Tales of Old Linen Chest
The temporary exhibition "Tales of Old Linen Chest" is our latest exhibition proposal. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the subject of the exhibition and visit the Museum from January 15 to May 25, 2025. The curator of the exhibition is Małgorzata Gniazdowska, an art historian.
Description and aim of the exhibition
A linen chest is a former wardrobe for storing underwear: personal, bedding, table. What messages can this piece of furniture convey to us? Certainly the forgotten ones.
The presented exhibition is a story about various types of underwear used in our homes a hundred years ago.It is not only a presentation of shirts or pillowcases decorated with lace inserts or marked with an embroidered monogram, but also a presentation of the process of making sure that underwear is clean and elegant. At the exhibition, you can see how and where underwear was washed, starched and ironed. It will also be an opportunity to get to know now forgotten and once popular items of clothing such as reforms, women's combination or men's nightgown.
The texts accompanying the exhibition were taken from Maria Ochorowicz-Monatowa's extensive guide "Women's Household in the City and in the Countryside" published in 1914.
Description and aim of the exhibition
A linen chest is a former wardrobe for storing underwear: personal, bedding, table. What messages can this piece of furniture convey to us? Certainly the forgotten ones.
The presented exhibition is a story about various types of underwear used in our homes a hundred years ago.It is not only a presentation of shirts or pillowcases decorated with lace inserts or marked with an embroidered monogram, but also a presentation of the process of making sure that underwear is clean and elegant. At the exhibition, you can see how and where underwear was washed, starched and ironed. It will also be an opportunity to get to know now forgotten and once popular items of clothing such as reforms, women's combination or men's nightgown.
The texts accompanying the exhibition were taken from Maria Ochorowicz-Monatowa's extensive guide "Women's Household in the City and in the Countryside" published in 1914.
Exhibition information
Temporary exhibition entitled "Tales of old linen chest"
January 14 – May 25, 2025
District Museum in Leszno
31 Gabriela Narutowicza Street (temporary exhibition room)
Curator: Małgorzata Gniazdowska
Graphic design: Tomasz Sikorski, Paulina Pracz
Elements of arrangement: Tomasz Sikorski
January 14 – May 25, 2025
District Museum in Leszno
31 Gabriela Narutowicza Street (temporary exhibition room)
Curator: Małgorzata Gniazdowska
Graphic design: Tomasz Sikorski, Paulina Pracz
Elements of arrangement: Tomasz Sikorski
Availability
The exhibition has been prepared in a way that is accessible to a wide audience, diverse age groups and people with special needs. Objects for tactile cognition (iron, washing washboard, starch), elaboration of simple texts (ETR), audio description and translation of PJM selected objects will be exhibited.
Accompanying events
- 14.01.2025 - opening of exhibition, 6.00 p.m.
- 19.01.2025 – curatorial tour of exhibition
- 21.01 and 28.01.2025, 11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. – Winter break at the Museum – workshops for children aged 7 and over entitled "The art of taking care of clothes"
- 22.02.2025 11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Family Integrations "Tales of Old Linen Chest"
- 17.05.2025 – Night of Museums – "Everyone can wash" workshops in front of the synagogue and guided tour of exhibition
- 25.05.2025 – closing of exhibition – guided tour of exhibition
Contact and conditions of participation
Orders for lessons or visits: phone number: 65 529 61 40 ext. 3,
email: edukacja@muzeum.leszno.pl
Information about the exhibition: phone number: 65 529 61 40 ext. 3,
email: malgorzata.gniazdowska@muzeum.leszno.pl
Admission price:
visiting - 12 PLN / 10 PLN reduced per person
guided tour - 1 hour / 50 PLN (+ entrance ticket)
educational activities: lesson - 7 PLN schools / 5 PLN kindergartens per person; workshops – 13 PLN/person.
email: edukacja@muzeum.leszno.pl
Information about the exhibition: phone number: 65 529 61 40 ext. 3,
email: malgorzata.gniazdowska@muzeum.leszno.pl
Admission price:
visiting - 12 PLN / 10 PLN reduced per person
guided tour - 1 hour / 50 PLN (+ entrance ticket)
educational activities: lesson - 7 PLN schools / 5 PLN kindergartens per person; workshops – 13 PLN/person.
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