THE ARCHDIOCESAN MUSEUM IN LUBLIN (Muzeum Archidiecezjalne w Lublinie)

Undertakings connected with the protection and availability of historical monuments in the diocese of Lublin date back to the second decade of the twentieth century. After the WW I protection of objects withdrawn from the religious cult and amassed in the local Seminary building was entrusted to Rev. Michal Niechaj, whose work was interrupted by WW II. After the war, the Trinitarian Tower became the site of a museum opened to the public in 1976. The Museum contains a gallery of Baroque sculpture, a temporary exhibitions showroom, and a panorama terrace at a height of some 40 metres. Since 2006 the building of the Metropolitan See in Lublin contains the Museum of the Two Hundred Years of the Diocese of Lublin, which functions as a branch of the Archdiocesan Museum. An attic adapted for museum purposes features expositions of paintings, sculpture and artefacts withdrawn from the religious cult. The exhibits were conserved at the Centre for the Renovation of Sacral Art - a workshop belonging to the museum. The protection of the exhibits involved the use of the most recent achievements of technology. The close proximity of both institutions makes it possible to tour them without the need for covering considerable distances. Location in the very centre of Lublin, near the main communication routes and parking lots for buses, additionally facilitates reaching the museum.