The main theme of the presentation are people who, through their life and activity, shaped the city and its history, as well as outstanding and famous individuals for whom Olsztyn was the place of birth. These are: Jan of Łajsy – founder of the city; Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) – astronomer, administrator of the estates of the Warmia Chapter; Łukasz Dawid (1503–1583) – chronicler called the "father of Prussian historiography"; Albert Nowiejski (d. 1664) – canon; Michał Bartolomowicz (ca. 1660–1733) – goldsmith, city juror; Jan Krzysztof Geese (ca. 1686–1761) – goldsmith, city juror; Piotr Poleski (1730–after 1798) – merchant, city councillor; Jan Antoni Blank (1785–1844) – painter, professor at the University of Warsaw; Franciszek Hipler (1836–1898) – Warmian canon, historian of Warmia; Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953) – world-renowned architect; Feliks Nowowiejski (1877–1946) – composer, musician, conductor; Maria Zientara-Malewska (1894–1984) – poet, writer, Warmian activist; Emilia Sukertowa-Biedrawina (1887–1970) – researcher and promoter of the history of Warmia and Masuria, cultural and educational activist; Eugenia Śnieżko-Szafnaglowa (1898–1981) – actress; Henryk Panas (1912–1985) – prose writer, playwright, journalist; Andrzej Wakar (1920–1995) – historian, journalist, editor; Andrzej Samulowski (1924–2002) – visual artist; Hieronim Skurpski (1914–2006) – visual artist, museologist, cultural life organizer; Tadeusz Nowakowski (1917–1996) – writer, journalist associated with Radio Free Europe, Honorary Citizen of Olsztyn and Honorary Editor of the Olsztyn Gazette.
The exhibition presents items of extreme value which, in many cases, have never been shown before. The oldest exhibit is the so-called scepter of elk horn dated ca. 10 000 BC, and the latest – the "family" photograph of citizens of Olsztyn taken in 2003 to celebrate the 650th anniversary of the founding of the city.
The exhibition presents items of extreme value which, in many cases, have never been shown before. The oldest exhibit is the so-called scepter of elk horn dated ca. 10 000 BC, and the latest – the "family" photograph of citizens of Olsztyn taken in 2003 to celebrate the 650th anniversary of the founding of the city.
