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GDARSK
G^BIN (Warsaw Voivodship, Gostynin County)
REGIONAL MEMORIAL ROOM in the College of Mechanics.
Exhibits of folk culture: weaving utensils, furniture, weav-
ing, costumes, paper cut-outs, interior decoration.
GASAWA
See: BISKUPIN
GDANSK
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1 Torunska Street, tel. 31-40-31.
Open daily except Mondays. May through August: Tuesdays
and Thursdays irom 12 noon to 6 p.m., Wednesdays and
Fridays irom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. September through
April: Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursdays and Sun-
days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Pomeranian Museum is lodged in the historic building oi the
Franciscan monastery, erected in the 16th century. This building
is Gdansk's only specimen of medlaeval monastic architecture, and
its ground-floor interiors are preserved until the present day in
almost unchanged state: "the former monastery reiectory, the cloister
and the adjacent rooms with crystai or net vaults, are among
the iinest Gothic interiors in Gdahsk. In 1848, the sculptor Rudoli
Freitag, a lover and ardent collector of relics of Gdansk art, and an
enthusiastic promoter oi the idea of restoring the monastery and
of cstablishing a museum there, moved his own oollection to the
post-Franciscan monastery, at that time marked out for demolition.
Trying to create a /ait-accompH, he made his home in the monastery,
hung up a "Museum" sign and opened his collection to tourists,
iree of charge. In stpite of the negative attitude taken by the
authorities of that time, the long endeavours of Freitag were even-
tualiy crowned with success; in the years 1871—72, the restoration
of the building was carried out with funds obtained for this purpose
from a private bequest, and a iarge part of the space was assigned
to the city museum. In October 1872, the valuable Kabrun collection
comprising paintings, drawings and prints — mainly Netherlandish
of the 17th century — also found its way there. This oollection.
donated to the city in 1814 under the last will of Jakub Kabrun.
a representative of a wealthy family of Scottish merchants settled
in Gdansk in the 18th century (their original name being Cockburn),
had iormerly been open to the public since 1833, in the house at
10 Ogama Street. Thus established in 1872, the Gdansk City Museum,
enriched with the passage of time by further bequests, donations
and purchases, existed until World War II. The last war, however,
which reduced Gdansk to ruins, did not spare the City Museum
either; during the fires in the city, the museum building was
reduced to ruins — only the outside walls and the historic parts
of the ground fioor withstood' the flames and. fortunately, suffered
least; the coHection was partly destroyed, partly taken to Germany,
and the scanty remains were. for the most part, in a deplorable
state. After the war, it was therefore necessary to start the orga-
nization of the Museum from soratch. The reconstruction of the
whole building took a-bout ten years; however, the covering of the
building with a provisional roof, and the completing in 1947 of
construction work in the ground floor rooms, made it possible to
prepare there the first exhibition and to inaugurate the Museum
on May 30th, 1948. This started the further succsssful development
of the Museum which was extending its exhibitions as the further
parts of the building were successively reconstructed and which,
from 1956 occupied the whole post-Franciscan monastery. As a result
of new acquisitions and reclaiming action. the Museum's art col-
lecions have been multiplied in the past twenty years and include
today many valuable items and groups of -xhibits. To lodge the
archaeological department, organized in 1953, a historic building,
the so-called "Naturalists' House", was rebuilt in the years 1955—61;
the Archaeological Museum was organized there, first as a branch
of the Pomeraniam Museum, and from 1962 as an autonomous insti-
tution. In the same year the Maritime Museum gained autonomy
and was moved into the "Gdansk Crane", which was rebuilt for
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G^BIN (Warsaw Voivodship, Gostynin County)
REGIONAL MEMORIAL ROOM in the College of Mechanics.
Exhibits of folk culture: weaving utensils, furniture, weav-
ing, costumes, paper cut-outs, interior decoration.
GASAWA
See: BISKUPIN
GDANSK
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1 Torunska Street, tel. 31-40-31.
Open daily except Mondays. May through August: Tuesdays
and Thursdays irom 12 noon to 6 p.m., Wednesdays and
Fridays irom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. September through
April: Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursdays and Sun-
days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Pomeranian Museum is lodged in the historic building oi the
Franciscan monastery, erected in the 16th century. This building
is Gdansk's only specimen of medlaeval monastic architecture, and
its ground-floor interiors are preserved until the present day in
almost unchanged state: "the former monastery reiectory, the cloister
and the adjacent rooms with crystai or net vaults, are among
the iinest Gothic interiors in Gdahsk. In 1848, the sculptor Rudoli
Freitag, a lover and ardent collector of relics of Gdansk art, and an
enthusiastic promoter oi the idea of restoring the monastery and
of cstablishing a museum there, moved his own oollection to the
post-Franciscan monastery, at that time marked out for demolition.
Trying to create a /ait-accompH, he made his home in the monastery,
hung up a "Museum" sign and opened his collection to tourists,
iree of charge. In stpite of the negative attitude taken by the
authorities of that time, the long endeavours of Freitag were even-
tualiy crowned with success; in the years 1871—72, the restoration
of the building was carried out with funds obtained for this purpose
from a private bequest, and a iarge part of the space was assigned
to the city museum. In October 1872, the valuable Kabrun collection
comprising paintings, drawings and prints — mainly Netherlandish
of the 17th century — also found its way there. This oollection.
donated to the city in 1814 under the last will of Jakub Kabrun.
a representative of a wealthy family of Scottish merchants settled
in Gdansk in the 18th century (their original name being Cockburn),
had iormerly been open to the public since 1833, in the house at
10 Ogama Street. Thus established in 1872, the Gdansk City Museum,
enriched with the passage of time by further bequests, donations
and purchases, existed until World War II. The last war, however,
which reduced Gdansk to ruins, did not spare the City Museum
either; during the fires in the city, the museum building was
reduced to ruins — only the outside walls and the historic parts
of the ground fioor withstood' the flames and. fortunately, suffered
least; the coHection was partly destroyed, partly taken to Germany,
and the scanty remains were. for the most part, in a deplorable
state. After the war, it was therefore necessary to start the orga-
nization of the Museum from soratch. The reconstruction of the
whole building took a-bout ten years; however, the covering of the
building with a provisional roof, and the completing in 1947 of
construction work in the ground floor rooms, made it possible to
prepare there the first exhibition and to inaugurate the Museum
on May 30th, 1948. This started the further succsssful development
of the Museum which was extending its exhibitions as the further
parts of the building were successively reconstructed and which,
from 1956 occupied the whole post-Franciscan monastery. As a result
of new acquisitions and reclaiming action. the Museum's art col-
lecions have been multiplied in the past twenty years and include
today many valuable items and groups of -xhibits. To lodge the
archaeological department, organized in 1953, a historic building,
the so-called "Naturalists' House", was rebuilt in the years 1955—61;
the Archaeological Museum was organized there, first as a branch
of the Pomeraniam Museum, and from 1962 as an autonomous insti-
tution. In the same year the Maritime Museum gained autonomy
and was moved into the "Gdansk Crane", which was rebuilt for
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