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The Cracow Branch
of the Institute of Archaeology
and Ethnology, Polish Academy
of Sciences, is one of the oldest archaeological institutions in Poland. Main
events during its history are:
·
1850
- The Archaeological Museum
was founded by the Cracow Scientific Society.
·
1873
- The Academy of Science
and Arts began to function (officially it was founded in 1871, growing out of
the Cracow Scientific Society). Within the Faculty
of History and Philosophy of the Academy of
Science
and Arts, the Archaeological Committee was created, with Józef
Lepkowski as the Chairman. Collections of the Archaeological Museum became
the property of the Academy of Science
and Arts.
·
1876
- The Archaeological Museum came
under the management of the Anthropological Committee (Chairman Józef Majer), within the
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Academy of Science and
Arts.
·
1891-1893
- The Archaeological Museum was directed by Gotfryd
Ossowski.
·
1893
- The Archeological Museum
became an independent institution of the Academy of Science and
Arts.
·
1894-1937
- The Archeological Museum was directed by Wlodzimierz
Demetrykiewicz.
·
1919
- After Poland
regained the independence, the name "Academy of Science and
Arts" was changed into "Polish Academy of
Science and Arts".
·
1937-1954
- The Archeological Museum was directed by Tadeusz Reyman.
·
1949
- The Archaeological Museum
took possession of the palace (manor house) at Igolomia and
established its research facilities there.
·
1953
- Activity of the Polish Academy
of Science and Arts was terminated. Its agencies (including the Archaeological Museum and the Center of Material Culture), as
well as its material property, were transferred to the newly created Polish Academy of
Sciences.
·
1953
- The Center of Material Culture
was renamed "Center of the History of Material Culture" and became
an auxiliary institution of Department I of the Polish Academy of
Sciences. Tadeusz Reyman
was appointed a head of the Center and of the Archaeological Museum. In the
same time the Center of Etnography
was created, with Kazimierz Moszynski
as director. In 1954, he was succeeded by Mieczyslaw
Gladysz.
·
1954
- The Center of the History of Material Culture was incorporated into the
newly created Institute of the History of Material Culture, located in Warsaw, and
renamed “Cracow Center of the
Polish Archaeology of IHKM PAN”. The institution retained part of the library
collection of the Archaeological Museum,
part of the artifact collections, and the palace at Igolomia
with all its research facilities. Stefan Nosek
became its directors.
·
1955
- The Archaeological Museum
was transferred to the Ministry of Culture and Arts from Polish Academy of
Sciences.
·
1965
- The Cracow Center
of the Polish Archaeology of IHKM PAN was renamed “Center for Archaeology of
Little Poland of IHKM PAN”.
·
1955-1966
- The Center for Archaeology of Little Poland of IHKM PAN was directed by
Stefan Nosek.
·
1966-1990
- The Center for Archaeology of Little Poland of IHKM PAN was directeds by Jan Machnik.
·
1971
- The Cracow Center of Ethnography was renamed the
"Work Group of the Center of Ethnography IHKM PAN in Warsaw".
Anna Kowalska-Lewicka became its head.
·
1973
- The Work Group of the Center of Ethnography IHKM PAN in Warsaw was
renamed the Center of Ethnography IHKM PAN. Its first head was Maria Gladysz and succeeded in 1983 by Zofia
Szromba-Rys. From 1987 the Center was directed by Danuta Tylek.
·
1992
- The Institute of the History of Material Culture was renamed “Institute of Archaeology and
Ethnology PAN. The Center for Archaeology of Little Poland was renamed “Cracow Branch of the Institute of Archaeology and
Ethnology PAN”. It comprised, besides the Cracow
Branch and the Igolomia Branch, also the Ethnological Branch,
scientifically directed by the Center of Ethnology of IAE PAN, Warsaw.
Prepared by
Barbara Baczynska, M.A. and Dr. Urszula
Lehr
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