Education

The museum is for everyone! Taking into consideration the benefits of interacting with art and even getting the youngest used to the exhibition space, we invite people with children aged 1.5 – 5 years old to the classes which will address the issues of contemporary art. We hope that these meetings will contribute to enriching the reception of selected works. For the youngest it might be the first invitation to the world of art and inspired play in their life and for adults it will be a short review of the history of art.

Scenario and management: Katarzyna Drozdowska-Sawińska

04.10.2022

Sandy cakes with Alexander Kobzdej

Probably some toddlers already had their first sand castles, but what would happen if we combine them with paint? Let’s discover together the art of matter and the mysterious Baby Gołuchowskie Aleksandra Kobzdeja.

08.11.2022

Jerzy Bereś – On the collision of man with nature

What lies at the heart of the collision of man and nature will be explained to us by Zwid Kamienny I, the protagonist of the meeting, who will inspire us to create magical totems.

20.12.2022

Kajetan Sosnowski – Go Inside the Picture

Can you enter the picture? Maybe joining a couple walking in Warsaw’s Bielany to finally map out your own artistic tour route.

23.01.2023

Chatting with Tadeusz Kantor

This extraordinary, painterly adventure will be invited to us by the painting of Tadeusz Kantor Ramamaganga. At the end of the session, we will create a work in the spirit of informel, just like the artist.

28.02.2023

Heavy burden Alina Szapocznikow

What kind of magic do we need to use to make the very heavy cement almost float in the air? We will understand this thanks to Derwish Alina Szapocznikow. At the end of the session we will all turn into sculptors!

28.03.2023

Zofia Kulik – March, march, march, that is, one unit in the system

Starting from the highly decorative photographic collages of the artist, we will talk about their critical message. Activation of the youngest will consist of playing with blocks.

25.04.2023

Pinińskiej-Bereś – Soft sculptures

Although the artist was not a declared feminist, she is still perceived as a pioneer of feminist art in the country and in the world. The soft sculptures practically beg to be touched, and although, as everyone knows, museum exhibits cannot be touched, we can play with one of the materials used to make the Studnia Różu, which is a quilt, which will be a perfect sensory exercise for the youngest ones.

23.05.2023

The Monotype of Maria Jaremy.

It is hard to overlook the creative profile of Maria Jarema. During the classes we will talk about her path towards modernity and recall important biographical themes for Jarema’s art. Together with the children we will try our hand at the monotype technique used by the artist.

13.06.2023

Jerzy Nowosielski – Painting as sacrum

According to the artist, the most interesting phenomena arise at the intersection of two cultures – Orthodox and Catholic-Protestant. Taking this thought as a starting point, we will look at the artist’s work as a meeting of East and West. We will consider why he opted for the way of depicting characteristic of icons. The children’s activating game will consist of creating a picture – a jigsaw puzzle with elements appearing in Nowosielski’s works.

COST

• admission ticket to the exhibition: included in the price of the admission ticket to the exhibition (13 PLN reduced, 20 PLN normal)
  PLN
• 1 for students up to 26 years of age (upon presentation of an ID card)
• children under 7 receive free tickets at the box office

REGISTRATION

• mail registration is required at: zmaluchem@mnp.art.pl
• registration for individual classes starts a month in advance
• the condition for participation is to obtain an e-mail confirmation of entry on the list of participants

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

• Classes are held on selected Wednesdays of the month (according to the schedule) at 10.15 and last up to 60 minutes
• Attendance at classes is possible only on the basis of prior registration for the meeting
• Classes are held next to the exhibits at the permanent and temporary exhibitions in the Museum.
• If the topic of the lesson requires it, you should bring some of the necessary materials to the workshop
• If you are unable to participate in the ordered classes, please inform us immediately.
• Guardians are responsible for the behavior of their charges during the visit to the Museum, and thus are required to attend classes.
• During a visit to the Museum, you can take photos of the exhibits, but you are not allowed to use a flash and a tripod.
• During the organized classes held in the National Museum in Poznań, the Regulations for Visiting the NMP are in force.

In the next season 2022/23, the Children’s Museum Academy invites children to meetings with the world of art. We will get to know the most important painting topics, consider what role the frame plays in the picture, what is the difference between sculpture and painting, and – without leaving the museum – we will set off to explore the world.

The Children’s Museum Academy classes take the form of a walk through the exhibition combined with interactive games and a creative workshop that is designed to stimulate the creativity of children and reveal the pleasure of creation. Every school year there are 10 meetings entitled “Museum Full of Adventures” that are intended for children aged 6 to 10.

Scenario and management: Paulina Broniewska

10.09.2022

Adventure XI: Frame for a Picture or Picture for a Frame… the story of a certain separation. Do pictures need frames, who was Jacopo Passiano and what was the magic of his works? We will find out about these things and many more during the classes connected with decorating your own frame, at the exhibition Frame for a Picture at the Royal Castle Museum of Applied Arts in Poznan.

8.10.2022

Adventure XII: What, for what and how?… How to become an art expert. What does it mean when a work of art is considered outstanding? And how to not be afraid of entering museums?

5.11.2022

Adventure XIII: Mountains, meadows, sea, forest – it’s time for a trip, following the trail of museum landscapes. On an autumn morning we will recharge our batteries, remembering places of summer vacations.

3.12.2022

Przygoda XIV: Święty uśmiechnięty rozdaje prezenty czyli co ważnego wydarzy się w grudniowy wtorek. Jest taki dzień w roku, który przypomina nam, że ludzie wokół nas są bardzo ważni i nie możemy o nich zapominać.

14.01.2023

Adventure XV: Peers from Other Dimensions or Following the Trails of Museum Friends. Who were they and what did our ancestors play when they were children?

18.02.2023

Adventure XVI: Time, Skulls, and Cherries: A Story of Dead Natures. Clues will lead us through different eras and countries, to create our own composition of beautiful objects.

11.03.2023

Adventure XVII: Transform the stone into a sculpture with a chisel – what is the difference between a sculpture and a painting? What help could the characters enchanted in stones count on and what does this have to do with the works in a museum?

15.04.2023

Adventure 18: The Crazy Favorite Home or How to Become an Architect. Each of us dreams of a place that would be out of this world… Maybe we should just create it ourselves?

6.05.2023

Adventure XIX: Small and Big Journeys or a Museum Travel Agency. Tickets purchased? Let’s go on a journey around the world with a guide on horseback.

3.06.2023

Adventure XX: The Museum Peter – Painting Memories. Before us is a marathon ending with a card game. Ready for a puzzle race through the museum halls?

COST

• Entry ticket PLN 15 per child
• The guardian of the child is entitled to free admission (1 guardian per 1 child), further adults must purchase an admission ticket to the exhibition.

REGISTRATION

• Registration by e-mail is required at the address: akademiadziecieca@mnp.art.pl
• We accept applications from Monday to Friday during the week of the course.
• The application should include: name, surname, age of the child, contact telephone number.
  • The number of places is limited – the order of applications decides
  • The requirement for participation is to receive an email confirmation of your entry on the participant list.

CLASS REGULATIONS

• Children aged 13 and under should be accompanied by an adult while in the Museum. The Museum staff is not responsible for any children left unattended.
• Art materials are provided by the organizers.

During the organized classes held in the National Museum in Poznań, the Regulations for Visiting the NMP are in force.

Museum Detectives’ Guides are booklets prepared for children and their caregivers who want to turn a visit to the museum into a detective adventure. Each guide assigns a separate thematic path that allows to focus on selected paintings and sculptures, and the contents proposed in it encourage active and creative exploration of museum collections through tasks, puzzles and rebuses.

Guide authors: Paulina Broniewska, Sabina Mayer (Kiełczewska), Kinga Sibilska, Piotr Szaradowski.

Titles for children from 6 years:

A museum zoo

The dog and cat in the picture are guides to the museum zoo. With them, children find pictures and sculptures depicting animals, stick stickers, draw and solve tasks and puzzles with the guide.

Journeys small and big

The traveler in the picture invites to a joint journey through the Museum in search of pictures depicting various cities. By solving tasks and puzzles, children get to know extraordinary places in Poland and Europe.

The Snail and the Cherries

At the museum there are many paintings known as still life. The Snail guide tells us what they look like and where their name comes from.

Children’s Games

The character from the painting invites us to join in a search for works with children as the main characters. We can find out what they were playing and if they looked the same by solving the guide’s tasks and puzzles.

Task: Clothing

Do you know how people dressed in the old times? What did the king wear during his coronation and what did you have to put on to go to a dance? And what is a kryza? A 4-year-old boy in a dress will tell you all about it.

Santa’s diary

By learning about the extraordinary saint’s history, painted 500 years ago on four altar wings (two of which are in our Museum), the children find out why December 6th is such a special day.

Titles for Kids Ages 9 and Up:

Hammer the stone into a sculpture

This tour of the museum is led by a real sculptor. It takes visitors through all the ages. The artist talks about the types of sculptures, the materials used to make them, and the tools used to create them.

Oh my! Self-portraits!

Jan Matejko, Stanisław Wyspiański, Jacek Malczewski and other great Polish painters are the heroes of this guide. By looking at their self-portraits, children will learn what they looked like and when they lived, and by solving puzzles and riddles they will learn the subjects of their works.

Tales from the Green Jug

The green jug is full of extraordinary stories. With this guide, children and their parents/guardians will look for paintings and learn the legends, myths and fairy tales associated with them.

Atanazy’s Diary

The biggest masterpieces of ancient art are guided by the collector himself – Atanazy Raczyński. Following his notes from the diary, children will go on a journey through the gallery, learning about the Raczyński family and Atanazy’s greatest treasures.

Secrets of the Ancient Chamber

With this book, readers will discover the secrets of the museum’s underground. Drawing on the collections of the Ancient Art Gallery, our visitors will gain knowledge about the culture of the oldest civilizations – including the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.

Cost: 6 PLN, available at the museum shop.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

• Some titles of “Museum Detective Guide” can be downloaded for free at the National Museum in Poznan, new ones are available in the museum shop.
• They are intended for children who visit the Museum individually with their parents or guardians.
• Guides are not provided to children arriving at the Museum in organized groups.
• During one visit, one child receives one title of their choice.
• After the tour is finished, the booklet becomes the child’s property.

Museum Explorer Suitcases, like Guides, are very popular among our youngest viewers. This is an offer for children who come to the Museum with their parents or guardians. When visiting each gallery with the Museum Explorer Suitcase, little guests solve the tasks hidden in it. Puzzles and props allow them to actively explore the Museum space and collections, and because we have prepared it for two age groups: 5-7 and 8-12 years old, it has different levels of difficulty. The game requires the cooperation of the whole family – adults help children in reading commands, solving tasks and moving around the Museum. Together they also decide which galleries to visit and how much time to spend on selected tasks.

COST

Suitcases is provided free of charge, upon request of a parent/guardian, in the museum cloakroom.

INFORMACJE PRAKTYCZNE

• This is intended for children aged 5–12 and their parents/guardians to explore the Museum individually.
• Suitcases are not available to children visiting the Museum in organized groups.
• They are available throughout the week during the Museum’s opening hours, but their number is limited.
• Please remember to return the suitcase to the cloakroom at the end of your visit; guardians are also asked to ensure that its contents are returned in good condition.

Vacations and Holidays at the National Museum in Poznan and its branches

Every year, we invite school and preschool-aged children to the National Museum in Poznań for activities during the summer and winter holidays. In addition to the Painting and Sculpture Gallery, the Poznań branches of the museum, as well as those outside the city, also welcome visitors. In all of them, visitors can find interesting stories and inspiring meetings prepared by MNP educators.

In addition to individual viewers, we also offer meetings for organized groups – camp and half-camp groups. The full program is posted on the MNP website and on the museum Facebook page a month before the event.

Practical information:

The activities are addressed to children up to 12 years of age who spend their summer or winter holidays in Poznań and the surrounding area. They take place in July and August and during winter holidays, every day (from Tuesday to Friday) at 11.15 am at the National Museum in Poznań and its branches.

Registration is required for all activities. Contact will be provided with the schedule of activities a month before their start. Participation in the activities is paid and children must be accompanied by an adult.

My Adventure at the Museum / 44th Edition

PUT YOUR BRUSHES IN MOTION.

Does the figure in the painting move, or is it just an illusion? How can you show movement on the surface or in space? When exploring the museum galleries, pay attention to MOTION, how the artist makes you feel the elements moving that they have placed in the work of art and suggest your own motion! It’s about the approach to the topic, the care of execution, and inspiration from the museum collections.

PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION:

to shape artistic preferences in children and young people, develop their artistic skills and deepen their knowledge of the collections of both the National Museum in Poznań, its various departments or collections, and the museums in the place of residence.

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS:

participants must submit one or more works related to the topic of the competition and inspired by a selected exhibit or set of exhibits from the museum.

PARTICIPANTS:

the competition is addressed to children and young people aged 5 to 18 and persons with intellectual disabilities up to 25 years of age from the Poznań area and the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Participants prepare works as part of school lessons or in care or art facilities or individually. The works will be considered in several age categories.

TECHNIKA:

• Any – however the topic of the work should be inspired by a visit to the Poznań National Museum.
• On a flat surface (painting, graphics, computer graphics, drawing, and others) with a format no smaller than A4 and no larger than A1.
• A three-dimensional space with dimensions no bigger than 50 x 50 x 50 cm.
• A CD/DVD containing multimedia (maximum three minutes of video recorded in MPEG-4 format).

REGISTRATION:

Competition entries can be submitted individually by parents and guardians or by teachers and instructors from schools, cultural centers, and educational and training institutions.

• All works should include a “metadata” with basic information (placed on the back):
• Author (name, surname and age)
• Address and name of the institution sending to the competition (school / workshop)
• Name of the guardian
• Title of the work
• It is necessary to attach a correctly filled registration card to the competition (RODO), signed by the parent of a minor child (its absence will prevent participation in the competition and a substantive assessment of the presented work).

Downloadable Registration Form:

Application Form for the Contest My Adventure at the Museum.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

• The work is graded in five age groups:
• 5–6 years old
• 7–9 years old
• 10-12 years old
• 13–15 years old
• 16–18 years old
• A separate group consists of the work of people with disabilities (up to 25 years old, without age group divisions).
• In the age group 13-15, the jury awards a maximum of eight equivalent awards and a maximum of eight equivalent distinctions.
• A separate category consists of works qualified for the exhibition (any number, at the jury’s discretion).

COURSE OF THE COMPETITION, DATES:

• The works should be delivered/sent to the Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań (Al. Marcinkowskiego 9, 61-745 Poznań) by 28.04.2023.
• The results of the competition will be announced on the museum website mnp.art.pl by 09.05.2023.
• The opening of the competition exhibition and the prize giving ceremony will take place on 26.05.2023 at 11.15 am at the National Museum in Poznań. The exhibition will last until 11.06.2023.
• The awarded and distinguished works will be transferred to the Toruń Regional Museum, where they will participate in the national stage.

Attention! In the event of pandemic-related restrictions, the museum reserves the right to make changes to the exhibition and opening reception.

The winning and awarded works will be sent to the Torun District Museum, where they will take part in the nationwide stage.

Attention! The museum is not obliged to return sent works, but there is a possibility of self-collecting unqualified works by the non-negotiable deadline of 12.06.2023 in the Education Department of the National Museum in Poznań.

Participation in the competition means consent to the processing of personal data and the use of reproductions of works and images of participants and their guardians to the extent necessary to conduct the competition and promote the Museum. This data will be used to contact the organizer with the participant of the competition. Personal data of participants obtained are used exclusively for the purposes of the competition. Anonymous, unsigned works will not be qualified for the competition. All information about the competition is provided by the Education Department staff of the National Museum in Poznań: +48 61 85 68 136/137.