National Museum in Szczecin
The National Museum in Szczecin (Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie) is a national museum in Szczecin, Poland, established on 1 August 1945. The museum features ancient and modern art, archaeological, historical, numismatic, nautical and ethnographic collections and is divided into six branches, five located in Szczecin and one in Gryfice.
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National Museum in Szczecin

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- National Museum in Szczecin
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- 1945
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- Sea Museum in Szczecin
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The National Museum in Szczecin (Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie) is a national museum in Szczecin, Poland, established on 1 August 1945. The museum features ancient and modern art, archaeological, historical, numismatic, nautical and ethnographic collections and is divided into six branches, five located in Szczecin and one in Gryfice.
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• Name — National Museum in Szczecin • Native Name — Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie • Established — 1945 • Location — Wały Chrobrego 3 Szczecin, Poland • Type — National museum • Director — Lech Karwowski • Curator — Dariusz Kacprzak • Website — www.muzeum.szczecin.pl
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Departments
The six branches are: • Main Building of the Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Wały Chrobrego 3 – Maritime Museum • Szczecin's History Museum, Old Town Hall, Księcia Mściwoja II 8 • Museum of Regional Traditions, Staromłyńska 27 • Museum of Contemporary Art, Palace of the Heads, Staromłyńska 1 • Dialogue Center "Breakthroughs" (Polish: Centrum Dialogu „Przełomy”), Solidarności 1 Square • Narrow Gauge Railway Exhibition in Gryfice • Illustration — Szczecin's History Museum • Illustration — Museum of Regional Traditions • Illustration — Museum of Contemporary Art
Directors
Directors
• Lech Krzekotowski (1945–1949) • Józef Marciniak (1949–1952) • Natalia Pacanowska-Haltrecht (1952–1955) • Władysław Filipowiak (1955–2000) • Lech Karwowski (2001–present)
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National Museum in Szczecin established.
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National Museum in Szczecin is recorded from 1945.
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National Museum in Szczecin was established or created on 1 January 1945.
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Old Art Gallery collection
Old Art Gallery collection
• Illustration — Columns from the Kołbacz Abbey • Illustration — St. John's Polyptych • Illustration — Part of the scene of baptism Christ in the Jordan (Quarter from the St. John's Polyptych) • Illustration — Portrait of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Lucas Cranach the Younger • Illustration — Sidonia von Borcke, by unknown artist • Illustration — St. John the Evangelist, Bernardo Cavallino • Illustration — Without land, Wojciech Gerson • Illustration — Grand kermess, David Vinckboons • Illustration — Zrękowiny, Włodzimierz Tetmajer • Illustration — View of Szczecin, Ludwig Eduard Lütke • Illustration — Portrait of the writer Georg Hirschfeld and his wife Ella, Lovis Corinth • Illustration — Portrait of a dancer Antonia Mercé called "La Argentina", Max Slevogt • Illustration — Panoramic view of the Szczecin National Museum
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The circumstances in which National Museum in Szczecin stands. Szczecin has its headquarters at Sea Museum in Szczecin. Established or created on 1 January 1945. Recorded at coordinates 53.4301, 14.5646. Located at Stare Miasto. Szczecin lies within Śródmieście. Situated in Poland.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2802195: National Museum in Szczecin
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