, Szczecin Maritime museums in Poland {{Poland-museum-stub

Departments

Directors

Old Art Gallery collection

See also

References

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