Structure and aims

Director of the Museum

Deputy Director of the National Ossolinski Institute for the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes

Joanna Błoch – art historian. She has been in her position since 2022.

A graduate of the Institute of Art History and the Institute of Cultural Studies, a doctoral student at the Postgraduate School of Archaeology, Art and Culture at the University of Wroclaw. Research interests: museology, history of the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes, Silesian portrait prints.

+48 71 335 64 35
joanna.bloch@ossolineum.pl

Photo by Mirosław Emil KochThe Director's advisory and support body is the Collegium of the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes, made up of the heads of the museum's divisions.

 

Structure of the Museum

The Museum of the Lubomirski Princes is a department of the National Ossolinski Institute. Founded in 1823, it is one of the oldest museums in Poland.

Within the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes there are divisions and one-person specialist positions:

  • Art Division
  • Numismatic and Historical Memorabilia Division
  • Chief Inventory Division of Museum Collections
  • Service Division of the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes
  • Specialist for historical collections of the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes
  • Specialist for organising exhibitions of the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes

Contact details of the employees of the particular divisions can be found in the CONTACT tab.

Aims of the Museum

The main aims of the Museum of the Lubomirski Princes:

  • multiplying the collections (collecting)
  • preservation of the collections (conservation),
  • processing of the collections,
  • storing the collections,
  • making the collections available,
  • disseminating knowledge about its collections.

Legal regulations

On 5 January 1995, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland adopted an Act re-establishing the National Ossolinski Institute. Since then, the Act has been amended twice - on 11 May 2007 and on 5 July 2007 (consolidated text). As the Institute is a foundation, the rules of its operation are laid down in its Statute (in Polish). The supervision over the Institute is supervised by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.