On October 10, 2025, the finals of the third edition of the “Lower Silesia Museum Events” competition took place at the Four Domes Pavilion of the Museum of Contemporary Art – a branch of the National Museum in Wrocław. The event is organized by the Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and the Lower Silesian Branch of the Association of Polish Museologists. The Museum of Papermaking is responsible for the project, and its partners include the Lower Silesian Railways and the Lower Silesian Tourist Organization.

According to information from Jarosław Rabczenko, Member of the Board of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship:Lower Silesian museums are not only guardians of our history, but above all, they inspire the region’s future. Thanks to their modern approach to presenting heritage, they become a bridge connecting the past with a vision of dynamic development. Lower Silesia’s ambitions are far-reaching – we strive to make the region a leader in innovation and cultural dialogue.

The main goal of the competition is to promote the most important projects implemented by Lower Silesian museums. The organizers also wish to motivate Lower Silesian museum professionals to implement further exhibition, educational, and research projects utilizing Lower Silesian museum collections. The competition is open to state, local government, and private museums.

Twenty-five museums entered the third edition of the competition, each submitting one project completed in 2024, in accordance with the rules. The competition jury, composed of distinguished experts in Lower Silesian culture and chaired by Izabela Kurc-Kuriata, considered, among other factors, the projects’ innovativeness, potential for museum development, promotional potential, and the significance of the events for Lower Silesian culture. The jury awarded a total of 15 awards for the most interesting and well-implemented museum projects in Lower Silesia.

Regional Exhibitions Category

First Prize for the Kłodzko Region Museum for the exhibition “Franz Wagner (1887-1942) – a sculptor from Kłodzko”.

First Prize (ex aequo) for the Ceramics Museum in Bolesławiec – Pückler Palace for the exhibition “Bolesławiec cultural heritage – the history of the city and ceramics over the centuries”.

Second Prize for the Archaeological and Historical Museum in Głogów, for the exhibition “Our Latest. Selected Objects Acquired by the Museum in 2021-2023.”

Third Prize for the Toy Museum in Karpacz, for the exhibition “They Entertain, They Teach, They Educate. Toys from Lower Silesia in the Times of the Polish People’s Republic.”

Art Exhibition Category

First Prize: for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Branch of the National Museum in Wrocław for the exhibition “Maria Pinińska-Bereś”.

Second Prize: for the Princes Lubomirski Museum – Ossolineum Branch of the Lubomirski Museum for the exhibition “Unobvious History. 300 Years of the Princes Lubomirski Museum.”

Third Prize: for the Gerhard Hauptmann House Municipal Museum in Jelenia Góra for the exhibition “Paul Aust. The Karkonosze Mountains – a Cure for Everything”.

Historical exhibitions category

First prize: for the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław for the exhibition “If. Unrealized visions of modern Wrocław”.

Second Prize: for the Museum of Papermaking for the exhibition “Treasury Tickets from the Time of the Kościuszko Uprising”.

Third Prize: for the Ethnographic Museum – Branch of the National Museum in Wrocław for the exhibition “Adopted Things”.

Category: Scientific and research projects

First prize: for the Regional Museum in Lubań, for the project “Treasure from the Logging in Upper Lusatia”.

Second Prize: for the National Museum in Wrocław for the project “The Big Four and Others. Ceramic Stone Sculpture of the Polish People’s Republic.”

Third Prize: to the Copper Museum in Legnica for the project “Theodor Blätterbauer (1823-1906). Life and Work.”

Category: Educational projects not related to temporary exhibitions

First Prize: for the Stara Kopalnia Centre for Science, Culture and Art in Wałbrzychy for “Dust Explosion. An Artistic Translation of Miners’ Lives and Heritage.”

Second Prize: for the Museum of Post and Telecommunications in Wrocław for the project “Telephonists. Invisible Maidens. Exhibition on the 120th Anniversary of Ericsson’s Operations in Poland.”

The third prize was not awarded.

6 prizes remain in Wrocław, 9 go to Lower Silesia: to Wałbrzych, Legnica, Jelenia Góra, Głogów, Bolesławiec, Kłodzko, Lubań, Karpacz and Duszniki-Zdrój.

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