Purchase of a tenement house at 18 S. Belzinski St. in Stalowa Wola, the former underground point of the Home Army Diversion Directorate, the so-called Górki
Project title:
Purchase of a tenement house at 18 S. Bełżyńskiego St. in Stalowa Wola, the former underground point of the Home Army’s Diversion Directorate, the so-called Górki.
Purpose of the project
The main objective of the project is to purchase the building, which is probably the only surviving headquarters of the Diversion Management of the Home Army, more widely known as Kedyw.
Project description
The project involves the purchase of a building, which is probably the only surviving headquarters of the Directorate of Diversion of the Home Army, known more widely as Kedyw, in Poland. The actions undertaken are to save this place for future generations, to preserve it also because of its unique history – for in the consciousness of residents it has become a symbol of the heroism and patriotism of Stalowa Wola’s anti-Hitler conspiracy, as well as the nucleus of the future center of remembrance of underground soldiers in the Nadsany region.
The task consists of the following:
verification of formal and legal documents: certificates, technical expertise;
carrying out formal-legal activities: contract, submission of applications, declarations;
securing the protection of historical and architectural value: guidelines of the WUOZ, submission of an application for inclusion in the register of monuments.
Subsidized by the Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski Institute for the Heritage of National Thought within the framework of the Patriotic Fund – “Independence in Polish” edition.
Total cost of the task: PLN 200,000.00
MKiDN grant: 180,000.00 PLN
Conference Lasowiacki patterns according to Maria Kozlova.The creator and her legacy
The Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola is preparing a conference on Lasowiak design, which was recreated by legendary creator Maria Kozlova of Machow (1910-1999).
July 18, 2024.
The Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola is preparing a conference on Lasowiak design, which was recreated by legendary creator Maria Kozlova of Machow (1910-1999). Invited museologists, researchers and continuators of Kozlova’s work during lectures will characterize the museum’s collections – the legacy of the artist, her influence on the formation of ideas about the folk culture of the Lasowiak people, and will present contemporary phenomena of fashion for Lasowiakness and the use of contemporary designs of Maria Kozlova by rural housewives’ circles, bands, associations. The aftermath of the conference will be the publication “Lasowiacki patterns according to Maria Kozlova. The creator and her legacy”.
The aim of the conference and the post-conference publication will be to popularize the legacy of the artist Maria Kozlova of Machow (1910-1999) – Oskar Kolberg in a skirt – as she was referred to during her lifetime. On the 25th anniversary of the artist’s death, we want to bring closer her activities and legacy, from which those who remember her work draw, as well as the next generation who have no knowledge of the author of the Lasowiak designs, which she recreated and at the same time created herself. Contrasting the design on original folk costumes preserved in museum collections with the patterns recreated by Maria Kozlova and her continuators will allow us to deepen our knowledge and create a template to which enthusiasts of folk culture will be able to turn with full recognition of what is a reproduction and what is a creation. The conference will illustrate the achievements of Maria Kozlova preserved in the museum’s collections in the field of design, i.e. in her reconstructions of folk costumes, cut-outs, ritual art, paintings, pasta, etc. The role of the creator in the transmission of traditions, in master-apprentice relations in the recollections of the depositaries of her work, i.e., the artist’s daughter and members of village bands and women’s circles, will also be presented. Another goal of the conference will be to signal the contemporary phenomenon of fascination with Lasowiacki in the region, which is largely based on the legacy of Maria Kozlova and her vision of Lasowiacki folk culture. The conference will show how various Lasowiacki patterns, once recreated by the artist, are now beginning to perform a new function of universal Lasowiacki symbols, identifying the area once inhabited by Lasowiaks. The unification of design applies even to those areas that had different patterns on decorations. The conference will present examples of the use of Kozlova designs in the world of local business and institutions dealing with Lasowiak heritage. The conference will be a meeting place for various circles: museum professionals, enthusiasts of folk culture, cultural animators, members of regional ensembles and rural women’s circles, who will exchange their experiences and knowledge of Lasowiak design. The publication with patterns by M. Kozlova and photographs of old clothes, from the collections of the Stalowa Wola museum and contemporary folk costumes, will document the transformation of this design. The event was co-financed by funds from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage within the framework of the National Cultural Center’s program EtnoPolska. 2024 Edition.
Conference venue:
Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola
1 Sandomierska St. (conference room-first floor)
Additional information: Elżbieta Skromak, eskromak@muzeum.stalowawola.pl, tel. 518 726 705.
Purchase of a wheel loader Ł-34 produced at Huta Stalowa Wola for the collection of the Museum of the Central Industrial District
Purchase of a wheel loader Ł-34 produced at Huta Stalowa Wola for the collection of the Museum of the Central Industrial District
PROGRAM: Expansion of museum collections
TASK: Purchase of wheel loader Ł-34 produced in Huta Stalowa Wola for the collections of the Museum of the Central Industrial District.
The purchase was subsidized with funds from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the state budget within the framework of the National Institute of Museums’ own program Expansion of Museum Collections.
CO-FINANCED FROM THE STATE BUDGET: 110,400.00
SUBSIDIZED FROM THE MUSEUM BUDGET: 27,600.00
TOTAL VALUE: 138,000.00
CONTRACT SIGNING DATE: NOVEMBER 2023
The main objective of the project was to purchase a L-34 type wheel loader for the Museum’s collection. The loader, manufactured in 1984 by the Stalowa Wola Steel Mill Industrial Combine, was constructed by engineers of the Stalowa Wola-based Research and Development Center for Earth and Transport Machinery (OBRMZiT). It is equipped with a SW 680 compression-ignition engine, manufactured by Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego in Mielec.
The Ł-34 loader was used to scoop, carry and load bulk or lump materials. Among other things, it was used to scoop up sand, soil, clay, gravel, aggregate and rubble from demolition work. It could also be used to transport semi-finished construction materials, level the terrain, clear snow from yards and streets, and perform many other activities. The loader could be used with additional attachments, which included reinforced buckets, enlarged buckets, forks, grabs, snow plows and others. The attachments also included a winch, very useful in the military version of the loader, which, under the symbol S£-34 as a loader-pusher, was introduced into the equipment of the Engineering Forces of the Polish Armed Forces and is still in use.
The production of the Ł-34 loader at the best period reached more than 900 units per year. Just taking into account the area of the former Soviet Union, more than 17,000 units were sold. Thanks to its popularity, it remained in production for 24 years.
The object has undergone a comprehensive restoration and is in working order. After the purchase, it was included in the open-air exhibition of the Central Industrial District Museum.
Programs of the MKiDN
Programs of the MKiDN: grant for the Museum within the framework of the program Culture Infrastructure 2022
Project title
Fifth stage of revaluation of the former C.K. County Court building in Stalowa Wola for exhibition and educational needs
Project objective
The main objective of the project is to improve the conditions, quality and accessibility of the Museum’s infrastructure and increase the attractiveness of the program offer of supra-regional character.
Project description
The subject of the project is the execution of the fifth stage of investment in the historic building of the former C.K. County Court in Stalowa Wola for exhibition and educational needs. The project assumes the reconstruction of rooms on the first floor in the scope of demolition works, construction, window recesses development, execution of floors, sanitary and electrical installations, installation of new entrance doors, execution of decorative elements and purchase of equipment in order to expand and make more attractive the cultural offer of the museum. The entire investment was divided into phases, which will serve to comprehensively improve cultural and educational infrastructure. The first stage of the investment involved the creation of the Alphonse Karpinski Painting Gallery in the attic of the building, thanks to the implementation of the second, third and fourth stages, an entrance area, exhibition and educational halls were created on the ground and first floors. Further modernization of the first floor, which is in poor technical condition, will be necessary to complete the investment.
Total cost of the task:298,407, 87 PLN
MKiDN grant: 235,000.00 PLN
Subsidized from funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for Promotion of Culture – a state purpose fund
Online museum - purchase of equipment for recording and editing educational videos
Subsidized by funds from the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports from the state budget
Program: Culture infrastructure
Task: Online museum – purchase of equipment for recording and editing educational films.
Value of the project: 65 130,26.
Value of subsidy: 52 000.
Task description:
The project provides for the purchase of equipment and software for recording and editing of 6 educational films about the history and culture of the Lower Nadsanie region (history of the Lubomirski family – Charzewice, Rozwadów, Lasowiacki culture, Stalowa Wola – city of CID and Solidarity traditions, patriotic education – local stories, heroes) and conducting online education. Selected films will also be accessible to people with disabilities: 2 will be made with audiodescription and 2 with sign language interpreter.
MKDNiS programs: window replacement - continued
The Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola has launched an investment in the building of the Alfons Karpinski Painting Gallery, consisting in the replacement of antique window woodwork (12 pieces). The investment was subsidized from the funds of the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports – Monument Protection Program.
Task entitled: Stalowa Wola, former C.K. County Court building (1905): Replacement of windows – continuation
Monuments protection program
Task titled: Stalowa Wola, former C.K. County Court building (1905): replacement of windows – continuation
Subsidized by funds from the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports
Total cost of the task: PLN 95,971.52
Subsidy from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage: 25,000.00 PLN
