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Museum buildings open to visitors:

1. Granaries – ul. Grodzka 7-11 – 
   
   
   

   Patron of the Museum – Leon Wyczółkowski

    

   Leon Wyczółkowski, painter and graphic artist, was born on April 24, 1852 in Huta Miastkowska near Garwolin, in the region of Podlasie. He attended the school in Kamionka near Lublin and the middle school in Siedlce. In 1869-1875, he studied in the Warsaw School of Drawing and Painting under the direction of Wojciech Gerson. In 1875-1877, he continued studies in the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich at Alexander Wagner, and later at the Cracow School of Fine Arts in the studio of Jan Matejko (1877-1979). 

   
   
   
   
   

   History

   The beginnings of the museum in Bydgoszcz date back to the last two decades of the 19th century. In 1880 a Historical Society for the Netze District was founded, the aim of which was to conduct scientific research concerned with the region. Scientific works were accompanied with thecollecting activity. The collected objects provided substructure for the collections of the Municipal Museum established later on. The number of historical objects was growing quite rapidly, mainly thanks to the generosity of the donors. The collections were located at the choir of a church formerly belonging to the order of St. Clare, used at the time as a firehouse. Since 30 November 1890 they were made public, and the visitors could see them on Sundays between 11a.m. and 1 p.m., initially free of charge. Due to a large number of visitors, in 1892 an admission fee was introduced in the amount of 6 pfennigs. In 1914 the first full-time guardian was assigned to