THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN COLLECTION OF THE CITY MUSEUM IN BYDGOSZCZ

The article was created as part of research on wartime losses of the Leon Wyczókowski DistrictMuseum in Bydgoszcz. It describes the history of the African collection belonging to the Historical Society of theNote Oblast, which from 1923 belonged to the City Museum. In 1944, the collection, along wit...

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Published inActa archaeologica Lodziensia Vol. 69; no. 69; pp. 53 - 59
Main Author Frischke, Gabriela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lódz ódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe 2023
Lodz Scientific Society
Lódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Subjects
Archaeology
Donations
Ethnography
History
Jewelry
Museology Heritage Studies
Museums
Musical instruments
World War I
Cameroon
Africa
National Ethnographic Museum
African collections
City Museum
Bydgoszcz
wartime losses
Leon Wyczókowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz
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Summary:The article was created as part of research on wartime losses of the Leon Wyczókowski DistrictMuseum in Bydgoszcz. It describes the history of the African collection belonging to the Historical Society of theNote Oblast, which from 1923 belonged to the City Museum. In 1944, the collection, along with other collectionsof the Museum, was taken to Dbowo for protection. According to people involved in the return of the objects toBydgoszcz, the manor house was burned down and the exhibits hidden there were destroyed. The collection wasconsidered a wartime loss. However, it turned out that this was false information, and the collection was transferredin 1950 to the Folk Cultures Museum in Warsaw. The text analyzes documents describing the history of the collec-tion, compares preserved inventories and lists, and attempts to trace the post-war fate of the collection.
ISSN:0065-0986
2451-0300
DOI:10.26485/AAL/2023/69/6