Muzeum Organów Śląskich
A free museum in the basement of the Academy of Music in Katowice, preserving historic organs and their parts from Upper Silesia.
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About the museum
The idea of establishing an organ museum arose more than thirty years before it was founded. Prof. Julian Gembalski, associated with the Chair of Organs and Church Music of the Academy of Music, collected organ components during research in Upper Silesia: pipes, wind chests, fragments of keydesks, and entire damaged instruments. These objects were inventoried, secured and conserved.
Some of the collection was shown in exhibitions accompanying the scholarly conferences “Organy na Śląsku” (Organs in Silesia) in 1983 and 1994. The Senate of the Academy established the museum as part of the university’s structure on 4 April 2002; organisationally it belongs to the Chair of Organs and Church Music.
The institution occupies five large rooms in the basement of the Academy’s main building. The exhibition shows only part of the collections; the rest is kept in storerooms. The collections also serve research into the construction, former technology and conservation of Silesian organs; a conservation workshop and the Organological Archive operate at the Chair.
Highlights
- Organ from the parish church in Przyszowa (after 1750), installed in Chamber Hall II
- Reconstructed organ from the church of St Martin in Ćwiklice (c. 1880)
- Keydesk from the basilica in Piekary Śląskie (1927)
- Free admission
Permanent exhibition
- Stała ekspozycja organów śląskich – Historic organs and their parts from Upper Silesia, including the organ from Przyszowa, the reconstructed organ from Ćwiklice and the keydesk from Piekary Śląskie.
- Founded
- 2002
- Operated by
- Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The museum is located in the basement of the Academy of Music’s main building, from the side of ul. Wojewódzka; individual visits take place at the designated times. |
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