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Director of the Auschwitz Museum in the Council for Museums
Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywiński, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, was appointed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Prof. Małgorzata Omilanowska to the Council for Museums at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Acts of appointment for the term of office 2015-2018 were presented in Warsaw on April 15, 2015. The director of the Auschwitz Memorial was already member of the Council during its two previous terms of office.
The most important tasks of the Council include giving opinions on issues related to the activities of Polish museums of national or international significance, issuing opinions on the draft budget of the Ministry of Culture and national Heritage within the area of Polish museums, draft normative acts on museums, as well as applications for grants for the activities of museums.
The Council for Museums is made up of 21 curators (10 elected by the Minister of Culture and National heritage and 11 elected at the congress of registered museums). The sixth term of the Council runs from 2015 to 2018.
Council for Museums – term of office 2015-2018
• Dr. Piotr Cywiński – Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim
• Anna Fic-Lazor – Director of the Zamoyski Museum in Kozłówka
• Jarosław Gałęza - Director of the Open-Air Museum of Rural Architecture in Opole
• Dr. Jacek Górski – Director of the Archaeological Museum in Kraków
• Paweł Jaskanis – Director of the Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów
• Lech Karwowski - Director of the National Museum in Szczecin
• Alicja Knast – Director of the Silesian Museum in Katowice
• Andrzej Lechowski – Director of the Podlasie Museum in Białystok
• Leszek Lenarczyk – Director of the Archaeological and Historical Museum in Głogów
• Dr. of Science Jerzy Litwin – Director of the National Maritime Museum
• Natalia Ładyka – Chief Cataloguer at the Royal Castle in Warsaw
• Mariusz Mierzwiński - Director of the Castle Museum in Malbork
• Lucyna Mizera – Director of the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola
• Michał Niezabitowski - Director of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków
• Dr. Piotr Oszczanowski – Director of the National Museum in Wrocław
• Dr. Marek Rubnikowicz - Director of the District Museum in Toruń
• Jarosław Suchan - Director of the Museum of Art in Łódź
• Andrzej Urbański – Director of the Zamojskie Museum in Zamość
• Wit Karol Wojtowicz - Director of the Castle Museum in Łańcut
• Dr. Michał Woźniak - Director of the Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz
• Dr. Anna Ziółkowska – Director of the Martyrdom Museum in Żabikowo
