Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy

Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy (Polish: Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach) – is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Tychy, Poland, collects, archives and displays the works of professional artists from all over the world. Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy is one of the youngest and smallest museums in the world. The permanent exhibition gallery comprises two rooms (the Granite Room and the Glass Hall Room) with a total area of 21.9 m2. The walls of the rooms are covered with large sheets of mirrors without frames in order to optically enlarge the space and emphasise the contemporary appearance.[3] The exhibition includes collections of works of art, as well as historical collections of objects.

Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy
50°07′0.5″N 18°58′40.9″E
Established16 April 2013 (2013-04-16)
Locationstreet Żwakowska 8/66,[1][2]
43-100 Tychy,
Silesian Voivodeship,
Poland,
Europe
TypeModern art, Contemporary art, Avant-garde art
Collection size942
DirectorHenryk Jan Dominiak
Website

In consultation with the Legislative Department of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland) the following departments were established in the Museum:[4]

  • Department of Painting, Drawing and Graphics.
  • Department of Sculpture and Ceramics Division.
  • Department of Phaleristics and Vexillology, Heraldry, Symbolism and Emblematics.
  • Department of White Arm.

History

The founder and the director of the Museum, Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy, intended to create a unique place which educates and inspires all visitors by presenting art, history and science to the society in the modern and attractive manner. The Museum enables people to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment.[3]

In recent years, a large number of new captivating museums have been opened in Europe. One of them is Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy. The Museum was founded in 2013 in Tychy by entrepreneur and artist Henryk Jan Dominiak. This contemporary European institution was quickly recognised as an important part of the town by the local society. The Museum introduces the public to a fascinating world of a miniature collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and historical objects and provides a stimulating public space in which people can come together and be inspired.[3]

Mission

The Museum shapes the community identity and bring different community groups together. The primary role of the Museum is to be a source of education, whether it be through showcasing collections of cultural products such as pieces of art, or telling the story of something, such as an historical event. Grazyna Dominiak, the wife of the founder of the Museum, is also very involved in the development of the Institution. She assists in planning and implementing activities and events held during permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Entourage

At the entrance of the Museum, the visitors will find the Paradise Park and the famous Ruby Sundial, calculated by the Oxford physicist Dr Lucjan Pajdzik.[5]

Year-round Exhibitions
Year-round Exhibition Status quo 2021,[6][7] clockwise from upper left: Exhibition site II - 02, Exhibition site II - 12, Exhibition site II - 14, Exhibition site II - 18, Exhibition site III - 03 and Exhibition site III - 05
  • Year-round Exhibition Status quo 2021 – (Polish: Całoroczna wystawa Status quo 2021)[6][7]
  • Year-round exhibition 2022 - the Year of Polish Romanticism[8]
  • Portraits of famous people
  • The all-year-round exhibition A Drop of Blood in the Ocean of Needs 2022

Collections

The museum collection comprises: 942.[9]

Collection I

Painting – 98,[10] drawing – 165[11] and graphics – 28[12] the department, comprising over 291 pieces paintings, graphics and drawings by Poland artists such as: Wojtek Łuka, Anna Januszewicz-Pitlok, Paweł Brodzisz, Robert Znajomski, Piotr Tadeusz Mosur, Agata Ruman, Natalia Hirsz, Justyna Neyman, Justyna Weronika Bruj, Mieczysław Skalimowski, Renata Sobczak, Julia Kaczmarczyk-Piotrowska, Emilia Gąsienica-Setlak, Adam Korszun, Jan Antoni Rzymełka, Hanna Józefowska-Nawrot and Henryk Jan Dominiak, and international artists such as Volodymyr Goncharenko, Tomas Niklasson, Otto Niklasson Elmerås and Neywa Cezar.[13]

Collection II

Sculpture – 49[14] and ceramics – 1[15] – the department, comprising 56 pieces

Collection III

Phaleristics – 207,[16] vexillology – 0, heraldry – 75,[17] symbolism – 74[18] and emblems – 238[19] – the department, comprising over 594 pieces

Collection IV

Melee weapons – 1[20] – the department, comprising 1 pieces

  • Dirk (Polish: Kordzik); element of uniforms as well, e.g. of officers in the Polish army air force; 74 × 370 mm

Civil awards and decorations

See also

References
  1. "street Żwakowska" (in Polish). Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. "Żwakowska Street in Tychy" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. "Accessibility declaration" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "Regulations agreed with the Legislative Department of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. "Mini Park Paradise ivory tower hideout from noise" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. "Year-round Exhibition Status quo 2021" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. "New exhibition" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. "2022 the Year of Polish Romanticism" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. "Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy" (in Polish). Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  10. "A set of collected painting" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  11. "Mass Drawings Index" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  12. "Graphics as a field of exceptional artistic pedantry" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  13. "Planet Earth an overview of the roots of the environment constituting the collection of the exhibition residency" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  14. "Specification of the stored sculpture" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  15. "List of ceramics listing the matter representing the burnout of shaped clay" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  16. "Records of focused phaleristics" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  17. "Heraldry analyzes the material of modeling coats of arms" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  18. "The alphabet of collected symbolism" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  19. "The catalog of emblems is the fruit of sublime talented steps" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  20. "Cold weapon" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  21. "Decorations, awards, distinctions and certificates granted to the museum" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 August 2021.

Further reading
  • Dominiak Henryk Jan, Biografia Indeks według kodu Grup Zawodowych: Sztuka, kultura i muzea, [w:] Britishpedia, Encyklopedia Osobistości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, BPH – British Publishing House Ltd, t. III., 2017, s. 245. ISBN 978-1-912100-36-1.
  • Dominiak Henryk Jan, Biografia Indeks według kodu Grup Zawodowych: Sztuka, kultura i muzea, [w:] Britishpedia, Encyklopedia Osobistości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, BPH – British Publishing House Ltd, t. VII., 2021, s. 251. ISBN 978-1-912100-46-0.
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