Ulica Pomorska – 40 lat działalności oddziału Muzeum Krakowa
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https://doi.org/10.32030/KRZY.2021.11Keywords:
Silesian House, Pomorska Street, Gestapo, victims, inscriptions, prison cells, terror, commemoration, World War II, museumAbstract
POMORSKA STREET – 40 YEARS OF ACTIVITY AS A BRANCH OF THE MUSEUM OF KRAKÓW
The goal of the paper is to present the highlights from the history of the branch: museum events, major research, exhibition and publishing projects, and a review of the activity accomplished by the Pomorska Street museum branch to date. The paper revisits the early years which preceded the formal establishment of the branch within the structure of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków (MHK, in 2019 the institution was renamed the Museum of Kraków, MK). The timespan covered by the paper is 1966 to 2021, i.e. a period which is much longer than what the title suggests. This results from the fact that in reality MK has been present at the Silesian House (Dom Śląski) at 2 Pomorska Street since March 1966. A detailed discussion of the selected aspects from the history and achievements of the Pomorska Street branch will help readers to gain an in-depth understanding of the genesis of the commemoration of this place, so unique in the context of Nazi German occupation in Kraków, explaining the need to preserve it for future generations. Another goal of this paper is to revive the memory of the persons, organizations and institutions that fought for the proper commemoration of this site for decades, and to put the spotlight on the lifetime’s achievements of the three generations of museologists who developed this branch. Pomorska Street is one of the oldest branches of the Museum of Kraków and over the past several dozen years it has gained considerable achievements to its credit. Its staff members have also contributed a lot to the creation of the Museum’s new branches, primarily Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory at 4 Lipowa Street which has benefited greatly from the experience of Pomorska Street. The present article does not exhaust the entire complexity of subjects connected with the operation of Pomorska Street, but merely indicates the branch’s activity in some selected fields. It was here that certain ideas were first initiated, later to be expanded into popular, cyclical events involving the entire museum structure. And so, the computerization of MK began in this very branch, as IT technology was introduced into the work of museologists. In May 2012 a debate held at this branch was broadcast on the Internet for the first time in the history of MK. Other projects which were born at the Pomorska Street branch included the museum branch festivals which evolved from an event commemorating the victims of totalitarian regimes (Gestapo Victims Memorial Days), the Kraków Colloquium – debates organized cyclically, dedicated to specific issues of contemporary Kraków, or the popular book series titled Wokół (‘Around…’). A fact that may amaze contemporary audiences is that for almost two decades the permanent exhibition displayed at the museum branch at 2 Pomorska Street was the only permanent exhibition in Kraków dedicated to the most tragic period in Poland’s twentieth century history, i.e. World War II.
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