Added: September 15, 2014 23:05 | Modified: November 14, 2014 16:11
Special events
Networking Dinner Royal Castle in Warsaw, December 1st, 2014
The City of Warsaw will welcome the NODEM 2014 Conference participants at the former official residence of the Polish monarchs – the Royal Palace in Warsaw; a magnificent example of baroque style located at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town and dating from the 14th century. The dinner will be held in The Great Assembly Hall (Ballroom), the most beautiful room of the Castle Museum (here referring to the interior of the Royal Palace), remarkable for its columns, mirrors and chandeliers.
Conference Banquet Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów December 2nd, 2014
NODEM Conference participants are invited to a wonderful feast at the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów which will be held in parallel with the NODEM EXPO. It will be a perfect opportunity for participants to mingle and find out about the latest innovations for museums and heritage sites, while savoring delicious food and fine wine.
Museum Tours December 3rd, 2014
We have prepared interesting museum tours to complete your experience in Warsaw. While experimenting with engaging spaces in Warsaw museums, we invite you to learn about the rich history of the city, delight your artistic side with modern art galleries or deepen your knowledge of science at the most notable museums in Warsaw. Four free guided tours will start from POLIN, Museum of the History of Polish Jews (conference venue).
Museum Tours – Exhibitions in Warsaw
December 3rd, 2014
Contact: Anna Czarnecka, aczarnecka@muzeum-wilanow.pl
MUSEUM TOUR 1
The Royal Castle in Warsaw
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (CSW)
Start: 10.30 POLIN
End: 15:00 POLIN
The Royal Castle in Warsaw
http://www.zamek-krolewski.pl/en
The history of the Royal Castle goes back to the 14th century when the Great Tower was erected. In the 16th and 17th centuries during the reign of Sigismund III Vasa, the Castle underwent large-scale expansion and was transformed into a five-winged edifice with an inner courtyard. It was a royal residence, the place where parliamentary deliberations were held, and the administrative and cultural centre of the country.
The Royal Castle in Warsaw, being a symbol of the sovereignty of the Polish State, became a target for German military attacks as early as in the first days of the World War II. In September 1944 the Castle was blown up by the German army and the decision to rebuild it was only taken in 1971. In 1984 it was opened to the public. Nowadays state ceremonies are held at the Castle and it is also an important educational centre.
The Castle is known for its admirable dazzling interiors, including the Marble Room, the Knights’ Hall, and the apartment of Prince Joseph Poniatowski. Astonishing collection of oriental carpets from Persia, Anatolia, the Middle East, and Caucasus can also be seen on display. The artefacts had been amassed by Teresa Sahakian, a Polish lady resident in Belgium, and her husband George, an Armenian diplomat, and later donated to the Royal Castle. Last but not least, the visitors may also admire two masterpieces by Rembrandt from the Lanckroński Collection, given to the Castle by Karolina Lanckrońska in 1994.
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
Website: http://csw.art.pl/index.php?lang=eng
The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle is one of the most important institutions promoting contemporary art in Poland. For over 25 years, the CCA has provided a place for presentation and documentation of cutting edge art in all of its variety. Each year, it holds up to 2000 artistic events: exhibitions, film screenings, theatre performances, concerts, lectures, debates, interdisciplinary actions and many others.
Current exhibitions:
REEL-UNREEL (Afghan Projects, 2010-14) (10.10.2014 – 11.01.2015)
The exhibition is the first individual presentation of work from artist Francis Alÿs in Poland. Francis Alÿs is one of the most important contemporary artists today, known throughout the world for his performative actions documented on video, penetrating into the social and political models of urban environments.
VOICE (30.09.2014 – 4.01.2015)
An international interdisciplinary artistic project devoted to the phenomenon of the human voice: an tool of communication, through which we articulate all kinds of messages and express emotions. It features such acclaimed artists as: Anna Baumgart, Wojciech Bąkowski, Miron Białoszewski, Wojciech Bruszewski, Erik Bunger, Grzegorz Drozd i Alicja Łukasiak (ZOR), Omer Fast, Karolina Freino, Diamanda Galas, Piotr Grabowski, Susan Hiller, Mikhail Karikis, Ragnar Kjartansson, Gil Kuno, Uriel Orlow, Laura Pawela, Józef Robakowski, Weronika Szczawińska, Patryk Zakrocki.
MUSEUM TOUR 2
Copernicus Science Centre
National Museum in Warsaw
Start: 9:30 POLIN
End: 15:00 POLIN
Copernicus Science Centre
Website: http://www.kopernik.org.pl/en/
This is more than a science museum: it encourages personal engagement in discovering and understanding the world, as well as taking responsibility for the change occurring around us.
It covers 20,000 m2 and houses an exposition, the Heavens of Copernicus planetarium, the Robotic Theatre, the High Voltage Theatre and four scientific laboratories. The building is surrounded with the Discovery Park.
The permanent exhibition is divided into seven interdisciplinary parts: six galleries with over 430 exhibits and the Thinkatorium (Majsternia). It hosts one temporary exhibition every year (this time: “Microlife”).The variety of exhibits gathered at several thousand square meters creates an area in which everyone can make their own discoveries. Music is combined here with biology, and mathematics with architecture. Art+Science Collection’s exhibits can be seen all around the Centre.
The Copernicus Science Centre has a very intense agenda of science communication activities: shows and workshops on scientific themes, conferences, as well as events from the borderland of science and art.
Opened in 2010, is considered one of the most interesting and innovative centres in the world and hosts 1 million visitors a year.
The Copernicus Science Centre is a cultural institution established and financed by the Capital City of Warsaw, Ministry of Science and Higher Education and Ministry of National Education.
National Museum in Warsaw
Website: http://www.mnw.art.pl/en/
The National Museum in Warsaw was originally founded in 1862 as the Museum of Fine Arts and is currently one of the oldest art museums in the country. After Poland regained its independence in 1918, the National Museum was ascribed a prominent role in the plans for the new state and its capital city of Warsaw, and the Modernist building in which it currently resides was erected in 1927–1938. Today, the National Museum in Warsaw boasts a collection numbering around 830,000 works of art from Poland and abroad, from ancient times to the present including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, coins, as well as utilitarian objects and design.
Among the permanent exhibitions one can find, inter alia, the Gallery of 20th and 21st Century Art, the recently redesigned Gallery of Medieval Art, as well as the new Faras Gallery (will open to public on 18th of October 2014), the only permanent exhibition in Europe featuring Medieval Nubian paintings from the Nile River Valley
Temporary exhibition on display:
Freemasonry. Pro public bono (11 September 2014 – 11 January 2015)
The exhibition presents the Masonic picture of the world as it has taken shape over centuries. The more than 500 objects on display across 8 of the museum’s rooms – arranged to reflect the journey of initiation into a lodge – illustrates not only the history and legacy of Poland’s Masonic movement but also the universal values it promotes. This showcase of objects is supplemented with multimedia presentations as well as with other elements that are sure to surprise and please visitors.
MUSEUM TOUR 3
The Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw
Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
Start: 11.30 POLIN
End: 16:00 POLIN
The Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw
Website: http://chopin.museum/en
The mission of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum is to cultivate the memory of the great composer and to make information about his life and work available to a wider audience. The innovative approach implemented by the Museum towards presenting Chopin’s life story and his prodigious output wins recognition of music lovers, historians and artists alike. The main idea behind the Museum is to offer the visitors an individualized experience of Chopin’s work. Individual visiting route can be defined with the use of a special RFID ticket. The visitor’s preferences are being saved on a plastic card, which allows to explore the audiovisual level of the exhibition in accordance with the chosen visiting profile.
The permanent exhibition designed by Migliore + Servetto is located on the four floors of the beautifully restored Ostrogski Castle. On each of the floors visitors may find various information about Chopin’s life and works. Music, smell, light – these are only some of the means used to stimulate the visitors’ senses, that complement the experience of engaging with the artifacts on display.
Temporary exhibition on display:
Anxiety and Exploration. Polish and Norwegian Artists at the Points of Breakthrough (14 September 2014 – 22 February 2015)
The exhibition presents diverse ways in which the national Polish and Norwegian identities were being constructed throughout the 19th century with the means of music, as well as art and literature.
Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
Website: http://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/en,home.html
The Palace on the Isle, the principal architectural composition at the Royal Łazienki, is the result of works carried out during the years 1775-1795. King Stanisław August, a devotee and a connoisseur of the arts, established here a magnificent collection of Italian, Dutch, Flemish and French Grand Masters’ paintings. The Palace on the Isle also contains, hidden in the interior design, the philosophical ideas of Stanisław August and his reformist aspirations.
Under the royal patronage, the Royal Łazienki grounds were enriched with important works of architecture like the Royal Orangery, the White Pavilion, the Officer Cadet School, and the Myślewicki Palace.
The area of today’s Royal Łazienki Gardens equals to 76ha. The Gardens consist of three parts, the Royal Garden, the Belvedere Garden and the Modernist Garden, each formed in a different time period. They are accompanied by 18th and 19th century palace edifices, garden pavilions, as well as 18th, 19th and 20th century sculptures.
MUSEUM TOUR 4
The State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Start: 13:30 POLIN
End: 16:30 POLIN
The State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw
Website: http://ethnomuseum.website.pl/en/
The State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, founded in 1888, is the oldest ethnographic museum in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. It owns the richest collection of ethnographic objects (about 80 000 items) and archival materials in the country. For over 125 years the Museum has been a meeting place for art lovers, and today it is a significant point on the cultural map of Warsaw and Poland. Its head office, the former building of the Land Credit Society, is located in the center of Warsaw, in the close vicinity of Zachęta gallery and the Academy of Fine Arts.
The State Ethnographic Museum shows several permanent exhibitions presenting the most valuable collections: Czas świętowania (Celebration Time) and Zwykłe – niezwykłe (Ordinary – extraordinary). The Museum also hosts temporary exhibitions and numerous activities for children and adults. In the main hall one may find Cafe Bílý Koníček designed in a modern style, where workshops and readings take place. Thanks to a thorough modernization, the new exhibition halls of the Museum are equipped with the latest audiovisual and digital techniques. Here also the first and only Museum for Children in Poland has been established, where youngsters are able to actively explore art and culture from regions from around the world.
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Website: http://www.zacheta.art.pl/en/#
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art is the biggest and the most-attended contemporary art gallery in Poland. The gallery exhibits works of recognized foreign artists, but it also actively promotes young Polish creators. Being Warsaw’s oldest showroom, Zachęta’s history reaches back to 1860, when it was founded by the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. Having survived World War II, the eclectic building is located in Warsaw’s city center.
Current exhibitions:
Progress and Hygiene (28 November 2014 – 25 January 2015)
The exhibition is conceived as an essay whose theme is the connection between the idea of modernism and the practice of social engineering and the genetic engineering associated with it. The starting point here is the faith in progress, understood as the possibility of “improvement,” that was held jointly by science and art at the beginnings of the 20th century. At the exhibition can be found both works of art (films, photography, music and video), and documents and objects of non-artistic origin. Artists including: Jana Fabre, Luc Tuymans, Gerhard Richter, Jenny Holzer, Santiago Sierra, Yael Bartana, Mirosława Bałka, Wilhelm Sasnal.
Gregor Schneider. House (28 November 2014 – 18 January 2015)
Gregor Schneider, one of the most highly prized German artists who received the Golden Lion at the Art Biennale in Venice in 2001, realizes an individual exhibition in Zachęta called House. In his newest project, Schneider again engages with the theme of the house — exploring its material and symbolic connotations.
MUSEUMS’ ADDRESSES
The Royal Castle in Warsaw
Plac Zamkowy 4
00-277 Warsaw, Poland
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
Jazdów 2 Street
00-467 Warsaw, Poland
National Museum in Warsaw
Aleje Jerozolimskie 3
00-495 Warsaw, Poland
Copernicus Science Centre
Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 20 Street
00-390 Warsaw, Poland
National Museum of Ethnography in Warsaw
Kredytowa 1 Street
00-056 Warsaw, Poland
Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
Agrykoli 1 Street
00-460 Warsaw, Poland
The Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw
Ostrogski Palace
Okólnik 1 Street
00-368 Warsaw, Poland
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Małachowski Square no. 3
00-916 Warsaw, Poland