Night of Museums 2016 in Museum of Architecture

Museum of Ar­chi­tec­ture in Wroclaw invites you to a unique journey in time that will take you to the 1920’s and 1930’s. The ex­hi­bi­tion “A way to moder­nity”, one of the most im­por­tant events un­der­taken as part of the ar­chi­tec­tural program of the Eu­ro­pean Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016, pre­sents all the ex­per­i­men­tal Werk­bund housing estates - Weis­senhof, Nový Dům, WuWA, Neubühl, Lainz, Baba - in one place for the first time. They were an ex­pres­sion of the belief that in a modern, de­mo­c­ra­tic world it is pos­si­ble to meet the housing needs of the pop­u­la­tion and thus create a new society, con­scious of its choices. You will be able to see the his­tor­i­cal plans, ar­chi­tec­tural designs and doc­u­ments, models of all the estates and in­di­vid­ual houses, as well as archival and con­tem­po­rary photo doc­u­men­ta­tion, orig­i­nal fur­ni­ture, in­te­rior el­e­ments and do­mes­tic ap­pli­ances. This is a unique op­por­tu­nity to see the orig­i­nal design of a kitchen, dining room and living room from Neubühl estate in Zurich, bedroom fur­nish­ings from estates in Brno and Stuttgart, and lamps, dishes and toys from Baba estate in Prague.

On the Night of Museums chil­dren and adults are invited to take part in a family game called “The Cat of Le Cor­busier” . Par­tic­i­pants will try to solve the riddle while touring the ex­hi­bi­tion “A Way to Moder­nity” - the so­lu­tion of which will be hidden among the ex­hibits on display. We invite all of our guests - and the youngest and those a little older - to dress in the style of the era.

We also invite you to see the ex­hi­bi­tion “Polska. Ar­chi­tec­ture”. It pre­sents 24 newly built or re­stored build­ings, por­trayed by the most out­stand­ing Polish pho­tog­ra­phers of ar­chi­tec­ture. The photos of ar­chi­tec­ture are ac­com­pa­nied by re­portage pic­tures, sketches, draw­ings and quo­ta­tions, showing the se­lected struc­tures in the context of im­por­tant Polish his­tor­i­cal events, often re­mind­ing about the ac­tiv­i­ties of promi­nent figures they are ded­i­cated to. Which of these will gain Your ap­proval? During the Night of Museums our Guests will vote for the finest Polish build­ing of the last two decades.

Pro­gramme:

6 pm – opening of the Night of Museums;

6 pm - 12 am - tem­po­rary and per­ma­nent ex­hi­bi­tion tours: „A Way to Moder­nity. The Werk­bund Estates 1927-1932”, “Polska. Ar­chi­tec­ture”, “Artis­tic Ar­chi­tec­tural Crafts from 12th till 20th Century”;

6 pm - 9 pm - family game “The Cat of Le Corbusier”;

6 pm - 10 pm - “Polska. Ar­chi­tec­ture” – vote for the best con­tem­po­rary Polish architecture;

10 pm - “Polska. Ar­chi­tec­ture” - an­nounce­ment of results