Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Gdańska

The Historical Museum of the City of Gdansk was established in 1970 (the Resolution of the Presidium of the Provincial National Council of 31 March 1970 as a branch of the Pomeranian Museum in Gdansk. The newly rebuilt Town Hall of the City was re-established. In the former seat of the municipal authorities, erected in the 14th century, collections began to document the history of the city from the Middle Ages to the present.

The institute did not have a museum facility, ie the studios and magazines. There was a lack of educational and audiovisual rooms, rooms for exhibitions and technical workshops. Despite these difficulties, the museum developed: new exhibits, exhibition and publishing activities, and museum education. Today the museum collects 20,695 objects (as of 31 December 2012).

From the very beginning, the institution was enlarged to include more historical buildings. As a result of these efforts, the most valuable monuments of Gdańsk's secular architecture were included in the museum's possession, but with a different state of preservation. The Museum was obliged to complete their reconstruction, revalorisation and adaptation to museum functions. Intensive renovations and building-conservation work have become an indispensable part of the museum's reality.