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Established | 16 April 2013 |
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Location | Street Żwakowska 8/66, Tychy in Silesian Voivodeship |
Coordinates | 50°07′01″N 18°58′41″E / 50.116806°N 18.978028°E |
Type | Modern art museum |
Director | Henryk Jan Dominiak |
Curator | Henryk Jan Dominiak |
Website | muzeumminiaturowejsztukiprofesjonalnejhenrykjandominiak |
The Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy (Polish: Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach)[1][2][3] is a modern art museum and cultural institution established in 2013 by Henryk Jan Dominiak,[4][5] located in the center of Tychy[6][7][8][9][10] in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.[11]
The museum is run by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,[12] and houses the works of professional artists from all over the world.[9]
The museum organizes traveling exhibitions[13][14][15][16] and philanthropic activities.[17][18][19][13][14]
It is one of the youngest and smallest museums in the world.[7][6][20][21]
The museum is housed on the ground floor of an apartment building on Street Żwakowska 8/66.[7][9][22][4][23]
In consultation with the Legislative Department of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, which took place on 22 October 2013, the following departments were established in the Museum:[9][3]
The aim of the Museum is to present and support contemporary art and artists, in particular art produced in Poland from the second half of the 20th century onwards. The exhibition includes collections of artworks created using various techniques, as well as historical collections of objects.[9] From 2013 to 2023, these collections bring together over 970 unique objects.[24]
The core of the collection is Polish miniature art (including painting, sculpture, drawing, and decorative art), though there are also numerous artworks from other countries. The museum houses works by artists from:
The collection showcased 101 paintings[29] that focus on a specific theme, including horses, scenes of military battles and soldiers, revolutionary figures, natural scenery, the ocean, sailboats and other nautical motifs, and of individual astronomical objects, or idea such as freedom, heroism, loss and wonder.
This custom collection contains 168 unique drawings.[30] It contains drawings of topics from Ukrainian, Slavic and European poets,[23] to Christianity and Jesus Christ,[21] to portraits and self portraits, many of them innovative,[30] or miniature illustrations of prehistoric creatures.[30]
More than 49 small-scale artworks by local and international artists make up, an exhibition of sculptures miniature art in the museum.[31] Masterpieces on display include works by, among many others, dedicated of the fortified architecture, church, mining, the educational system, performance dance and animals.[31]
As social status symbols the museum it is a part of the world cultures builds on the collections of objects of the symbolism (52 that embody the history, culture, or identity of a place) and emblems (95 to represent the industries that manufacture the car and its parts, the bank institutions, different workplaces, political parties, the military, social associations, and religious institutions) from different corner of the world: Italy,[1] Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Serbia, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Canada, United States, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden and Hungary.[32]