The Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw is launching a new series of events - "Wietrzenie Magazynów", i.e. monthly meetings during which the most valuable and interesting objects from the museum's collection will be presented. As the organizers assure, there is plenty to choose from, as the collection numbers as many as 524,000 754 objects!
In addition to medieval stone architectural details, the collection of the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw also includes handicrafts (including stained glass, stoves, architectural ceramics and ceilings), wooden sculpture, a rich collection of graphics from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, architectural designs, photographs, works of contemporary art, industrial design products and models. On a daily basis, most of them are kept in museum warehouses and inaccessible to the public.
The first of the exhibits on display will be Vitruvius' famous treatise "On Architecture of Books Ten," which is still an invaluable source of knowledge about the construction of the ancient Greeks and Romans. This copy was published in 1548 in Nuremberg, at the publishing site of Johann Petreius, and is the first German translation (by Walther Hermann Ryff) of the treatise.
Vitruvius' treatise
photo: Miroslaw Lanowiecki
The book will be on display at the museum starting Sunday, February 9, in a special display case designed by students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Wrocław University of Technology and made by the Onimo Architectural Mock-ups modeling studio.
The museum has also planned an art workshop for children dedicated to the treatise, as well as a presentation of the object prepared by Agata Kaczmarek - the guardian of the work and head of the museum's Medieval and Modern Architecture Department.
- Sunday, February 9, 2020, 11:00 a.m. - Vitruvius treatise, art workshop for children - registration required at edukacja@ma.wroc.pl, free admission,
- Sunday, February 9, 2020, 12:00 pm - presentation of the treatise in the form of a short lecture on the history and value of the book, free admission.
Vitruvius' treatise will be on display at the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw from February 9 to March 1, 2020.
For more information, visit the museum's website.
