Invitation to the scientific conference: Herstory of museology in Poland. Narratives of female museum professionals. Edition II 📅 October 16–17, 2025 📍 Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw Registration required (limited number of seats). Free admission. Registration: [email protected] The Royal Łazienki Museum is honored to invite you to the second edition of the interdisciplinary scientific conference dedicated to the topic of herstory in Polish museology. This year's edition, titled "Herstory of museology in Poland. Narratives of female museum professionals," continues and expands on important topics discussed in 2024, emphasizing the need to restore memory of women – museum professionals whose achievements and dedication have remained overshadowed by the history of museum institutions for decades. The inspiration for deeper reflection remains Linda Nochlin's words: "It is very important for women to confront their history and their current situation, without resorting to excuses and glorifying mediocrity." The conference aims to create a space for interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge, research, and experiences related to the role of women in the development of museums in Poland. We encourage researchers from various academic and museum backgrounds to join this important discussion. The conference will be held in Polish. The event will be fully recorded. Permissions for image distribution will be collected before the conference begins. PROGRAM Day I - 9:00 Participant registration - 9:45 Conference opening – Dr. Marianna Otmianowska - 10:00 Opening lecture – Dr. hab. Prof. IH PAN Elżbieta Orman, Earthly Goddesses of Karolina Lanckorońska - 10:40–11:50 Panel 1. Herstories and museums in the 21st century - Lidia Iwanowska-Szymańska, Zofia Zaccaria, Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, We are herstory. In the circle of contemporary female museum professionals - Wirginia Węglińska, Museum of the Navy in Gdynia, Torpedo specialists? Herstories of the Museum of the Navy in Gdynia - Marcin Szeląg, Faculty of Artistic Education and Curatorship, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań, Beyond institutional oblivion: the legacy of women's educational practices in museums in Poland and Scandinavia as inspiration for alternative cultural institution models - 11:50–12:20 Coffee break - 12:20–13:55 Panel 2. Grassroots work - Lucyna Leśniak, Collegium Historicum Library UAM, Not even the smallest fraction should be lost. Dr. Aleksandra Karpińska in service of archaeological museology - Monika Dunajko-Ceglińska, Hubert Kowalski, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Kazimierz Michałowski, Stanisław Lorentz, and Maria Ludwika Bernhard. Dominant figures and one herstory - Monika Przypkowska, Zofia z Horstów Przypkowska – curator without a position - Anna Krzysztofik, Museum of Polish History in Warsaw, Female museum librarians. Their significance in the creation and operation of museums - 13:55–14:55 Lunch - 14:55–16:30 Panel 3. Women and museum creation - Justyna Słomska-Nowak, Ethnographic Museum in Toruń, Female team – Maniszka and Haluszka. On the creation of the Ethnographic Museum in Toruń - Agnieszka Morawińska, Museum of Sport and Tourism – pioneering endeavor of Maria Morawińska-Brzezicka - Agnieszka Patała, Institute of Art History, University of Wrocław, Wrocław female museum professionals and medieval art in Silesia - Joanna Mróz, Marcin Szerle, Museum of the City of Gdynia, Dr. Janina Krajewska's struggles with coastal reality – the story of creating a museum in Gdynia - 16:30–18:00 Panel 4. New possibilities? - Dorota Stelmaszczyk-Szwed, Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, Avant-garde in female hands: herstory of Gallery 72 in Chełm - Monika Glosowitz, University of Silesia, Ewa Wojtoń, Museum of Coal Mining, Mining herstories, or how women from mining families were erased from cultural memory - Monika Harchut, Marta Frączkiewicz, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, The story of Helena Rubinstein – herstory from POLIN collections - Alicja Gzowska, Ewa Ziembińska, National Museum in Warsaw, Is a woman allowed to sculpt? Polish female sculptors of the 19th–20th century – research and exhibition project at the National Museum in Warsaw Day II - 10:00–11:10 Panel 1. (In)visible - Aldona Tołysz, Jadwiga Przeworska (1901–1942). Museum Referent of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Enlightenment - Jolanta Żubrowska, Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, Strong women. Memories of Maria Scheur and Irena Scheur-Sawicka - Longin Graczyk, Ari Ari Foundation, Small museums. Equality - 11:10–11:40 Coffee break - 11:40–13:10 Panel 2. In service of art or museums? - Aleksandra Sikora, Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha, Pioneering paths. Museum activities of the first female art history graduates at Jagiellonian University - Agata Małodobry, National Museum in Kraków, Helena Blum – architect of the contemporary art collection at the National Museum in Kraków - Małgorzata Biłozór-Salwa, Urszula Dragońska, University Library in Warsaw, Historicity and modernity of collections – curatorial activities of Stanisława Sawicka - Monika Bończa-Tomaszewska, National Heritage Institute, Magdalena Hartwig, New Records Archive, Zofia Kruze-Tomaszewska: Biography and experience of a pioneer in artistic museum photography in Warsaw in the 20th century - 13:10–13:40 Coffee break - 13:40–14:50 Panel 3. Women's museums - Edyta Głowacka-Sobiech, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Women's History Museum Foundation, Her place. Museum presence and memory of women exemplified by the Women's History Museum - Weronika Gosztyła-Frańczak, In’enclava d’art da dunnas. Women's art enclave - Marta Grabowska, HERstory Art Museum Foundation, Zofia Ozaist-Zgodzińska, Prądnik Eco-Museum, Feminist curatorial practices in action: HERstory Art Museum and Prądnik Eco-Museum as post-museum laboratories - 14:50–16:00 Panel 4. Herstories in museum spaces - Anna Barłóg-Mitmańska, Agnieszka Floryszczak, National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa, Silent presence or loud call? Herstory context in the narrative of selected permanent and temporary exhibitions at the National Museum of Agriculture in Szreniawa - Michał Hankus, Museum of Kraków, Strong women – herstory narrative about Kraków and the challenge for the city museum - Natalia Skoczylas, Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius, On the need to develop herstory heritage at the Jagiellonian University Museum Scientific Committee: - Dr. Grażyna Bastek - Dr. Izabela Bukalska - Prof. Dr. Hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż - Dr. Maria Gołąb - Barbara Gołębiowska - Jolanta Gumula - Dr. Katarzyna Jagodzińska - Joanna Kilian - Prof. Dr. Hab. Agnieszka Lajus - Dr. Ewa Leszczyńska - Prof. Ucz. Dr. Hab. Beata Nessel Łukasik - Dr. Agnieszka Morawińska - Dr. Magdalena Muskała - Prof. Ucz. Dr. Hab. Luiza Nader - Dr. Marianna Otmianowska - Prof. Dr. Hab. Elżbieta Pakszys - Elżbieta Penderecka - Prof. Dr. Hab. Maria Poprzęcka - Prof. Ucz. Dr. Hab. Marta Rakoczy - Prof. Ucz. Dr. Hab. Barbara Wagner - Dr. Joanna Wasilewska - Prof. Dr. Hab. Elżbieta Wichrowska - Prof. Ucz. Dr. Hab. Anna Maria Wierzbicka - Prof. Dr. Hab. Małgorzata Wrześniak We warmly invite you to participate in this unique event – a reflection on the history of museology from a female perspective and the building of a more inclusive and diverse narrative about Polish museums. Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw https://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl
