National Museum in Wroclaw

Panorama of the Battle of Racławice, Branch of the National Museum in Wrocław

address: 11 Purkyniego Street
50-155 Wrocław
panorama@mnwr.art.pl
www.panoramaraclawicka.pl

Humongous parabolic painting (120 x 15 m) an impressive relic of 19th century mass culture painted by Jan Styka and Wojciech Kossak accompanied by a team of other painters to commemorate the victorious Battle of Racławice, which Kościuszko troops fought with Russian army (1794). Thanks to the application of particular painting techniques and technological tools, it brings viewers back to past centuries and realities.

National Museum in Wrocław

address: Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 5 (Powstancow Warszawy Square)
50-153 Wrocław
Tel. +48 71 372 51 50, 343 07 27
sekretariat@mnwr.art.pl
www.mn.wroclaw.pl

Miscellaneous works of art – paintings, sculptures, engravings, photographs and handicrafts – have been collected here in a Neo-Renaissance Netherlandish building erected in the 19th century. Permanent and temporary exhibitions include precious items made throughout the centuries – from Middle Ages until today originating not only from the region of Silesia or the rest of Poland but also from other European countries.

Picture on the left: Virgin with a Child, around 1410, photo by E. Witecki

Ethnography Museum, Branch of the National Museum in Wrocław

111/113 Traugutta Street
50-420 Wrocław
etnografia@mnwr.art.pl
www.muzeumetnograficzne.pl

A unique cultural institution of the Lower Silesia region, which gathers and shows at temporary exhibitions various works of material culture, art, fabrics, attires and folklore including superb collections of figural hives, gingerbread forms, painted furniture, glass paintings, sculptures, and devotional engravings. Exceptional character of the regional folk culture is reflected in the permanent exhibition entitled Lower Silesians – Memories, Culture, and Identity.

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