Gala Dinner

Gala Dinner at Poznan Archaeological Museum
Thursday, 27th October, 19:30

Address:
Dzialynski Palace
ul. Wodna 27
61-781 Poznan

The Gorka Palace was constructed around 1540 by the rearrangement of some neighbouring Gothic houses. Its original, Early Renaissance gate from 1548, inner yard with column gallery and two rooms on the second floor are still preserved. The origins of the Museum date back to September 23th, 1857 when the Department of Historical and Moral Sciences of the Poznan Society of the Friends of Sciences decided to establish the Museum of Polish and Slavic Antiquities.

In 1923 the archaeological collections of this Museum were joined with a similar collection of the former Provincial Museum in Poznan (Kaiser-Friedrich Museum), founded by the Germans in 1894. From both collections an independent Department of the Wielkopolskie Museum was created with its own seat. In 1945 the independent Prehistoric Museum was established which in 1950 changed its name to the present one. In 1967 the Museum received a new seat in the Gorka Palace, reconstructed after destruction in the war.

Sightseeing: At 19:30 a sightseeing tour in the palace will be provided for all participants. The banquett will be opened at 20:00

Transport:  Busses to the dinner venue will depart at the conference venue at 19.00.  In the evening, busses to the hotels will depart at 23.00 and 23.30. However, the museum is situated in the heart of the city only 1.5 km walking distance from the conference venue.

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