Muzeum Oświaty w Bydgoszczy

About the museum

The museum grew out of the Museum of Teachers’ Memorabilia (Muzeum Pamiątek Nauczycielskich), which from 1978 was run by a group of retired teachers, enthusiasts of collecting and of the idea of an educational museum. The collections were at first housed in the Department of Education and Upbringing, and later in the Teachers’ House. The institution adopted the name Muzeum Oświaty (Museum of Education) in 1985, when it received basement rooms in a newly opened primary school, where exhibition rooms were gradually set up.

Since 1992 the museum has been a department of the Voivodeship Pedagogical Library in Bydgoszcz (Pedagogiczna Biblioteka Wojewódzka). In February 2004 it was moved to the library’s premises at ul. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 4, where it occupies several rooms on the second floor. Today it has three exhibition halls.

The core of the collections consists of school furniture, pupils’ and teachers’ equipment, textbooks, photographs, recordings, certificates and fragmentary files of schools and pupils’ organisations, as well as the legacies of outstanding Bydgoszcz teachers. The museum runs permanent and temporary exhibitions, and museum lessons for pupils of primary and secondary schools and for students.

Highlights

• Exhibition “Szkoła sprzed lat” (“The School of Years Past”) on the school in the Prussian partition and the interwar period
• Exhibition on the fate of Bydgoszcz teachers in 1939–1945
• Old benches, blackboards, textbooks and pupils’ equipment
• Museum lessons on regional history and the Second World War

Permanent exhibitions

• Szkoła sprzed lat – Exhibition presenting the school of the Prussian partition period and of the interwar years.
• Losy nauczycieli bydgoskich w latach 1939–1945 – Exhibition devoted to teachers murdered in executions and camps, and to those who ran secret teaching.
• Szkice z dziejów oświaty – Exhibition on the most important events in Bydgoszcz education in the 20th century.

Founded

1979

Operated by

Pedagogiczna Biblioteka Wojewódzka im. Mariana Rejewskiego w Bydgoszczy

Admission & discounts

Admission by a donation (cegiełka) of PLN 10.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum occupies rooms on the second floor of the Voivodeship Pedagogical Library building; information about accessibility has not been published.

Kids & families

The educational offer is aimed primarily at school groups; for classes I–III the museum has prepared, among others, the session “Wszystkie moje mamy” (“All My Mums”).

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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