Rev. Prof. Wilhelm Gaj-Piotrowski (1924-2017). Researcher, regionalist, donor. On the centenary of his birth
Take a look at the anniversary exhibition dedicated to an extraordinary figure of merit for the region. Meet the priest – a scientist, researcher and collector – Wilhelm Gaj-Piotrowski. This man, to whom we are indebted for the establishment of our Museum, had an extremely wide range of interests: history, folk culture, numismatics, cartography, sphragistics, heraldry, archaeology… These fields he explored in his scientific activity, collected monuments, wrote books that are an invaluable knowledge base for modern researchers. At the exhibition you will see up close his scientific workshop, archival photographs, memorabilia and monuments from his numerous collections.
Lesson
Rev. Wilhelm Gaj-Piotrowski – scientist, researcher, collector
During the lesson about the scientific activity of Rev. Gaj-Piotrowski, his merits for Rozwadów and the entire region, you will learn how he acquired materials, prepared to write books, described the monuments he collected, systematized the information he acquired. Through photographs and objects you will get to know an extraordinary man with very wide interests. Who knows, maybe you too will be awakened by the passion of a collector or researcher of the past?
Workshops
grades VI-VIII, secondary schools
Coats of arms
During the workshop we will learn what coats of arms are about, we will learn the most important principles of heraldry
and design of graphic symbols. Inspired, among other things, by local coats of arms of nobility and cities, participants will design and make their own coat of arms or logo. Their task will also be to include in their work elements that illustrate their interests, hobbies, initials or the sound of their name.
The program implements selected assumptions of the core curriculum:
high school/technical school:
History: II.3; II.4; Visual Arts: I.1; I.5; I.6; III.1; Polish: IV.1, IV.5.
Place: Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola
1 Sandomierska St.
37-450 Stalowa Wola
tel. 518 454 176 or 15 844-85-56, ext. 221
