The Tatra Museum in Zakopane
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| Established | 1888 |
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| Location | Krupówki 10, Zakopane, Poland |
| Type | Public museum |
| Collections | History, Ethnography, Natural history, Painting, Photography, Sculpture |
| Website | muzeumtatrzanskie.pl |
The Tatra Museum is a museum of the history, culture, nature and ethnography of the Polish Tatras; its main branch is located in Zakopane, Poland.
Apart from the main branch in Zakopane, at Krupówki Street 10, the museum has six other branches divisions in Zakopane and 4 other branches, located in Czarna Góra, Jurgów, Chochołów and Łopuszna. The museum holds and presents:
- cultural and ethnographic artifacts, historical clothing, furniture, household objects, decorative objects, glass painting, and crafts;
- natural history, flora and fauna of the Tatras;
- geological exhibits;
- fine arts, mainly painting and sculpture created in the Podhale region.[1]
Permanent exhibitions
The main building houses an exhibition presenting the history of the Polish Tatras. Photographs, archival documents and publications present a history of the Podhale region from prehistoric times, through first human settlements, the development of towns and villages, the development of Zakopane from a small village into a health resort and centre of the arts and culture in the interwar period.[2] The exhibition presents the time of Zakopane's rapid development and the emergence of a society of active artists and social activists in Podhale at the end of XIXth century and the beginning of XXth century. Tytus Chałubiński, Stanisław Witkiewicz and many other Polish artists had chosen Zakopane as their resort of choice, fascinated by the local folklore and nature.[2] The exhibition traces further developments of the city and region until the present day.
References
- ^ Staszel, Zbigniew. "The Tatra Museum - Main building". www.muzeumtatrzanskie.pl. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ a b Staszel, Zbigniew. "The Tatra Museum - Main building". www.muzeumtatrzanskie.pl. Retrieved 2016-12-14.