The National Museum in Szczecin - the Dialogue Centre Upheavals invites you to celebrate the 8th anniversary of its opening. The institution welcomed its first visitors in January 2016. Since then, it has set the rhythm for the debate on the recent history of Szczecin and West Pomerania.
It is the permanent exhibition "City of Protest – City of Objection” together with creative curatorial interventions, temporary exhibitions, open-air exhibitions and publications devoted to them, which form a unique thematic book collection. It is meetings with witnesses of history, debates, lectures, presentations, as well as educational activities: museum lessons, workshops, competitions or special projects.
The rich birthday programme includes new exhibitions - "Memento Mori - Motif of Death in the NMS-DCU Collection" and an open-air "Heritage" exhibition, a meeting with architect Robert Konieczny and promotion of his book "Konieczny. Na styk. Prawdziwe historie o ludziach i architekturze”, as well as the premiere of Agnieszka Kuchcińska-Kurcz's publication "Wieża Babel. Pomorze Zachodnie po 1945 r.”. There will also be meetings, curatorial walks, concerts, film screenings or educational workshops. The celebrations will last a week, the museum professionals invite between 24 and 31 January 2024.
8th anniversary of the opening of the National Museum in Szczecin - the Dialogue Centre Upheavals
PROGRAMME
24 JANUARY 2024 | WEDNESDAY
11.00 | Workshops for seniors "Maps of Remembrance" (in Polish) | Hosted by: Iga Ranoszek-Bieńkowska
17.00 | Film screening: "Three Days in Szczecin” (directed by Leslie Woodhead) | Introduction by Agnieszka Kuchcińska-Kurcz
25 JANUARY 2024 | THURSDAY
17.00 | Book promotion: "Konieczny. Na styk. Prawdziwe historie o ludziach i architekturze” by Piotr Kozanecki and Bartosz Paturej | Meeting with archotect Robert Konieczny nad dbeate
26 JANUARY 2024 | FRIDAY
17.00 | Exhibition opening: "Memento Mori – Motif of Death in the NMS-DCU Collection" | Curatorial guidance by Paula Sendra
17.30 | Death Café: meeting with the public, disscussion s about death | Hosted by Katarzyna Górewicz
27 JANUARY 2024 | SATURDAY
12.00 | Film screening: "Three Days in Szczecin” (directed by Leslie Woodhead) | Introduction by Agnieszka Kuchcińska-Kurcz
17.00 | Book promotion: "Wieża Babel. Pomorze Zachodnie po 1945 roku” by Agnieszka Kuchcińska | Meeting with people described in the book
29 JANUARY 2024 | MONDAY
17.00 | Open-air exhibition opening: "Heritage” | A debate participated by the exhibition creators on the attitudes of the residents of Northern and Western Territories towards the past they found and the past they brought
30 JANUARY 2024 | TUESDAY
9.30 | The final of the Patriotic Song Competition for kindergarten children | Hosted by Paula Sendra, Kamila Krężel
31 JANUARY 2024 | WEDNESDAY
10.00 | Film screening: "Three Days in Szczecin” (directed by Leslie Woodhead) | Introduction by Agnieszka Kuchcińska-Kurcz
17.00 | Meeting with donators, curatorial guided tour on the "Memento mori” exhibition and a protest-song concert by the students of IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Bohaterów Monte Cassino in Szczecin | Hosted by Edyta Szumocka, Ewa Sobota
In addition, a school competition "About Heroes, Bravery and Pioneers" will be announced